. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 830 IRIS IKIS throat; inner segments larger and broader : style branches very convex; crests large. 7379. Gn. 48, p. 8; 50:1089 and p. 333. 76. Iberica, Hoifm. Dwarf, with a large flower: Ivs. 3-6 in. long, narrow, very falcate: stem 3-i in. long: outer segments rounded-obovate, 2 in. broad, pale brown, cl


. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 830 IRIS IKIS throat; inner segments larger and broader : style branches very convex; crests large. 7379. Gn. 48, p. 8; 50:1089 and p. 333. 76. Iberica, Hoifm. Dwarf, with a large flower: Ivs. 3-6 in. long, narrow, very falcate: stem 3-i in. long: outer segments rounded-obovate, 2 in. broad, pale brown, closely veined and blotched with purple-brown and with a shining dark patch on the throat ; inner seg- ments connivent, pure white, faintly veined, i with a few wine - red spots at base. Caucasus and mountains of Ar- menia and Persia. 5847. Gt. 386 and 723. P S. 19:1963. , 1873: 3 0 Gn. 10:49. 19: 106 II. 11:693. P. IS 3:25. 1875:168. — Hardy. 7. SuBi&na, Linn. Mourning Iris. Pig. 11 9. Lvs. very glau- cous, 6-9 in. long, nearly 1 m. broad : outer seg- ments obovate, 3 in. long, brownish purple, veined and spotted with black- brown, with a brown beard ; inner segments brownish white, spotted with violet - brown and black. Asia Minor and Persia. B. M. 91. P. S. 11:1087,1088. 1859, \. , / ' p. 322, 323. Gn. 32, p. 193 \ \\ m aid 39 best MSUll /////I known of this group. Said to have been in- troduced from Constan- tinople in 1753. Name from a city in Persia. Not entirely hardy North, but a good pot- plant. Var. major, Hort. Bluish, tinted brown. 78. Gitesii, Poster. Habit and foliage of /. Susiana: outer seg- ments orbicular, 3 in. broad, cream - white, sometimes sky-blue, cov- ered with a network of fine veins, giving them a light gray tint; inner segments larger, pale purple or yellow. Dry regions, Armenia. Gn. 43: 897, and 52, pp. 88 and 279. III. 8:17. 13 largest-fld. of its sub- genus. Pis. about twice as large as in


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