Note: Iris Book Titles are Underlined but are not links to other material.


Baker, J.G. Handbook of the Iridae. London, 1892.

Berry, Susan. Irises, A Romantic History with a Guide to Cultivation. 1992, Philadelphia. Hardcover with colored D.J., 64 pages. Nice accurate colored pictures.

Berrisford, Judith M. Irises. London: John Gifford Ltd. 1961 8 vol. 150 pp with 29 b/w photographs.

Dykes, William Rickatson. The Genus Iris. New York, Dover, 1974 1st thus. Unabridged repub. of orig. C.U.P. 1913 edn. 4to. VG d/w. Cloth/gilt. 248pp. 48 colour plates & 30 line drawings.

Glasgow, Karen. Irises: A Practical Gardening Guide. Timber Press Portland, Oregon 1997, 8vo, 104 pp, color photos throughout.

Goldblatt, P. Iridaceae. Rotterdam: A. A. Balkema, 1996. line drawings, map. 92 pp., Part of the Flora of tropical East Africa.

Grosvenor, Graeme. Growing Irises. Kenthurst: Kangaroo Press, 1984. colour photos. 88 pp., Written for conditions in Australia.

Kohlein, Fritz. Iris Timber Press Portland, Oregon 1995 reprint 8vo, 370 pp. describes the 200+ species & many of the cultivars; 210 color photos as well as line drawings.

Mathew, Brian.The Iris. 1981 first ed., London, the standard guide to species.

McEwen, Currier. Japanese Iris. Brandeis U Press Hanover 1990 4to, 153PP.

McEwen, Currier. Siberian Iris. Timber Press 1996 hb color photographs, 8vo, 206 pp, Includes history, classification, culture, pests and diseases.

McKinney, Ella Porter. Iris in the little garden Boston: Little, Brown 1927 American 1st Edition B&W Photographs Hardback

Meckenstock, Dr. Dan. Breeding Red Irises: The Carotenoids

Mitchell, Sydney B. Iris for Every Garden. Barrows NY 1949 8vo, 224 pp incl index.

Moore, Nicholas. The Tall Bearded Iris. London 1956

Price, Molly. The Iris Book Van Nostrand 1966 hb

Price, Molly. The Iris Book Dover Pub. Inc. NY 1973 8vo, 204 pp. sb

Randolph, L. F. Garden Irises. 1959 American Iris Society: St. Louis, 1959. Octavo, cloth, in a dust wrapper. 575 pages, indexed and illustrated. Brings together the expertise of leading iris specialists in America and Great Britain in what was intended to be the most complete treatise available on garden irises. Includes chapters by individual specialists on diversity among irises, the history of iris development, landscape uses of irises, iris culture and propagation, diseases, iris genetics, species hybrids, color classification, judging garden irises, irises in public gardens, exhibiting at and staging shows, plus separate chapters on Japanese irises, Siberian irises, the Spurias, and reblooming irises.

Shear, William. The Gardener’s Iris Book. Taunton Press, 1998, an excellent reference on growing iris.

Shull, Marion J. Rainbow Fragments : A Garden Book of the Iris. Doubleday Doran & Co. 1931 New York, 317 pages, color & b&w illust.

Stager, Walter. Tall Bearded Iris (Fleur-de-Lis) A Flower of Song. Sterling IL: Walter Stager, 1922 Cloth. 8vo. A beautiful book detailing the history and cultivation of the bearded iris, plus hundreds of lyric references to the iris in song. Many photos from the author's gardening and other illustrations. Dark blue cloth cover with gilt lettering and a b&w pastedown of the flower.

Stebbings, Geoff. Gardener's Guide to Growing Irises. Timber Press Portland, OR 1997 8vo, 160 PP.

Warburton, Beatrice. The World of Irises. 1978 American Iris Society. The BIBLE for iris.

Wister, John C. The Iris. New York, 1927. A treatise on the history, development and culture of the iris by the then president of AIS.

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