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