The Louisiana Iris

         The Taming of a Native American Wildflower

Marie Caillet, et al., editors.  Second (expanded!) edition. The Society for Louisiana Irises.  Timber Pr., Portland, OR.  2000.  Illustrated with stunning color photographs and paintings, and with b/w line drawings. 

Chapters cover the history of the plants to science and cultivation; botanical classification; descriptions of the plants, emphasizing their diversity in color and form; collecting the species and their varieties; propagation; hybridizing: history of hybridizing; tetraploid hybridizing; culture; landscaping; and flower arranging.

Hardcover book in New condition in New dustjacket.  Book is bright, clean, tightly bound, and the pages are fresh and unmarked.  Dustjacket is glossy, with no wear.  7 ¼ x 10 ¼ inches, 211 pages including index.  [22863-2404]