IRISES BY BARBARA JEPPE, FIRST EDITION, 1999 IN EXCELLENT CONDITION

"IRISES" BY BARBARA JEPPE, FIRST EDITION, 1999, SOFTCOVER, IN EXCELLENT UNREAD CONDITION, 95 PAGES, EXTRA-LARGE WITH WITH GREAT FULL COLOUR PICTURES, SCARCE AND LONG OUT OF PRINT.

"This book of art work compliments information about the history of the iris - its role in mythology from France to the Orient and its significance in art and emblems - with practical notes on cultivation. Full size art reproductions detailing 38 iris species and cultivars support descriptions and notes on the origin of each different type of iris, whilst notes about the optimum location of irises in the garden represent one of the many useful pieces of gardening advice offered. Each specimen has been painted from a growing plant and shows both the bud and the full flower." - Online summary