. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). IRIS THE BULB BOOK IBIS yellow margins veined with coppery purple. The broadly elliptic stand- ards are violet, and the styles are bluish-violet with broad-toothed crests. streaked with yellow or bright green. {Bot. Mag. t. 531.). Fig. 216.—Iris tingitana. (J.) I. Tubergeniana.—This is related to /. orchioides and /. caitc
. The bulb book; or, Bulbous and tuberous plants for the open air, stove, and greenhouse, containing particulars as to descriptions, culture, propagation, etc., of plants from all parts of the world having bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes (orchids excluded). Bulbs (Plants). IRIS THE BULB BOOK IBIS yellow margins veined with coppery purple. The broadly elliptic stand- ards are violet, and the styles are bluish-violet with broad-toothed crests. streaked with yellow or bright green. {Bot. Mag. t. 531.). Fig. 216.—Iris tingitana. (J.) I. Tubergeniana.—This is related to /. orchioides and /. caitcadca. The falls are bright yellow while the standards are minute and three- toothed. {Gard. Chron. 1899, xxv. 225.) I. tuberosa {HerTnodactylus tuher- osus), Simke's Head Iris.—A distinct and interesting species, native of the Mediterranean shores. It has a tuberous branched root-stock like a small hard, deformed Potato. The leaves are often very long, four-sided, with a horny point. The flowers, about 2 ins. across, appear in March and April on slender hollow stems about 1 ft. long, and are of a peculiar olive-green colour, with dark almost black velvety purple falls, occasionally. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Weathers, John, 1867-. London, J. Murray
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