I'RIS SWER'TII 
swert’s iris. 
Class. Order. 
TRIANOniA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
IRIDACEit. 
Native of 
Ileisi'ht. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
S. Europe ? 
feet. 
April, May. 
Perennial. 
in 1819? 
No. 584. 
The name Iris, the rainbow, in many instances is 
well applied to this very beautiful genus of plants. 
Emanuel Swert, (or Sweert) after whom this species 
has been named, was gardener to the emperor Ro- 
dolphus, II. He published a work at Frankfort, in 
1612, called Florilegium, with numerous plates of 
ornamental plants. The object of this work was 
somewhat similar to that of our countryman, Par- 
kinson, in his Paradisus Terestris. 
This is a lovely species of Iris; ii possesses a 
delicacy and blending of tints, not surpassed by any. 
Of the origin of this particular variety there is some 
uncertainty, and it is not a plant that is generally 
known. 
The culture of Irises has of late years been but 
little attended to. We are of opinion, however, that 
several species may be greatly improved in growth 
by attention; and we shall present our readers with 
an idea from Gilbert, who, in allusion to some of 
the tuberous kinds, says “their roots sometimes lose 
their fibres, and then the green leaves die to the 
ground; such as do must be taken up and kept out 
of the ground till October.” 
Loudon's Ency. of PI. 44. 
