Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . filled the garden with color arenow missed, but an easy consolation may be found in theSpanish Irises, which so closely succeed them. There are abrilliancy and a clearness of color about these bulbous Iris Lorteti.—This has been the latest of the Oncocyclussection in flower this season. This Palestine Iris is bysome considered the most beautiful flower of the family,and is certainly charming, both in form and coloring. Itmay be briefly, if crudely, described as a pink I. Susiana,though there are said to be forms with vi
Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . filled the garden with color arenow missed, but an easy consolation may be found in theSpanish Irises, which so closely succeed them. There are abrilliancy and a clearness of color about these bulbous Iris Lorteti.—This has been the latest of the Oncocyclussection in flower this season. This Palestine Iris is bysome considered the most beautiful flower of the family,and is certainly charming, both in form and coloring. Itmay be briefly, if crudely, described as a pink I. Susiana,though there are said to be forms with violet markings. Asit is now flowering with Mr. Gerard, the flowers resemblegood forms of I. Susiana, both in size and form. The largestandards are white, with many pink lines. The falls aredotted with pink and have a deep rose signal. The stylesare tinted a shining golden brown. This species, thoughrecently introduced, is now obtainable at a moderate priceand should be grown by all fanciers of choice plants. Ifthe rhizomes are kept in dry soil until late in the autumn. Fig. 35-—Pergola at Amalfi, Italy.—Sep page 241 Irises which have always made them favorites. In fact,they are so well known by gardeners that it would seemsuperfluous to say anything about them were it not for thefact that even the most common flowers seem to be un-known to many gardens. Briefly, it may be said that theseIrises have narrow claws and standards and possess a widerange of coloring in whites, yellows, blues, browns andtheir combinations. The bulbs, which are inexpensive,should be ordered with the Dutch bulbs, preferably innamed kinds. They are perfectly hardy and need no pro-tection in this latitude. They show foliage above groundduring the winter when the season is at all open. Thespecial care required is to keep them moist while growing,as otherwise they are likely not to flower. and planted out after the ground becomes cold there shouldbe no care required in their cultivation beyond keeping
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