Encyclopedia of Irises.pdf

IRISES

A GARDENER ’ S ENCYCLOPEDIA

Claire Austin

IRISES

A Gardener’s Encyclopedia

CLAIRE AUSTIN

Foreword by James W. Waddick

TIMBER PRESS

Half title page: Iris ‘Concertina’; frontispiece: Iris ‘King-

ﬁsher’; above: Iris ‘Circus Dancer’.

All photos by author unless otherwise indicated.

Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

Austin, Claire, 1957–

Irises: a gardener’s encyclopedia /Claire Austin; foreword

by James W. Waddick.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-88192-730-9 (hardcover)

1. Irises (Plants) I. Title.

SB413.I8.A973 2005

635.9

Published in 2005 by

Timber Press, Inc.

The Haseltine Building

133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450

Portland, Oregon 97204-3527, U.S.A.

www.timberpress.com

3438—dc22

For contact information for editorial, marketing, sales, and distribution

in the United Kingdom, see www.timberpress.com/uk

2005005286

A catalogue record for this book is also available from the British

Library.

Printed through Colorcraft Ltd., Hong Kong

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