Excerpt from Tall Bearded Iris (Fleur-De-Lis): What, When, Where and How to Plant and Subsequent Care Fleur-de-lis Blue of the skies, Pink of sunrise, Red of the sunset-glow, Purple so bold, Yellow of gold, White of the driven snow; Solid and dashed, Veined and splashed, Mottled and reticulated, Suffused, o'erlaid, Bordered and rayed - All colors and shades collated. Wondrous flower of song and story, Earthly rival of the rainbow's glory, Elegant in all its lines As the pride of tropic climes, Light and airy as the fleecy cloud That can scarce the sunbeams shroud, Hardy, contented where'er it may be, Sunshine or shadow, in garden or lea, Fragrant, stately but replete with grace - Flora's lovers should all give it place. Walter Stager About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.