Re: REF: New Iris Book

Good morning,

I have a copy of the book - it can be found on sale occasionally already.  
It is a nice colorful book, but it will never be considered a standard as 
a reference book.  It is sort of a general overview of the genus Iris, 
mostly through pictures.  There is a fairly good text on history, brief 
sections about the various classes of Iris (horticultural and botanical). 
There is not much about individual species or cultivars beyond photos. The 
photos cover a wide range of species and cultivars, but are by no means 
comprehensive.  I noticed several misidentified photos, but I suppose that 
is inevitable in a book of this scope and size.  For example 'Amas' is 
depicted by a 44 chromosome type cultivar of I. x germanica (perhaps 
'Susa', but that suggestion is likely wrong, since I am going from memory 
of the photo).  Since I don't have the book in front of me, I can't say 
much more, but it is a well balanced representation of the genus Iris, and 
the photos are beautiful.  I would consider it a coffee table book, and a 
good source for photos of a large number of cultivars, many of which are 
not main stream well known ones.

Dave

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