. Bulbous irises. the open,though they will benefit by protection in winter for one yearmore. Seedlings of Vartani certainly, and olHistrio to a largedegree, will need protection at all times. Before leaving the reticulata group, I must mention a little Iris, I. Kolpakoivskyana(fig. 12), an inhabitant ofTurkestan, named after aRussian general who hasdone much to further ourknowledge of the botany ofCentral Asia. This is anoutlying member of thegroup, being to a certainextent intermediate betweenI. reticulata and I. Sisy-linchium. It has nettedcoats to the bulb, and theflowers are single and se
. Bulbous irises. the open,though they will benefit by protection in winter for one yearmore. Seedlings of Vartani certainly, and olHistrio to a largedegree, will need protection at all times. Before leaving the reticulata group, I must mention a little Iris, I. Kolpakoivskyana(fig. 12), an inhabitant ofTurkestan, named after aRussian general who hasdone much to further ourknowledge of the botany ofCentral Asia. This is anoutlying member of thegroup, being to a certainextent intermediate betweenI. reticulata and I. Sisy-linchium. It has nettedcoats to the bulb, and theflowers are single and sessile,but in its leaves it resemblesI. Sisyrinchium, as indeed itdoes also the features of theflower. It is a charminglittle plant, the falls pre-senting a beautiful contrastof rich red-purple and brightgolden yellow; but for somereason or other it is mostdifficult of cultivation in this country ; imported bulbs die forthe most part after the first year, and I much fear that it willnever become a garden Fig, 12. TlUS KoLPAKOWSKYANA. (From the Garden.) 17 I. Winkleri, also from Turkestan, described by Regel, I havenever seen; though allied to the above, it appears to divergestill more from the Beticulata group, for the coats are mem-branous, not netted. The Xiphium Group. We must now pass to another group of bulbous Irises, whichis as markedly western and European in geographical distributionas the Beticulata group is eastern and Asian, and which we may
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