Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1923-11-09 | Page 3 | Iris the Poor Man's Orchid |

Type	issue
Date	1923-11-09
Paper	Mt. Pleasant Pyramid
Language	eng
City	Mount Pleasant
County	Sanpete
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Article Title	Iris the Poor Man's Orchid
Type	article
Date	1923-11-09
Paper	Mt. Pleasant Pyramid
Language	eng
City	Mount Pleasant
County	Sanpete
Page	3
OCR Text	Show Iris the Poor Man's Orchid. It was the iris of which Ruskin I wrote that it "has a sword for Its leaf and a lily for Its heart." It Is the iris ; that Is known as the fleur-de-lis of France. In Greek, from whence it ! cuj.'jp. 'he name means rainbow. In the United States it is often spoken of : as the poor man's orchid. There are ' fully 100 species In cultivation, with varieties almost without number. The j flowers of different classes do not all ! bloom at the same time, however; by j choosing different kinds it is polbl to have a long season, '
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