Varieties Of Iris
Gardeners' Chronicle p.758, June 10, 1876
transcript:
We owe to Mr. Barr the opportunity of inspecting a handful of difterent varieties of Iris, all of which are so beautiful that we wonder such fine plants are treated with such comparative neglect. We note them as they come, without guaranteeing the accuracy of the names. Iris aphylla has a sweet-scented flower, of medium size (for an Iris), the falls white with a yellow beard, the standards white edged with violet. [Ed. Note; at this time Swertii was confused with Aphylla) I. pallida has a sweet-scented flower, of middle size, with violet falls bearded with yellow, the standard being very pale in colour. I- ama>na is a small flower, with a disagreeable perfume; the falls are whitish, veined and streaked with purple, the standard whitish, spotted at the base. I. fiavescens is a large flowered-kind, with pale yellow bearded flowers, and primrose-coloured standard. I. squalens has mid-sized flowers, varying much in colour, the falls purplish or yellowish, veined, beard yellow; the standard is usually some shade of violet. I. neglecta is a large-flowered kind, with a peculiar scent ; the falls are pale violet with darker lines, the standard pale violet. I. subbiflora is a large-flowered kind, with very dark purple, yellow- bearded falls, and standard of the same colour. I. nepalensis is a grand flower, with falls of a deep violet hue, with a yellow beard; the standard is of a lighter violet hue ; the flower is sweetly scented. It is probably only a fine variety of I. germanica.
For more information on historic Irises visit the Historic Iris Preservation Society at
http://www.historiciris.org/
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BobPries - 2015-07-26