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some of the best:—Alexander von Humboldt, very large white, 
yellow-streaked flowers ; Fairy, lilac-purple; Louis Van Houtte, 
flowers of great size, bright orange colour; Lemoinei, pinkish 
tint, veined with rosy purple ; Frank Miles, fine rich purple, with 
a yellow blotch ; Dr. Hogg, deep velvety crimson ; Duchess of 
Edinburgh, fine claret purple-shaded flowers ; and lastly the 
varieties Crimson King and Magnificence, for which Messrs. 
Veitch obtained first-class certificates at Kensington in July of 
the present year. There are many equally beautiful, but those 
enumerated indicate the range of colour in the flowers, and 
include some of the so-called double and single forms—namely, 
those in which the standards resemble the falls in size and shape, 
and those with falls as in the typical species. 
With regard to the culture of this section of Irises, some growers 
Fig.47 — Iris kasmfferi (r. ljeyigata.) 
appear to have encountered many difficulties, frequently losing 
their plants in the winter. However that may be in the northern 
parts of the kingdom, I think there is little danger of it oc¬ 
curring in the south if ordinary care be exercised. A well-drained 
moderately sheltered border is necessary, and a soil of peat with 
a small proportion of loam I have found to suit them admirably, 
not allowing them to suffer from insufficient water when growing 
and flowering, or from stagnant moisture in the dull season of the 
year. With such little attentions to their peculiarities they are 
quite as easy of cultivation as many other species.—L. C. 
The Western District Cottage Gardening Society.— 
The annual Exhibition of this old-established (since 1837) Society 
was held in a spacious marquee in the grounds of T. S. Bolitho, 
