WHEELER CROFT 
JAPANESE IRIS 
JAPANESE IRIS KALIKO 
O NE of the loveliest flowers for the garden is Japanese Iris. They grow 
from twelve inches to around four feet, and the flowers vary from six 
inches to around ten and twelve in diameter but the very large ones 
often droop and do not give the effect of so great size. Many of them 
are perfectly flat and stay so. 
They can be used in the garden in solitary clumps; in beds by themselves; in 
borders in front of lilies, delphiniums, and other tall perennials; around pools: 
and as landscape subjects, in masses of one color or carefully selected combina¬ 
tions of colors, always using plenty of each color. For the most beautiful effects, 
one color takes precedence over any combination. This is far more effective than 
a heterogenous collection of colors which is seldom to be recommended under any 
conditions. When the bloom is gone, they have still the beauty of the foliage 
which stays upright and green until late frost in October and November. 
They can be used in all kinds of informal effects; in the most charming man¬ 
ner, they bring an unusual, appealing, and exquisite beauty to all kinds of 
locations. 
But, they are the very essence of formality, Used as a frame for a formal 
pool, they are without a peer, They are so stately, formal, clear cut, and perfect 
that they lend grace, color and magnificence to a formal pool, They should be at 
least ten feet away on all sides, planted in straight or round beds, according to 
the shape of the pool, and used as a frame for the pool itself. 
