REF: Iris Books, Various

In a message dated 11/21/2005 7:57:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
Bzzscheile@aol.com writes:

 << Anyhow to get back to iris, I have a new addition - Iris  for every 
Garden by Sidney Mitchell, 1949.  >>
 
And from that same era, *The Iris, an Ideal Hardy Perennial,* published  by 
AIS under the direction of the Bulletin editor Geddes Douglas, who was real  
good. There is a surprising amount of interesting stuff in that one. This  is 
what I consider the first of the AIS books, with *Garden Irises* being  the 
second and probably the most distinguished in its time, and *The World of  Irises* 
the most recent. 
 
Some folks count John C. Wister's little 1927 book, *The Iris* as  an AIS 
book, but it was published by the Orange Judd company. Wister was AIS  President 
at the time, and that gave the book some cachet, but if  there is some mention 
in the record of it being a joint project with  AIS, or AIS sharing in 
profits, I have missed those references. If  someone knows a reference to Wister's 
book being an  official AIS publication, please send me a citation. Thanks.
 
<<Also I have asked my public library to order Iris: A gardener's  
encyclopedia for me so I can look before I buy.
 
I examined the new Austin work at some  length at the bookstore the other 
day. I'm  reserving final opinion until I take another look, but my initial  
impression is that, with the resources that Timber Press was prepared to  put into 
it----copious color, heavy paper, serious glossiness  and heft--- a wonderful 
opportunity to produce something really  important and splendid was not 
explored to the  fullest. I think it might have been stronger had  some additional 
expertise been brought to the project as regards both  text and photography. 
 
Anner Whitehead
Richmond VA USA  

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE IRIS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index