Classic Irises and the Men and Women Who Created Them.1575242818 Classic irises and the men and women who created them. Mahan, Clarence E. Krieger Publishing Co. 2007 404 pages $87.50 Hardcover SB413 A past president of the American Iris Society and Historic Iris Preservation Society traces the history of irises from being appreciated as rather low-key species in the wild to being cultivated from seedlings as showy show·y adj. show·i·er, show·i·est 1. Making an imposing or aesthetically pleasing display; striking: showy flowers. 2. , popular garden plants This is a partial list of garden plants, plants that can be cultivated in the garden, listed alphabetically by genus. See also:
A : Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z intr. & tr.v. hy·brid·ized, hy·brid·iz·ing, hy·brid·iz·es 1. To produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed. 2. and other plants he/she developed, and color illustrations. But the story of iris breeders who introduced their cultivars before 1920 awaits a sequel. Mahan challenges some key taxonomic tax·o·nom·ic also tax·o·nom·i·cal adj. Of or relating to taxonomy: a taxonomic designation. tax designations and advances the taxonomy taxonomy: see classification. taxonomy In biology, the classification of organisms into a hierarchy of groupings, from the general to the particular, that reflect evolutionary and usually morphological relationships: kingdom, phylum, class, order, of Florida's native iris species. A glossary is included for non-specialist iris lovers. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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