Re: Iris photos, among others

David Silverberg wrote:
> [snip]
> I looked for your reference to the white form of FLIGHT OF            
> BUTTERFLIES, and found only the IRIS SIBERICA which it mentioned was  
> "like a white form of...." was this the one you meant, or did I miss  
> something? 

Nope, Nancy, you didn't miss a thing: that's the reference I meant, on 
pg. 223 in Vol. I of the large-format "Perennials" book. And you're 
correct, it does read "like a white form of..." & doesn't, per se, ID 
the photo as actually being of a white FLIGHT OF BUTTERFLIES.

These are indeed very handsome, useful books & I particularly like the 
photos of plants in situ rather than only of those glossily prepped for 
studio shots. It can be very annoying when photographers shoot *just* 
the flowers & the inquiring gardener is left wondering as to what the 
the foliage is like & wishing for some real concept of the plant's 
blooming size, especially in relation to other plants.

ANNER: I will be on the lookout for these 2 volumes & others in the 
series when I prowl my favorite used book stores, junk shops & garage 
sales, as well as watching ads for the discount houses. Altho the mass 
weight of books in this house is approaching overload & may soon shove 
the house right off the cliff it's built on, a truly addicted reader 
cannot pass up a desirable "find" unless physically restrained by a 
non-reader -- & I would never go shopping with one of those. There was a 
truly expensive 3-year period in the mid-80's when *both* my kids worked 
at the Tattered Cover (the best bookstore in Colo, possibly the US) -- 
the entire family nearly went broke.

Marte in the mtns	Zone 4/Sunset 1  Colorado
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