sowing Iris seeds

I do not know why, but I had never associated Iris's with seed, Stupid!.
after reading a couple of articles from the list I woke up.
After looking  at the Iris section from my gardening book (published after 
the 1914  war) I found the following advice on sowing Iris seeds, and I am 
wondering if if the advice still stands.
Seeds should be sown when ripe in pots of light soil enriched with 
leaf-mould, and the pots should be plunged to the rim in the open ground.
Seeds of species will then germinate in the spring, and the seedlings may 
be planter out in their permanent quarters as soon as they possess about 
four leaves.
Seeds of hybrids germinate more irregularly and, if they are of any value, 
the ungerminated seeds should be sifted out and resown when the seedlings 
are put out.
Seeds have been known to lie dormant in the soil for eighteen years and 
then to germinate and produce healthy plants--W.R.D(Dykes,W. Ricketson, 
F.R.H.S)

I do not quite understand the sifted out and resown piece but I suppose 
that when the article was written life was more leisurely.

 Arthur
   ccc10452@vip.cybercity.dk                            Denmark.
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