October, 1923 
55 
McFarland 
An all-iris border in full bloom is a sight for the 
garden gods. Fancy this in its original rainbow 
colors and you picture a little of its perfect beauty 
The Xiphion race of iris grows from bulbous roots 
rather than the more usual rliFi mes. Its blosso}ns 
and foliage are noticeably delicate in color and 
beautif idly npstanding 
Again, crocuses and narcissi along the 
front of the beds will give an even 
earlier start to the flower year, or 
strong cosmos plants might be put in 
here and there for an autumn display. 
The foliage of both the peonies and 
irises remains attractive long after the 
flowers are past, so that even without 
the alleviation of other kinds of blos¬ 
soms the post-season period is not to 
be greatly discredited. 
The plan on page 55 is for a garden 
{Continued on page 138 ) 
Where space is ample and 
slopes downward an effec¬ 
tive arrangement can be 
worked out in a scries of 
levels separated by alter¬ 
nate beds of peonies and 
iris, backed by shrubbery. 
Planting key at the end of 
the te.xt 
