The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-07
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has had undisputed possession Of that
name over twenty years and the Eng
lish was born fifteen years ago and
should have had another name.
American dealers TO avoid confusion
have called IT Black Knight. and 1t
should I've changed 10 that. The Eng
lish Is a very SLOW multipiier, and our
stock cost 81 per root. The American
Is a very rapid multipller. and we have
had Il about fourteen years. IT can
now he sold for So per hundred. The
American IL tine earliest Of the family
and the English the latest and most
glorious.
DO no plant too deep. Put the bud
about two inches below the surface
and then some kinds will lit them
selves up to get the heat and the sun.
Re careful with stakes. Have good
strong ones; white pine Ia the hest.
give them a priming coat: write the
names on the stakes with a weather.
proof pencil. Then with n small brush
Just touch the name lightly with boiled
oil 70 keep the weather from wearing
II off. Keep watch Of YOUR stakes
carefully. II IL we'll to have q diagram
also. Sometimes a mischievous boy
Will think II great fun TO pull up the
stakes or change them.
The iris IL a boon for an immense
region where other flowers cannot
grow. without extra care II IL impos-
sihle In the semi-arid region to raise
roses. ph,ox or wen peon,es. The iris
.,ttI zeI,rn NaaH spl A~1,,.hS SkA 49,,
OF any flower. One year we had hut
two inches of rain during the three
GUNNER months. We dug some In Au-
gust when the ground was a. dry a.
an ash heap Just from tho furnace. We
found the roots had gathered the mois-
ture and held Il. They were full.
plump and vigorous and when planted
or shipped they were ready for bust
ress. They grow In the cemeteries Of
Arizona. on these hot. dry mesas. on
the and hills Of northern Nebraska
and on the plains ~ Colorado. Idaho
and Montana. They grow withou. ,r-
rieation IN nan parts O. California.
gathering strength from winter rains
for spring Towering. though in these
dry egion they need careful cultiva-
Ton 10 do their best.
Precautions Against Root Net.
In the spring OF 1918 complaints
came from northern Minnesota. espn-
clal!y from Duluth, that man iris had
winter killed. I went Up and looked
over the situation and found In those
eC!on where the greatest trouble en-
listed that the soil was heavy clay.
which held the moisture on the sur
face. Fields near deep rsvines were
covered with water. The surface
drainage va. poor and a. the clay was
SO retent.ve the IRIS roots. which can
rot endure much wet. had succumbed.
There Was no humus IN the soil. I
todd them they must mix sand with
their clay and make raised beds about
ten feet wide and have them rounded
In the centre So tho water could run
off Rows could IA made IS inches
apart and put them 6 inches apart
IN the row. so Il would take hut a small
space for a large number. | told them
also tina; they had better throw a
light mulching over them In the winter
and spade y IN IN the spring and 20
give tn. land more h,imUs.
Some varieties are more sensitive
10 rot than others. TIE great Pal'da
Dalmatica arnot endure water soaked
soil. one grower in Minnesota has
discarded them altogether. Maori King
Is another which annot endure wet
feet. one year they were so bad I
threw them all away. but there was
snch a demand for them that We got
more n Holland and chose a spo,
where the soil was friabie and porous
and pu' them in a raised bed ana had
nv trouble.
I noticed In the North a great al
ference in tho power OF resistance even
IN tn" ithizomatous group. ChslCe-
donna d d not mind conditions that were
fatal 10 others. The siberian iris were
tot a. a., affected. The ACorus and
Giganteas were entirely immune and
sylvia Nymph was unframed. While
these kinds ale not sensitive 20 cold
II wet Hey cannot endure the heat
quite az We "a the Germans. though
do MOI believe Va lost any through
our terrible drouch,s.