. 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). mis THE BULB BOOK IBIS Iris of the Juno group, from the mountains of Palestine. It has sickle-shaped pointed leaves 3 to 6 ins. long, and produces its pale yellow flowers tinged with lUac during the winter months. The variety caendea has blue flowers. 1. pallida.—A splendid Iris of the germanica type, native of the Medi- t
. 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). mis THE BULB BOOK IBIS Iris of the Juno group, from the mountains of Palestine. It has sickle-shaped pointed leaves 3 to 6 ins. long, and produces its pale yellow flowers tinged with lUac during the winter months. The variety caendea has blue flowers. 1. pallida.—A splendid Iris of the germanica type, native of the Medi- terranean region, having tufts of sword-shaped leaves 12 to 18 ins. long. Flowers in June, on stems 2 to 3 ft. high, scented like orange- blossom, and varying in colour from bright slaty hlac to deep lUac-purple, the falls having a bright yeUow beard towards the base, which is veined with bright lilac on a white ground. There are several forms of this species, among the best being australis, codestis, Gypriama, dalmatica, and Qiteen of May. (Bot. Mag. t. 685; Bed. IM. t. 366.) I. paradoxa.—^A singular Cushion Iris from Western Persia and the Caucasus, having slender, compact rhizomes and few narrow, short, more or less sickle-shaped leaves. The name paradoxa alludes to the great disproportion between the small strap-shaped, stout, and almost leathery fall, half an inch or less wide, spreading horizontally and end- ing in a rounded apex, while the standard is large, roundish, and erect, and delicate and flimsy in texture. In the typical species the standard is veined with deep violet or bluish- violet, the intervening spaces being of a paler tint. Over the claw of the standard and along a median streak the colour is creamy-white, densely dotted with violet. The style is brownish-yellow with lines of dark purple spots. Some varieties have white or red-purple standards. {Bot. Mag. t. 7081.) This species and /. sambucina have produced a hybrid called /. paracina or /. parsamb (F
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