. Bulbous irises. Pk 8.—litis V(Oaparn). very distinct. It has netted coats to the bull is, and four-sided leaves, 11 each armed with a horny tip, but in the form of the flower, andespecially in the narrow claw of the fall expanding into an ovalblade, it is very distinct ; moreover, it is unique (in the group)in habit, since it flowers in late autumn or early winter, theblooms often appearing in October. This habit, however, makesit difficult to cultivate in this country; and since the colour, aslaty blue, has no great merit, the plant is of botanical rather thangardening interest, and I need
. Bulbous irises. Pk 8.—litis V(Oaparn). very distinct. It has netted coats to the bull is, and four-sided leaves, 11 each armed with a horny tip, but in the form of the flower, andespecially in the narrow claw of the fall expanding into an ovalblade, it is very distinct ; moreover, it is unique (in the group)in habit, since it flowers in late autumn or early winter, theblooms often appearing in October. This habit, however, makesit difficult to cultivate in this country; and since the colour, aslaty blue, has no great merit, the plant is of botanical rather thangardening interest, and I need say no more about it. I havecalled it I. Vartani. Of great gardening value, however, is another species of thegroup, I. Bakeriana (figs. 9 and 10), growing in the mountains.
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