. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 822 Ihieiu aalle are mostly creepers. The speci strong-growing plants an abundance of mois ble exceptions to be i o£ this group, /. Sib the up- planting 1(1 thinner than those of surface is with these roots are mostly , rapidly increasing and requiring ture, though the
. 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; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. 822 Ihieiu aalle are mostly creepers. The speci strong-growing plants an abundance of mois ble exceptions to be i o£ this group, /. Sib the up- planting 1(1 thinner than those of surface is with these roots are mostly , rapidly increasing and requiring ture, though there are some nota- aentioned later. Of the members rica, in several purple and white forms, is a common garden plant. /. ensala is a com- mon Asiatic Iris with sma'l fls. borne among the narrow foliage, which is as ornamental as some of the large grasses. The Japanese Irises, which usually end the general display of Irises, are a remarkable example of type- breaking, the occidental gardeners having worked up from /. Icevigata a wonderful variety of colorings and variation in number of petals, though the colors may be included in about half a dozen general types. There luf few handsomer flowers than good forms of the wliitt- .i:i[.;uu-^e Iris. This Iris may be grown on the >i|il;iii'l. liut ir iloes not do its best in such locations, for it 1^ pari i'ulHrl^' susceptible to good treatment, and to prodiic'.' I:.' ... tl -v. r- Iioth watpr and manure are essen- tial. .Ml I'. . r I'm' \ft'.|-all fali'-jiT of good plants, latelyw. : ^i one of II I thai "tlii^ Iris is grown in the ricu Ill .. and \vati;red each month while at rest with human manure (cow manure would do); as soon as young growth appears no more manure is given and the ground is flooded. When growth has ended the water is ; One of the most curious things in connection with the Japanese Iris is that though tiiese plants have been in cultivat
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