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THK BEARDED IRISES 
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at Tooting in May and June last. The varie¬ 
ties of Iris germanica are not included, as they 
flowered earlier, and were so much crippled by 
the spring frosts (as they often are), as not to 
appear in their true characters. Those species 
on the other hand, which are here included, being 
later in exposing their flower buds, are rarely 
if ever injured. 
The little figure is added to make the descrip¬ 
tion more easily understood : s representing the 
sepals or sepaline segments of the perianth, 
with the bearded band (b) towards their base, 
these being referred to as the “ falls ”; p repre¬ 
sents the petals or petaline segments, which 
alternate with the sepaline, and are here 
described as the “ standards”; while st shows 
the petaloid stigmas, which in the flowers will 
be found to stand just behind and opposite to 
the falls. 
lEIS AMfflNA.—Falls purple-crimson with faint 
white edge, beard primrose, the claw on each 
side reticulated with white; standards white; 
petaloid stigmas white tinged with lilac. 
Alice Barr : falls flushed with silvery lilac and 
netted with white, with a white bar running 
from beard to apex, beard orange ; standards 
white tinged with lavender; petaloid stigmas 
light lavender. 
Alvarez ; falls rich velvety-crimson, beard yellow, 
the claw on each side prettily netted with crim¬ 
son and white; standards white tinged with 
lavender, base pencilled with purple; petaloid 
stigmas white tinged with lavender. 
Ariadne : falls purple-crimson reticulated with 
white, beard yellow; standards white, base veined 
with purple; petaloid stigmas white tinged with 
primrose. 
Aspasia : falls rich velvety-crimson edged with 
white, beard yellow, claw on each side prettily 
netted with white and crimson ; standards white 
splashed with purple, base pencilled with brown; 
petaloid stigmas light lavender. 
Calypso : falls white tinged and reticulated with 
purple, beard yellow; standards white tinged 
with lilac. 
Comte de St. Clair : falls violet-purple edged 
with white, beard primrose, the claw on each 
side reticulated with purple and white; standards 
and petaloid stigmas white tinged with lavender. 
Donna Maria : falls white tinged with rose, 
beard primrose, the claw on each side veined 
with purple; standards white; petaloid stigmas 
white tinged with lilac. 
Duchess of Nemours ; falls rich purple-crimson 
reticulated with white, beard yellow; standards 
and petaloid stigmas white. 
Duke of Nemours : falls rose-purple suffused 
with white, beard yellow, the claw on each side 
reticulated with white and purple; standards and 
petaloid stigmas white tinged with lavender. 
Glorietta : falls rich velvety-crimson with clear 
white netting, beard primrose; standards white 
pencilled with purple at base ; petaloid stigmas 
white tinged with lavender. 
Juliette: falls violet-purple tinged with white, 
beard primrose, the claw on each side reticulated 
with white; standards white slightly tinged 
with lilac. 
Morpheus : falls purple velvety-crimson reticu¬ 
lated with clear white, beard pale primrose; 
standards and petaloid stigmas white tinged with 
lavender. 
Penelope : falls reticulated with white and lilac, 
beard yellow; standards white indistinctly veined 
with lilac, base spotted with purple; petaloid 
stigmas white. 
PoiTEAU : falls very rich purple-crimson, beard 
yellow, the daw on each side reticulated with 
white ; standards white flushed with lavender 
and spotted with brown at base; petaloid stigmas 
white tinged with rose. 
Eeticltlata alba : falls violet-purple edged and 
reticulated with white, beard yellow; standards 
white, base spotted with purple; petaloid stigmas 
white tinged with lilac. 
Sir Garnet Wolseley : falls purple shaded with 
crimson and netted with white, beard tinged 
with primrose; standards white feathered with 
purple, base spotted with purple ; petaloid 
stigmas pale lavender. 
Unique : falls light purple edged and reticulated 
with white, beard yellow; standards and petaloid 
stigmas white tinged with lavender. 
Victorine : falls royal blue, beard primrose, the 
claw on each side reticulated white and purple; 
standards white flaked blue, base striped pur¬ 
ple ; petaloid stigmas white. 
IRIS APHYLLA.—Falls white margined with 
purple, beard white, the claw on each side 
netted with purple; standards white margined 
and spotted with purple, and wiih a purple bar 
down the centre; petaloid stigmas purple. 
Beatrice : falls white, beard white tinged with 
primrose, the claw on each side veined with 
lilac; standards w'hite margined with light 
lavender; petaloid stigmas blue shading to lilac. 
