'THE GARDEN'
29th AUGUST, 1874.
BEARDED IRIS (I. BARBATA), COMMONLY CALLED GERMAN IRIS.
My collection of this section of Iris has been pronounced to be
very complete. It numbers upwards of 200 varieties, from which I
have selected those enumerated. The better to understand my
descriptions, I furnish a wood- cut, by which it will be observed
that one half of the petals are erect - these are called
standards; the other half droop - these are called falls, while the small tongued...
