Contents; Foreword, Richardson Wright…..........................page 6

To All Gardeners, R. S. Sturtevant…...................page 8 The Cast, Geddes Douglas….............................page 10

• The Bulbous Group…...............................page 18
• The Rhizomatous Group…...........................page 22
  • Pseudo-regalia, Regelia and Oncocyclus….......page 23
  • Evansia or Crested…...........................page 28
  • Apogon or Beardless Section…..................page 29
  • The Siberica Subsection, W.M. and Grace Kellogg.page 31
  • The Spurias, Eric Nies….......................page 36
  • The Californians, Lena Lothop…................page 39
  • The Louisianas, Caroline Dormon…..............page 45
  • Japanese Irises, Dr. George M. Reed…..........page 53
  • Pogon or Bearded Irises…......................page 69
• Some Iris History, J. Marion Shull…..............page 69
• The Fourteen Points of Culture, A Compilation…...page 80
• Raising Iris from Seed…..........................page 89
• Mechanics of Pollenation, G. Douglas--L.F. Randolph.page 91
• An Outline of Genetics, A. H. Sturtevant…........page 96
• Suggestions on Hybridization, Jesse E. Wills…....page 117
• Bud Development in Iris, J. Marion Shull…........page 128
• The Use of Irises, R. S. Sturtevant….............page 131
• The Iris Rainbow, Franklin Cook….................page 149
• Companions in the Iris Color Scheme….............page 161
• Irises on the Pacific Coast, Sydney B. Mitchell….page 165
• The American Iris Society, John C. Wister….......page 180
• Meet The American Iris Society of Today….........page 183
• Flower Photography, F. W. Cassebeer…..............page 186
• Judging Irises, Jesse E. Wills…..................page 192
• Irises for Varying Soils and Sites…..............page 210
• An All American List of Varieties…...............page 212
• Varieties That Have Received the Dyukes Memorial Medal 213
• For Garden Color, Selected Lists….....................214
• Index…................................................220