. Tall bearded iris (fleur-de-lis) a flower of song; names, classification, structure, planting, care, enemies, propagation, hybridism, shipping, uses. Irises (Plants). 172 Tall Bearded Iris. Fig. XLVIII.—Crijison King, early March, 1917, Xorthern Illinois (Stager Place, Sterlint'). All this Foliage then green later introductions, thirty-five to fifty cents; tfie vet}' latest and finest, one to five dollars, a ver}' few as high as twenty-five to forty dollars and one varietv, Taj Mahal, was listed in 1921 at one hundred dollars. (Exceedingly high prices are usually more an indication of scarci
. Tall bearded iris (fleur-de-lis) a flower of song; names, classification, structure, planting, care, enemies, propagation, hybridism, shipping, uses. Irises (Plants). 172 Tall Bearded Iris. Fig. XLVIII.—Crijison King, early March, 1917, Xorthern Illinois (Stager Place, Sterlint'). All this Foliage then green later introductions, thirty-five to fifty cents; tfie vet}' latest and finest, one to five dollars, a ver}' few as high as twenty-five to forty dollars and one varietv, Taj Mahal, was listed in 1921 at one hundred dollars. (Exceedingly high prices are usually more an indication of scarcit}- than of phenominal qualit}-.) Even if a plant should cost as much as one to five dollars, in a few years it Avill increase (most varieties) to such extent that it can be divided into so many that each will have cost less than ten cents (see under Rhizome, page 119)—the initial cost Avill be but a small price for a section of rainbow which can be seen not for a few minutes only, but all the time during the whole blooming season and throughout the planter's life- time, and which continues to increase in size as the years go by. (As an aid to choice, see Symposium, Chapter XIV.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stager, Walter. Sterling, Ill
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