Show 0 0 0 0 Seasonal diU dally daily advice and sad 0 r on en preparation of et toll soil plant Ilant S YOUR Y 0 U Li R R. R tr Inc and flown flower culture by bJ on one en of ef the S foremost floriculturist in Salt Sali II Lake LakeS S City Question addressed to Ibis col column col- col DmD cn will b be answered promptly prompt when GARDEN G 0 A R D E N 14 b by be name Dame ane and address both bothof 0 of which will be omitted upon request S SS SS S S S IRIS Continued The wonderful procession of iris is enhanced by the beautiful Japanese Iris For size of plant and flowers shapeliness richness of coloring beauty of pattern and splendor or general effect excel other types Their flowers are generally flat fIat and wide often measuring 10 to 12 Inches across appearing in great profusion during June and July after the Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans are through Some good rich light soil roU plenty of ot water and frequent frequent frequent fre fre- fre- fre quent cultivation will help them grow These Japanese Irises arc are excellent for cutting for which purpose they should be cut In the bud then placed in n water where they will open m most t charmingly A few favorite varieties ate are Azure with large wa wavy six flowers Jowers of a beautiful bluish mauve with a halo of a a. deeper shade around the yellow blotch at athe atthe atthe the he base of the petals Kuro Kuro-Kumo a double variety with six ix blooms of rich deep purple pur pur- pIe overlaid with dark blue blotched yellow ello Lavender Queen a broad single single- sled pet flower of immense size and a charming harming lavender shade Mt Hood with magnificent double I lowers flowers of a f fine me clear light blue with witha a shading of deeper blue and a bright yellow orange-yellow center One of the f finest Inest Japanese Irises Is no bearing huge double double double dou dou- ble white blooms with markings of plum color Another lovely variety is the Shadow Shad Shad- ow with splendid large single flowers with showy broad petals of or vivid crimson purple This Iris is very effective as a cut flower Because of the general appeal of the Iris It may be Interesting to note some irises of or different varieties Crested iris a charming dwarf pale blue variety blooming In May Common yellow water-flag water bearing yellow blooms and very suitable for marshes and edges of ponds and a dwarf species cies des suitable for edgings with bright yellow ellow flowers are very attractive The Siberian iris a very showy and prolific type of compact habit with narrow grassy foliage and upright stems furnishes a prodigious amount of sized medium flowers durIng during during dur dur- ing June June between between the German and Japanese sections an Intense violet blue brue Boy Blue a bright blue with a white center and Snow Queen ivory white are arc three lovely varieties to be recommended mended The varieties of ot Irises given ghen are arc only an Introduction to the beautiful color combinations offered So man many new varieties are hybridized and it Is 15 often Interesting to the garden lover loverto to add new specimens |