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collections grown in this country are scarcely less varied now, as so 
many have been imported, and seedlings have also been freely raised 
both here and on the Continent. 
danger of leing submerged. If the soil be moderately light loam, to 
which some peat is added, little trouble is then experienced in either 
I growing or flowering the plants. In every case where I have seen these 
Fig. 11.—JAPANESE IRISES. 
Some have found Iris Ksempferi, with its varieties, rather difficult to 
manage successfully, yet in several gardens they thrive as satisfactorily 
as could be desired. They require a warm sunny slope near a stream or 
pond, where the roots can reach the water without the stem being in 
Irises thriving and happy they have had a situation similar to that 
described, and the roots will descend a considerable depth in search of 
the constant moisture they require. 
In the illustration (fig. 11) two seedling varieties are depicted, one a 
