. . lea to America abounds in azaleas as well as in rhododen-drons, and some of the species have long been cultivated,particularly A. nudiflora and ^which have becomethe parents of many hybrids. Both species abound fromCanada to the southern parts of the United States. , a native of the South, is described as frequentlyclothing the mountains with a robe of living scarlet. Allthe American species are deciduous. In cultivation, theazaleas love the shade and a soil of sandy peat or on
. . lea to America abounds in azaleas as well as in rhododen-drons, and some of the species have long been cultivated,particularly A. nudiflora and ^which have becomethe parents of many hybrids. Both species abound fromCanada to the southern parts of the United States. , a native of the South, is described as frequentlyclothing the mountains with a robe of living scarlet. Allthe American species are deciduous. In cultivation, theazaleas love the shade and a soil of sandy peat or on horticulture give specific and elaborate directionfor the cultivation of the various species. C. C. Marble. IRIS* In botany, this is the generic name of a number of beau-tiful plants belonging to the natural order of plants have a creeping rootstock, or else a flat tuber,equitant leaves, irregular flowers, and three stamens. Theyare represented equally in the temperate and hotter regionsof the globe. The wild species of iris are generally called. 229 IRIS. , i MC CtURE CO., NEW YORK FLOWERS 89 blue-flag, and the cultivated flower-de-luce, from the Frenchfleur de Louis, it having been the device of Louis VII, ofFrance. Our commonest blue-flag, Iris versicolor, is awidely distributed plant, its violet-blue flowers, as may beseen, upon stems one to three feet high, being conspicuousin wet places in early summer. The root of this possessescathartic and diuretic properties, and is used by some med-ical practitioners. The slender blue-flag, found in similarlocalities near the Atlantic Coast, is smaller in all its yellowish or reddish-brown species, resembling the first-named in appearance, is found in Illinois and are three native species which giow only about sixinches high and have blue flowers. They are found in Vir-ginia and southward, and on the shores of the Great Lakes;these are sometimes seen as garden plants. The orris roo
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