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Iris Bibliography

As complete a listing as we can compile on books about irises published in the English language. Please submit additions or corrections to the list to Mthe webmaster. For a very nice listing of books about irises written in French please click this link: www.iris-bulbeuses.org/

• Anley, Gwendolyn – Irises, their Culture & Selection. Collingridge, London, 1946.
• Austin, Claire, Iris, The Classic Bearded Varieties. Quadrille Publishing Ltd., London, 2001.
• Austin, Claire, Irises, A Gardener’s Encyclopedia. Timber Press, OR, 2005.
• Baker, J. G. – Handbook of the Irideae. London, 1892. Reprint 1972.
• Berrisford, Judith M. – Irises. John Gifford Ltd., London, 1961.
• Berry, Gwendolyn – Irises: A Romantic History with a Guide to Cultivation. Running Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.
• Callet, Marie & Joseph K. Mertzweiller, editors – The Louisiana Iris: the History & Culture of Five Native American Species & their Hybrids. Texas Gardener Press, Waco, TX, 1988, for the Society of Louisiana Irises.
• Cassidy, G. E. & S. Linnegar – Growing Irises. Timber Press, Portland, OR, 1987.
• Cave, N. L. – The Iris. Chanticleer Press, New York, 1951.
• Cohen, V. A. – A Guide to the Pacific Coast Irises. American Iris Society, 1967.
• Douglas, G. – The Iris, an Ideal Hardy Perennial. American Iris Society. Nashville, TN, 1947.
• Dykes, William R. – A Handbook of Garden Irises. Hopkinson, London, 1924.
• Dykes, William R. – The Genus Iris. Cambridge University Press, 1913. Reprinted by Dover, New York, NY, 1974.
• Dykes, William R., Dillistone, G., editor – Dykes on Irises. British Iris Society, Tunbridge Wells, 1930.
• Edmonds, George H., Dream Gardener, Pioneer Nurseryman Bertr& H. Farr, Flagship Press, North &over, MA, 2008.
• Foster, Sir Michael – Bulbous Irises. Royal Horticultural Society, London, 1882.
• Glaskow, Karen & B. E. Turnbull, editors – Jean Stevens on Irises. New Zealand Iris Society, 1970.
• Glaskow, Karen – Irises For New Zealand Gardens. Godwit Press, Batsford, NZ, 1996.
• Glaskow, Karen – Irises: A Practical Gardening Guide. Timber Press, Portland OR, 1997.
• Grey-Wilson, C. G. – The Genus Iris-Subsection Sibericae. American Iris Society, 1971.
• Grosvenor, Graeme – Growing Irises. Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, N.S.W., 1985.
• Hewitt, Jennifer & George Parker, Irises. Hardy Plant Society, 2003.
• Horinaka, Akira – The Pictorial Book of Iris Laevigata. Abocsha, Japan, 1990.
• Köhlein, Fritz – Iris. Timber Press, Portland, OR, 1987. Translated by Mollie Comerford Peters from the original German edition: Iris, Ulmer, Stuttgart, 1981.
• Lawton, Barbara Perry, Magic of Irises. Fulcrum Publishing, Golden, CO, 1998.
• Lynch, R. I. – The Book of the Iris. J. Lane, London-New York, 1904.
• Mahan, Clarence E., Classic Irises and the Men and Women Who Created Them. Kriegar Publishing Co., Malabar, FL, 2007
• Marchane, A. & Brian Mathew, editors – An Alphabetical Table and Cultivation Guide to the Species of the Genus Iris. British Iris Society, 1974.
• Mathew, Brian – The Iris. Timber Press, Protl&, OR, 1981. Second edition, 1989.
• McEwen, Currier – The Japanese Iris. University Press of New England, Hanover-London, 1990.
• McEwen, Currier – Siberian Irises. Society for Siberian Irises, Suburban Press, Hayward, CA, 1981.
• McEwen, Currier – The Siberian Iris. Timber Press, Portland, OR, 1996.
• McGeorge, Pamela & Allison Nicoll – Irises, A New Zealand Gardener’s Guide, Timber Press, Portland, OR, 2001.
• McKinney, Ella Porter – Iris in the Little Garden. Little, Brown, Boston, MA, 1927.
• Meckenstock, Dan H., Breeding Red irises, the Carotenoids. Instantpublisher.com, 2005.
• McKee, William J. & Jamison Harrison – Half Century of Iris. Worcester, 1954.
• Mitchell, Sydney Bancroft – Iris for Every Garden. Barrows, NY, 1949, revised 1960.
• Moore, Nicholas – The Tall Bearded Iris. W.H. & L. Collingridge, London, & Transatlantic Arts, NY, 1956.
• Perry, James, Irises. The National Trust, London, 2004.
• Pesel, L. F. & R. E. S. Spender, – Iris Culture for Amateurs. Country Life, London, 1937.
• Price, Molly – The Iris Book. Van Nostr&, 1966. Second edition: Dover, New York, NY, 1973.
• Randall, Harry – Irises. Taplinger, NY, 1969.
• Randolph, L. F., editor – Garden Irises. Cayuga Press, Ithaca, NY, 1959, for the American Iris Society.
• Rodionenko, G. I. – The Genus Iris. [Russian] Moscow, 1961, English translation 1985.
• Ross, W. – Iris: Goddess of the Garden. Diversity Books, Kansas City, MO, 1966.
• Shear, William, The Gardener’s Iris Book. The Tauten Press, Newtown, CT, 1998.
• Shull, James Marion – Rainbow Fragments. Doubleday, Garden City, NY, 1911.
• Species Group of the British Iris Society – A Guide to Species Irises, Their Identification and Cultivation. Cambridge University Press, UK, 1997.
• Stager, Walter – Tall Bearded Iris (Fleur-de-Lis) A Flower of Song. Sterling, IL, 1922
• Stebbings, Geoff – Gardener’s Guide to Growing Irises. Timber Press Portland, OR 1997
• Stevens, Jean, Iris and Its Culture, Wlke & Co. Ltd., Melbourne, 1947
• Theodore, James Jr. & Harry Haralambou, Iris. Harry M. Abrams Inc., New York, NY, 2003.
• Valette, Wilma – Iris Culture and Hybridizing for Everyone. Adams Press, Chicago, IL, 1961.
• Waddick, James W. & Zhao Yu-tang, Iris of China, Timber Press, Portland, OR, 1992.
• Warburton, Bee & Melba Hamblen, editors – The World of Irises. American Iris Society, Wicheta, KS, 1978.
• Warburton, B. A. & C. O. Gantz – The Eupogon Iris Species in Cultivation. Median Iris Society, 1972.
• Warburton, B. A., editor – The Median Bearded Irises: Introduction & Varietal Listing. Median Iris Society, 1972.
• Westrich, Josh & Ben Hager – The Iris: the Rainbow Flower. Thames & Hudson, New York,1989.
• Wister, John C – The Iris. New York, NY, 1927
• Zuercher, E. & W. Welch, editors – The World of Little Irises. Three volumes. Dwarf Iris Society, Portland, IN, 1968-1971.