Re: Iris photos, among others
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- Subject: Re: Iris photos, among others
- From: a*@academy.net.au
- Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 22:22:52 -0600 (MDT)
On 17/08/97, you wrote:
>Hi, all:
>
>My husband & I are both addicted to reading so I'm in & out of the
>library a lot. I nearly always bring home at least one gardening book to
>confound myself with & this time it was the 2-volume Random House Book
>of Perennials, 1991, text & photos by Roger Phillips & Martyn Rix, both
>of the UK. These books have their strengths & weaknesses but the reason
>I'm mentioning them is the large section in Volume I on irises of many,
>many kinds -- I had never heard of a *lot* of the species irises they
>cover! Fascinating, to this person at least.
>(Note to Ann Pearce -- I. unguicularis gets a paragraph & 2 photos with
>mention of syns. I. stylosa & I. cretensis. No mention anywhere in the
>books of Patersonia.)
>Anybody else familiar with these volumes? Comments, reactions?
Thanks, Marte. I've seen these Perennial books (Mum has their Rose book),
but I've never had a good look at them. Now I'll have to go the library, too!
Ann
