Our tallest-stemmed iris—Iris giganticaerulea, growing in a swamp near 
Cut-Off, Louisiana. In this swamp violet-flowered irises prevailed. The 
plants were mostly three to five feet tall. The plants in the colony shown 
above were fully seven feet tall. If some of the drooping leaves were straight¬ 
ened up they would overtop one’s head.—Reproduced from Journal of New 
York Botanical Garden by permission of Dr. John K. Small. 
The Range of Color of the Louisiana Wild Iris 
Mr. Alexand er, co-student with Dr. John K. Small, of these Louisiana 
irises, records that it is interesting that the great range of color mentioned is 
more apparent than real. Among the many shades represented, none goes 
into true red and none into true blue. The nearest approaches to red in the 
numerous iris fulva variations always have a cast of orange; the nearest ap¬ 
proaches to blue always have a cast of violet or purple; and the ‘red’’ and the 
“pinks” in the group Roseanthae are really not red or pink at all, but various 
shades of lilac, red-lilac, red-purple, red-violet, pink-lilac, and rosy-lilac. All 
THE CYPRESS KNEE NURSERY—ALGIERS, LA. 
