. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). IRIS THE BULB BOOK ZEIS standards broader, primrose-yellow, suddenly narrowed to a claw {£ot. Mag. t. 2861). The variety Statdlce is a handsome plant about 1 ft. bigb, with pale yellowish flowers veined with green, and bearded with bright yellow {Bot. Mag. t. 6894). I. MarlsB.âA pretty Cushion Iris about 6 ins. high, from
. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). IRIS THE BULB BOOK ZEIS standards broader, primrose-yellow, suddenly narrowed to a claw {£ot. Mag. t. 2861). The variety Statdlce is a handsome plant about 1 ft. bigb, with pale yellowish flowers veined with green, and bearded with bright yellow {Bot. Mag. t. 6894). I. MarlsB.âA pretty Cushion Iris about 6 ins. high, from Egypt and Palestine, having rather slender com- pact rhizomes, and foliage like that of /. iberica, but narrower and less distinctly sickle-shaped. The flowers are of a uniform lilac colour, marked [with deeper coloured veins and Ihaving a deep dark purple blotch kt the base of the faU, the claw of â ivhich is studded with deep purple hVairs. \ I. Masise.âThis resembles /. Grant , but has deep purple flowers. l\ Meda.â^A handsome Persian Iris of the Oncocyclus group with very narrSiw erect leaves. The flowers have pale lilac, narrow, pointed falls with a dense yellow beard and a deep purple blotch at the base, while the standai â¢ds are of a paler Mac colour. The M dour varies somewliat, some flowers i having a greenish - yellow ground., the falls having thick purple veins. (Bot. Mag. t. 7040.) I. cnelanostlcta.â^A beardless Iris from I Syria, similar in habit and foliage to J. Grant Duffi, but differing in the colour of the flowers, the outer segments of which are yellow with dark' violet veins at the base, and four or five large dark violet blotches on the limb {Gartenfl. 1907, 495). I. Miiesi.âA Himalayan Iris about 3 ft. high, with pale green, tapering, sword-shaped leaves \^ to 2 ft. long, and clusters of large bright lilac flowers in May and June, on stems about 3 ft. high, the falls having deeper lilac veins radiating from the yellow base {Bot. Mag. t.
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