. 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. IRIS 16. Douglasi4na, Herb. Rhizome stout, short, creep- ing: Ivs. about (j in a tuft, in the middle, strongly ribbed, 1-2 ft. long: stem 1-2 ft. high, usually simple, with one long bract leaf: tube K-% in. long': fls. 3-4 in. in diameter; outer segments obovate-spatu- late, spreading and recurved, pa
. 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. IRIS 16. Douglasi4na, Herb. Rhizome stout, short, creep- ing: Ivs. about (j in a tuft, in the middle, strongly ribbed, 1-2 ft. long: stem 1-2 ft. high, usually simple, with one long bract leaf: tube K-% in. long': fls. 3-4 in. in diameter; outer segments obovate-spatu- late, spreading and recurved, pale lilac, with a white disk and purple veins; inner segments shorter, erect, lanceolate, acuminate, pale lilac, not veined. Calif 6083. Gn. 50:1086. 17. fiilva, Ker. {I. caprea, Pursh). Lvs. thin, bright green, lK-2 ft. long, not exceeding the stem: stem 2-.'i ft. high, forked low down ; .lower stem-lvs. 1 ft. long: pedicel produced : tube greenish yellow, 1 in. long: limb loosely expanded, bright reddish brown or copper- colored, variegated with blue and green; outer segments obovate-cuneate, emarginate; inner segments smaller, spreading. Late .June. In swamps. 111. to Ga., La. and Tex. Introduced into England 1811 by Lyon. B M 1496. Gn. 53:1175. Mn. 5:61. 18. Pseudicorus, Linn. Lvs. lK-3 ft. long, equaling the stem: stem stout, terete, 2-3 ft., bearing several long lvs. and several clusters of fls.: limb bright yellow; outer segments broadly obovate, 2-2K in. long, yellow, with a bright spot and radiating brown veins on the claw; inner segments scarcely longer than the claw of the outer, oblong. May, .June. Europe, Syria and the Barbary states; naturalized in N. Y., Mass. and N. .J.— The plants form fine, large clumps, bearing numerous flowering stalks. Var. variegata, Hort. Lvs. striiK-d with creamy white. Var. pallida, Hort. Fls. pale sulfur- yellow. 19. versicolor, Linn. Lvs. slightly glaucous, \>-{-2 ft. long: stem forked low down and often branched above, 2-3-h
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