REF: Favorite Iris Book
In a message dated 11/13/2005 8:28:23 AM Eastern Standard Time,
Bzzscheile@aol.com writes:
<< My favorite iris book is The Iris Book by Molly Price probably because I
stumbled across it when I was struggling to grow the beautiful new cultivers
of TB iris in this Texas hell hole and was unaware of AIS or iris clubs or
anyone who knew anything about growing anything other than William Setchel with
the exception of my mentor who could put a tinker toy stick in the ground
and it would multiply. This book is earmarked, underlined, and broken backed.
I have all the other books mentioned except for the new one and have enjoyed
them all but The Iris Book remains my favorite.
You crack me up, girlfriend.
We need to get you a working copy of that book so you can archive your
sacred one. Cheap copies are out there, hard and soft covers as you prefer. I'd
send you mine but I use it, too. Henry got me a spare copy of one of my books.
Like he said, suppose you got to working on something and got excited and
spilled cuppa all over it or something.
I've got a pretty good library, too, good enough that I don't feel any
compulsion whatsoever to buy something just because it is new; however my favorite
remains Ella Porter McKinney's *Iris in the Little Garden" from 1927.
Ella was so smart, really, and her little book is so interesting and useful.
It was one of the first ones I bought. I do think that means a lot to one.
That said, some other books I got early have not endeared themselves to me
anew over intervening years--Kohlein comes to mind-- and some I yearned for
proved upon examination to be chiefly notable for their fatuity--Stager's for
instance.
Cordially,
Anner Whitehead
Richmond VA USA
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