Flad, HENRY

b. 1823 in Bavaria. Civil engineer; member of the Mi i ippi River Commi ion 1892; Pres. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers 1886. Flag. Showy-flowered herbs of the genus Iris , natural family Iridaceæ , natives of the n. temperate zone. 10 11 Flag ( Iris flor ent in a ).