A warm welcome to those who are seeing IRISES, the Bulletin of The American Iris Society for the first time. If you are a member of The American Iris Society I hope you enjoy this new issue.
The Spring 2020 issue of the AIS Bulletin will be available online soon, accessible via the Emembers section of the AIS website. The print copy has been mailed via the U.S. Post Office. On the cover, a lovely iris garden from New Zealand, and also this issue comes with Part 2 of the Centennial Supplement. Parts 3 and 4 will be published later in 2020.
Note: to access this area of the website you must have a current AIS Emembership. (AIS Emembership is separate from the normal AIS membership.) Please see the Electronic Membership Information area of the AIS website for more details.
What's in this issue? See below:
A list of the 2019 Honorary Awards Recipients on pages 16 — 19, compiled by Gary White.
A reprint from our own blog on pages 20 —22, Italian Irises, Great at Last!
A very fitting article about Why Coronavirus is a Bigger Deal than the Seasonal Flu by Dr. John Heard on page 23.
My own article about my trip to gorgeous New Zealand called New Zealand, New Zealanders and Irises on pages 26 — 31.
If you're share your images for any purpose with AIS, please read About Image Requirements with Registrations, by no other than Neil Houghton on pages 32 — 39.
On pages 40 and 41, please don't miss Kathy Chilton's article, Growing Irises in Hot, Dry Climates.
Bruce Filardi writes about International News on page 43.
Lastly, a beautiful image of TB iris 'Outside The Lines' by our dear friend Roger Duncan on the back cover.
There's a lot more to see and read in this edition of IRISES, either in digital or print formats.
Not a member of The American Iris Society? Please see our website for information about becoming one: http://irises.org/
Happy Gardening!
