RE: Recommended Ref

 

I second all that Ken has recommended. There is a new edition of:   A Guide to Species Irises, Edited by The Species Group of the British Iris Society 1997. The original was a costly book at the time but has been well worth it. Another book which I used when I first got hooked was The World of Iridaceae by Clive Innes 1985. One big negative factor in this last book is that you will need to pencil in the Genera at the top of each page if you don't want to pull all your hair out. As to quick requirements, before the first book mentioned above, I photocopied a page from a SIGNA(?) typed sheet pages 63/64 which was a brief guide to the growing of many types of iris species. Too long ago to know when this was but possibly the late 80s or early 90s. I have kept this page in the Innes book since.
Pat

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To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
From: kenww@astound.net
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 13:41:48 -0700
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Recommended Ref

 

In terms of printed books, I like

  A Guide to Species Irises, Edited by The Species Group of the British Iris Society 1997

I frequently compare it's info to entries in

   The Iris, by Brian Mathew, 1989 (reprint with revisions)

and for specifically Chinese iris

   Iris of China, by James W. Waddick and Zhao Yu-tang, 1992

For a continental perspective on growing numerous species, a good book is

   Iris, by Fritz K öhlein, translation to English 1987

Even though some of the names have changed it is sometime nice to go back to Dykes. There is a reduced-size reprint

   The Genus Iris, by William Rickatson Dykes, 1974

For a quick reference to species and named varieties, try

   S.I.G.N.A. Species Group of North America Checklist of Iris

Ken Walker
Concord, CA USA

On 6/4/2013 12:17 PM, Bill Moyles wrote:
 
Is there a recommended ref(s) to the genus ... taxonomy and
descriptive/distribution/etc .... online or? Thanks ... I think I may
be missing a good one ! Bill Moyles, Oakland ....


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