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Definition of Irises

1. iris [n] - See also: iris

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irises

Literary usage of Irises

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"In America the onco- cyclus irises are not widely cultivated. ... Dwarf irises.—Dwarf irises occur in several sub- genera but the best-known and most ..."

2. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1889)
"When I promised to say a few words to-day on irises, I hoped that I should ... But the fact is very few irises are as yet in bloom, and most of the few in ..."

3. Tall Bearded Iris (fleur-de-lis) a Flower of Songs: Names, Classification by Walter Stager (1922)
"A few irises of the same class, as to rootstocks, that includes the section ... Only irises usually included under the classificatory name of ..."

4. Some Imagist Poets: An Anthology by Richard Aldington (1915)
"... SCENT OF irises A FAINT, sickening scent of irises Persists all morning. ... purple irises Rising above the class/room litter, makes me unable To see ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"As will be seen by their distribution, irises are especially adapted by their ... In the main the irises, from a cultural point of view, are like others of ..."

6. Bulb Gardening by Mary Hampden (1922)
"CHAPTER V irises ' As the Iris to the Bluebell, as the Heather to the Ling, ... I HAVE thought it best"to deal with some of the Rhizomatous irises in this ..."

7. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"The foliage as compared with other irises is scanty, and the leaves narrow, ... There is another group of irises closely allied to the ..."

8. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
""The Legislature may ratify and confirm any act which it might lawfully have authorized in the first instance, where the defect ¡irises out of the neglect ..."

9. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"In America the onco- cyclus irises are not widely cultivated. ... Dwarf irises.—Dwarf irises occur in several sub- genera but the best-known and most ..."

10. Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society by Royal Horticultural Society (Great Britain). (1889)
"When I promised to say a few words to-day on irises, I hoped that I should ... But the fact is very few irises are as yet in bloom, and most of the few in ..."

11. Tall Bearded Iris (fleur-de-lis) a Flower of Songs: Names, Classification by Walter Stager (1922)
"A few irises of the same class, as to rootstocks, that includes the section ... Only irises usually included under the classificatory name of ..."

12. Some Imagist Poets: An Anthology by Richard Aldington (1915)
"... SCENT OF irises A FAINT, sickening scent of irises Persists all morning. ... purple irises Rising above the class/room litter, makes me unable To see ..."

13. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"As will be seen by their distribution, irises are especially adapted by their ... In the main the irises, from a cultural point of view, are like others of ..."

14. Bulb Gardening by Mary Hampden (1922)
"CHAPTER V irises ' As the Iris to the Bluebell, as the Heather to the Ling, ... I HAVE thought it best"to deal with some of the Rhizomatous irises in this ..."

15. A Practical Guide to Garden Plants by John Weathers (1901)
"The foliage as compared with other irises is scanty, and the leaves narrow, ... There is another group of irises closely allied to the ..."

16. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
""The Legislature may ratify and confirm any act which it might lawfully have authorized in the first instance, where the defect ¡irises out of the neglect ..."

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