. Bulbous irises. mn and storing them until spring in drysand, treating them in fact like bulbs; but Ifind that plants so treated are not so vigorousas those which are left in theground and dried by beingcovered with lights. To theordinary gardener the resultwill not seem worth thetrouble, and I do not thinkthat I. ncpalensis will everbecome a favourite. More isto be hoped from a variety ofthe species found by Stone on the Chin Hillsin Upper Burmah, and sentby him to Mr. P. Barr ; this Ihave ventured to call /. ncpalensis var. Letha. It hardly differsat all from the type, except th
. Bulbous irises. mn and storing them until spring in drysand, treating them in fact like bulbs; but Ifind that plants so treated are not so vigorousas those which are left in theground and dried by beingcovered with lights. To theordinary gardener the resultwill not seem worth thetrouble, and I do not thinkthat I. ncpalensis will everbecome a favourite. More isto be hoped from a variety ofthe species found by Stone on the Chin Hillsin Upper Burmah, and sentby him to Mr. P. Barr ; this Ihave ventured to call /. ncpalensis var. Letha. It hardly differsat all from the type, except that the flowers are quite sessile;but it is much more floriferous, and, so far as my short experiencegoes, much less impatient of the vagaries of our English plant, of which I simply helped the ripening by covering itwith a light in late autumn, stood exposed and unprotected, savefor a loose mulching, all last winter (1891-92), and floweredIn (ly at the end of Juno. The delicate lavender flowers, nestling. Fig. 31.— Resting Bid of Iris nepaleksis. 52 at the base of a tuft of short green leaves, present a very pleasingsight, and I can well imagine that a mass of the plant would beextremely charming. The flower, moreover, has the merit ofbeing deliciously fragrant. When an adequate stock of theplants has been obtained, it will, I venture to think, become agreat favourite. And now my tale is quite ended. Some of the flowers ofwhich I have spoken are of extreme beauty ; to my mind at least,I. reticulata and I. Bosenbachiana, in their best forms, present-ing two different types of beauty, are surpassed by few otherflowers, and many of the others, especially I. alata, are verycharming. But it is obvious from what I have said that inordinary gardens these bulbous Irises, with the exception perhapsof 1. xiphium, I. xiphioides, and I. orchioides, cannot be grownsuccessfully without special care. They cannot be left alone totake care of themselves ; in the struggle for existen
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