The Genus Iris"This book is exhaustive, accurate . . . One of its outstanding features is the 47 F. H. Round watercolors. Truly a great book." — Tulsa Daily World. A legendary resource in the history of botanical literature, this volume comprises the life's work of the world's foremost authority on irises. Scholarly yet accessible, it converts the tangle of iris hybrids and varieties into clear, complete groupings and descriptions that form the modern classifications. Magnificent reproductions of 47 full-color paintings of irises by F. H. Round complement the text, along with 31 other illustrations. |
Contents
The Literature of the Iris | 5 |
The structure distribution and cultivation of the Iris | 12 |
List of plants wrongly described as Irises | 240 |
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Common terms and phrases
acuminate Anthers Apogon appear aril Asia Minor Baker in J. L. S. beard bearing blade blue purple broad brown bulbs canaliculate Capsule Caucasus caulis chamaeiris Chron colour conspicuous cream Crests cultivation Description Diagnosis DISTRIBUTION edge ensiform falls Filaments Flora flowers foliage Foster Gard garden Gartenflora germanica glaucous green greenish ground grow growth haft herbarium specimens hexagona Hort HortD hybrid Hyères inch inflorescence Irid Iris Irises J. L. S. XVI Juno keeled Kharput lanceolate lateral Linnaeus Moraea narrow oblong obovate Observations Oncocyclus outer Ovary pale pallida Pedicel perianth perianth tube plants PLATE Pogoniris Pollen pumila Regel reticulata rhizome ribbed ridge Rootstock rounded trigonal scarious seedlings seeds segments short sibirica Sintenis slender slightly soil Spathe valves species spuria squalens St Petersburg Standards Stem Stigma stolons Styles SYNONYMS tapering Tiflis tipped triangular trigonal variety veins violet Xiphion xiphium yellow Yunnan