REF: Karen Glasgow - Irises, a practical gardening guide

Bill Shear wrote:
There are some nice
>color pictures, but the cultural advice is unique in lacking any 
>information at all on pests.  There are no iris pests or diseases native to 
>New Zealand,
>and by strict quarentine and mostly allowing only seeds to enter the
>country, they have kept out leaf spot, the borer, etc.  I can't >imagine 
>they don't have rhizome rot, but it is never mentioned in the >book.

Well yes it is. Check out page 95, Pests and diseases. Only a 2 page 
chapter, followed by 2 pages on propogation.
Inside the front cover, we are told 'This highly illustrated guide looks at 
the wide range of irises suitable for growing in milder climates' and the 
book does that well, without pretending to be anything else.
I think it is a better buy than the new NZ book by Pamela McGeorge and 
Alison Nicoll. This recently published book is a collaboration between an 
iris grower of long standing (Nicoll) and freelance writer who has written 
widely about gardens and gardening (McGeorge).
Similar to Glasgow in size, and well illustrated, I feel that this book 
tries to pack too much into too small a book, and fails. It doesn't have 
anything new to offer, and the opening sentence in the introduction by 
Pamela McGeorge 'There was a time when I didn't like irises.' tainted the 
rest of the book for me.
Another one for the iris book collecters, which is the only reason I bought 
it.
I still think the best iris book written in this neck of the woods is 'Iris 
and it's culture' by Jean Stevens. An old'n but a good'n.
Cheers, Jan in Victoria, Australia
Where we have not yet experienced Summer, the sky is bleak, and good solid 
rain is falling on my garden.

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