August 1, 1907 
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"EW ERY S’E., Adelaide, 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
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172 Rundle Street 
(Opposite York Hotel) and 
Stephen's Place, 
(Side of Marshall’s) 
Gentlemen’s Clothes Cleaned or Dyed 
equal tonew. | 
Feathers Dyed and Curled 
Gloves Cleaned on Shortest Notice. 
will find many varieties which will be 
hard to beat. 
Hysrip Txss.—Belle Siebright, Lady & 
Mary Fitzwilliam, Mrs R. Garrett, La 
France, Duchess of Albany, Kaiserin 
Augusta Victoria, Mildred Grant. Caroline 
Testout, Tennyson. 
Hs prip Perperuars.—A. K. Williame, 
Jubilee, Mrs John Laing, Clio, Captain 
Haywood, Prince Camille de Rohan, 
Abbe Bramerel. 
Txas.—Ernest Metz, Maman Cochet, 
White M. Cochet, Devoniensis, Seffrano, 
The Bride, Bridesmaid, Queen Olga of 
Greece, Souvenir d’Elsie Vardon, Muriel 
Grahame, Papa Gontier, Madam Carmody, 
Marie van Houtte, Alexander of Russia, 
Catherine Mermet, Auguste Comte, Mrs 
Edward Mawley, Mdlle. Jules Grobz, 
Francois Dubrenil, Empress Alexandra 
of Russia. } 
OrnERs.—Cloth of Gold (N.), Carl 
Brunner (P.), W. R-. Richardson (N.), 
Marechal Niel (N.), Souvenir de la Mal- 
maison (P.), Niphetos (T.), Souvenir 
d’ Ami (T.) 
Ciimpers.—Climbing varieties of many 
of the above-mentioned sorts can be ob- 
tained, and will do well. But for spring 
displays and rapid growth, Fortuniana, 
Banksias (yellow and white), Fortune’s 
Yellow, and Reine Olga de Wurtemburg 
_are recommended. 
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IRIS K@MPFERI. 
The Iris. 
(By J. Cronty.) 
Tris is a genus of bulbous and herbace- 
ous plants found native in various parts 
of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. 
There is a large number of species, many 
of which have been cultivated in Huro- 
pean gardens for centuries, and from 
which garden forms that are superior in 
many ways to the types from which they 
originated have been raised by inter- 
crossing and selection. The types being 
sO numerous, and the geographical distri- 
bution so wide, flowers of some species or 
varieties of iris may be seen in bloom at 
almost any season of the year, and under 
most varying conditions. Some kinds 
require a warm dry situation, with abun- 
dance of light and sunshine, while others 
are denizens of swamps, and require moist 
and shaded conditions to bring them to 
perfection The flowers of most species 
are very beautiful, and are extensively 
used for decorotion in Europe, where, in 
addition to the varieties grown in the 
flower garden, bulbous kinds are grown 
in pots snd forced into flower prematurely 
in heated glass houses. Orris root, used 
in medicine and perfumery, is derived 
from Iris florentina a species worthy of 
culture as a garden plant. 
Irises are divided into several sections, 
but for the purpose of these notes it is 
. sufficient to mentfon the principal groups 
only, The most generally grown in this 
State are the Flag irises (Iris Germanica 
and its varieties), in which are included 
other types and their hybrids. The chief 
characteristics of this group are:—The 
foliage is broad and in most varieties 
dwarf, rising from a creeping root-stock 
or rhizome, and the flowers large, gene- 
rally blue, purple, and white in color. 
They are all hardy and will thrive in 
almost any situation. Flowers of this 
section are produced in spring. The 
Japanese iris (I. Kempferi) is fibrous 
rooting, and produces tufts of foliage 3 
or 4 feet in height when well grown, 
above which the large distinct flowers are 
borne during summer. There is a greater 
range of color in this, than in any other 
section. It grows to perfection when 
planted beside water-courses and in other 
damp places, but will also thrive fairly in 
ordinary borders if the soil is of a loamy 
nature. It may be seen blooming during 
the summer months in the mixed groups 
and borders, and produces fine plants 
that bloom freely in most unlikely places. 
The Spanish and English irises (also 
known as Xiphions) with other species, 
including reticulatum alatum and junceum 
are true bulbous plants that produce their 
flowers during spring and summer. In 
the so-ealled English irises, the original 
types of which are natives of Spain and 
Portugal, the colors of the flowers are 
white and purplish shades; while the 
flowers of the Spanish irises are yellow, 
bronze, white, and lilac in color. The 
foliage of this class is usually narrow and 
rounded. ; 
The irises are plants worthy of much 
more extended culture in this State, being ~ 
in most cases very hardy and easily grown 
—thriving without artificial watering, 
They produce beautiful flowers, which 
are excellent for general decorative pur: 
poses, and totally unlike those of any 
other hardy plant. 
Soin—SirvarioN—Cuuture. 
The Flag iris will succeed in almost 
any kind of soil, that of a loamy nature 
being most suitable. No manure is re- 
quired unless the soil is very poor and 
shallow, when some well rotted cow or 
stable manure should be incorporated. 
Good drainage and sunny positions should 
be provided. The plants are increased by 
divisions of the root stock. A piece of 
the parent plant may be cut off with 
