Show I 4 In our I. I t e A NEW NE' IRIS TYPE From time th the Iris has had bad three thre p petals or three standards standards standards stand stand- ards as we call can the upright ones and three falls the drooping or flaring flar flar- ing tag ones You all know of course the formation of or this flower But now we arc are promised an iris with four tour petals The new flower first appeared in the garden of ot Mr Thurlow Weed at Beaverton Ore with four tour standards and four falls talIs instead of the expected three of each It wasn't a freak either forthe forthe for forthe the change has come regularly In the same plant for three years That time is sufficient to establish It as asa a anew new and distinct type Our illustration of the new bloom shows a birdseye view for the picture pic plc- ture was vas taken looking down into I the heart of the iris Mr Weed became an Iris lover hover over I I some years ago when he was given givena n. n a few roots by a friend I wonder how many gardening readers of oC The Salt Lake Telegram can count the beginnings of their garden to a like generously A gre great t many I am After growing the best varieties obtainable for tor a time Weed commenced commenced com corn his own experiments Ir in hi hybridizing cross-hybridizing following the example example example ex ex- ex- ex ample o of Luther Burbank who wasa was wasa a pioneer in this work and a great many unusually beautiful new Irises have been developed in his experimental experimental mental garden at Beaverton But the four creation Is unique Roots which have been divided from the original one produce the same ort sort of flowers of course Before long the new type will bo be available to iris fanciers Although you cant can't hope to plant the four Iris this year you ou may still put in roots of ot new and choice varieties w which ich will wUl give you blooms next June The iris is one of the standbys of anyone's garden giving its flowers very generously year after year asking little in the way of care and multiplying generously generously generously gener gener- from the thc roots I myself have a large collection of irises probably more than a hundred hundred hundred hun hun- dred varieties Scarcely a day passes at this time of year that I dont don't move a root or divide a large one into several smaller ones or give some away I can always see seea a place in my two long perennial borders where an iris might improve improve improve im im- im- im prove things Last summer when I had no irrigating water f for r se seven seten en weeks in the terrible heat the Irises came through the drol dro drouth th period still sun smiling although all aU of ot m my- my beautiful delphiniums seeds of ot which I had hail imported from En Eri gland gave up the ghost Truly tho Iris is the flower for lor every garde garden 1 especially in this cUma climate e So l Je t me urge you while there is still time to add as many to your border as yo you san can an find roo room I for It QUERIES t Tenderfoot Gardener Salt Lak writes I have seen a peony in ij garden in the southern part of th the state which had very fine leaves not like the other peonies at alt alL Can you tell me what this is anI an and where I could buy one like it W W. W like your articles every evening j Ans Thanks and I like Jike your yo nom de da plume The peony yo you saw was no doubt an old variety with rich crimson flowers Send a stamped envelope al wari when you want names and ad sd d dresses i please lea e. e 1 |