. Tall bearded iris (fleur-de-lis) a flower of song; names, classification, structure, planting, care, enemies, propagation, hybridism, shipping, uses. Irises (Plants). EncDi irs IQ7. Fu;. LI.—Mticmnoclua ouusfa^' length, shortly after it appears—depositing them, seat- teringh', se\"eral inehes abo\'e the ground, some in craeks in the base of old leaves, hut most of them betA\'een the edges of the overlapping lea\'es, near the base. The eggs, probabh- all of them, remain unhatehed until spring—hatehing soon after the Iris resumes growth, about the last week in Wax. Idie lar\-a begins to f
. Tall bearded iris (fleur-de-lis) a flower of song; names, classification, structure, planting, care, enemies, propagation, hybridism, shipping, uses. Irises (Plants). EncDi irs IQ7. Fu;. LI.—Mticmnoclua ouusfa^' length, shortly after it appears—depositing them, seat- teringh', se\"eral inehes abo\'e the ground, some in craeks in the base of old leaves, hut most of them betA\'een the edges of the overlapping lea\'es, near the base. The eggs, probabh- all of them, remain unhatehed until spring—hatehing soon after the Iris resumes growth, about the last week in Wax. Idie lar\-a begins to feed a little where hatehed, and then works down, eating the tender part of the plant, until it reaehes the rhizome, and there, or in a eontiguous one if it has exhausted the hrst one, it continues its de- structive work by eating, until it completes its larval development, which usually occurs about August. B}- this time it is a large caterpillar from one and a half to tAvo inches in length and from a quarter to half an inch or more in diameter; body smooth, cylindrical, of a pale flesh color, sometime-s of a yellowish cast, Avith lateral black spots; head a rich chestnut-red, shin}-, rounded and flattened in front. The accompany- ing illustration (Fig. LID is natural size of the speci- *Courtcsv of Dr. E. P. 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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