Re: CULT: New Iris Book
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- Subject: Re: CULT: New Iris Book
- From: T* T* L* <t*@rt66.com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Jun 1997 16:54:29 -0600 (MDT)
Bill Smoot wrote
: Just been sorting thru my pile of mail and came across
: Timber Press 1997 catalog. I see where they are adding
: three new books to their gardener's guide series. Of
: particular interest is:
:
: "The Gardener's Guide to Growing Irises" by Geoff Stebbings.
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: Also newly noted is:
:
: "Irises - A Practical Gardening Guide" by Karen Glasgow.
: Just thought someone might know about these two books. Any
: idea who Geoff Stebbings or Karen Glasgow are?
A few months back I posted mini-reviews of all the beginner books currently
available. You might want to prowl through the archives. I don't know
anything about Stebbings, but Glasgow is an accomplished New Zealand
irisarian. Her book is (I think) the best illustrated of all the beginner
books--lots of good color photos. It is also nice in giving a fair
treatment to all the different kinds of irises, especially beardless. (It's
rare to see a beginner's book with more than a couple paragraphs about
spurias, for instance.) Its weaknesses are a lack of cultivar
recommendations (I know these become quickly out of date, but most
beginners really appreciate them) and not having much that would pique
interest in more advanced topics.
Happy irising, Tom
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