. An encyclopædia of gardening; . 6304. There are several species of iris which are considered florists flowers. The Persian iris (/. Persica) (Bat. Mag.,and COO. a); a very low bulbousrooted plant, with delicate blue andviolet-colored flowers, greatly esteem-ed for their beauty and sweet smell,which is so powerful that one plantwill scent a whole room. It is a nativeof Persia, and was cultivated by Par-kinson in 1629. The bulbs are ge- nerally imported from Holland, andblow in , or jiots of sandwith very little earth intermixed, inFebruary and snakes-head iris
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . 6304. There are several species of iris which are considered florists flowers. The Persian iris (/. Persica) (Bat. Mag.,and COO. a); a very low bulbousrooted plant, with delicate blue andviolet-colored flowers, greatly esteem-ed for their beauty and sweet smell,which is so powerful that one plantwill scent a whole room. It is a nativeof Persia, and was cultivated by Par-kinson in 1629. The bulbs are ge- nerally imported from Holland, andblow in , or jiots of sandwith very little earth intermixed, inFebruary and snakes-head iris (/. <H6ei-oia) (Bof. a native of the Levant, and wa» cultivated in 1597- The tubers aregenerally imported from Chalcedonian iris (l- susiatia) ( 91. and f g. 600. c) has finelystriated leaves, a scape a span high,and the largest and most magnificentcorolla of all the species. Its petalsare of a delicate texture, almost asbroad as a liaiid, piirjilc or blact, Book II. FRITILLARY. striped with white. It flo
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