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The Review

(Note the below articles Iris Kaempferi and Japanese Iris are used interchangeably as the correct usage name of Iris ensata was not recognized until later, see 1968 Oct.-Vol5-N2)

1964_JANUARY_V1_N1_TSFJI

  • Japanese Iris-Swearengen
  • First Japanese Iris Show-Hazzard
  • Classification of Japanese Irises-Hirao
  • Tetraploids-Fay
  • Growing and Showing-Hazzard
  • The new Look-Westmeyer

1964_MAY_V1_N2_TSFJI

  • Hybridizing-Payne
  • Storing Pollen-Swearengen
  • Preparation of the Iris Beds-Swearengen
  • Tetraploid-Steiger
  • Growing in Iowa-Foley
  • Judging-Payne
  • Japanese Iris Around the World-Hirao

1964_NOVEMBER_V1_N3_TSFJI

  • A Page Out of History-Swearengen
  • Pot Culture-Hirao
  • Japanese Iris Show-Hazzard
  • Gardens in Terre Haute-Crist
  • Soil Acidity-Swearengen

1965_APRIL_V2_N1_TSFJI

  • Experiences in Breeding-Hazzard
  • Wildflower-Warburton
  • Across the Years-Swearengen
  • Classification-Westmeyer

1965_OCTOBER_V2_N2_TSFJI

  • Photographing Japanese Irises-Payne
  • Japanese Iris in California-Maddocks
  • You Too Can Put on a Show-Westmeyer
  • Breeding Diagrams-Payne

1966_MAY_V3_N1_TSFJI

  • How to Succeed with Japanese Irises-Swearengen
  • Japanese Iris in West Virginia-Aultz
  • ‘Numazu’-Hazzard
  • Culture of Japanese Iris in Japan-Ito

1966_OCTOBER_V3_N2_TSFJI

  • Show at Terre Haute-Hayes Jr.
  • Payne Garden-Warburton
  • Swearengen Garden-Warburton
  • Ouweneel Garden-Hazzard
  • Isle Garden-Hazzard
  • Breeding Diagrams-Payne

1967_APRIL_V4_N1_TSFJI

  • Pot Culture-Craig
  • Robin Gleanings

1967_OCTOBER_V4_N2_TSFJI

  • Excerpts From My Diary (Japan Visit) -Payne
  • Japanese Iris “Blight”
  • Japanese Iris in Kyoto-Horinaka

1968_APRIL_V5_N1_TSFJI

  • Studies of the Genus Iris in Japan-Tomino
  • Time Table of Japanese Iris in Japan

1968_OCTOBER_V5_N2_TSFJI

  • Japanese Iris in South California-Carrington
  • They Bloom in the Summer-Day
  • Beginners Luck with Japanese Iris-Rich
  • Pot Culture-Isle
  • Diseases and Pests
  • The Payne Award-Swearengen
  • Kaempferi vs Ensata vs Laevigata

1969_APRIL_V6_N1_TSFJI

  • Japanese Iris in Milwaukee-Protzman
  • Higo Type Japanese Iris and the Standards by which they are Judged in Japan-Craig
  • Other Comments on Japanese Irises-Craig
  • Kaempferi vs Ensata vs Laevigata Cont’d
  • The Significance of Japanese Names for Iris-Reed

1969_OCTOBER_V6_N2_TSFJI

  • 1969 AIS Convention-Gunther
  • Japanese Iris Notes-Gunther
  • Kaemferi vs Ensata vs Laevigata Cont’d
  • Growing Japanese Iris in the Deep South-Hamilton
  • Dr. George M. Reed
  • Swan Lake Iris Garden

1970_APRIL_V7_N1_TSFJI

  • Japan 1969-Davidson
  • Lime and Drought Resistant Tetraploid Iris-Steiger
  • Two Tourist’s Observations on Japanese Iris in Japan

1970_OCTOBER_V7_N2_TSFJI

  • 1970 AIS Convention
  • First Auction for Apogon Irises-Warburton
  • Creating New Japanese Iris Varieties
  • To Cross or To Hybridize
  • In Hybridizing be Bold-Spence
  • Bill Gunther Report (Branching and Sequential Bloom)

1971_APRIL_V8_N1_TSFJI

  •  Arlie Payne 1881-1971
  • Effort to Introduce Tetraploidy in Japanese Iris-McEwen
  • The Japanese Iris in Australia Today, Part 1-Raabe, Part 2-Sutton
  • Iris kaempferi X Iris pseudacorus

1971_OCTOBER_V8_N2_TSFJI

  • The 1971 AIS Convention
  • The Japanese Iris Book-Hirao, Kuribayashi
  • Tender Loving Culture of Japanese Iris
  • Iris kaempferi vs Iris laevigata
  • Enzymes as Germination Aids

1972_APRIL_V9_N1_TSFJI

  • Hybridizing Japanese Iris-Hazzard
  • Crossing Iris kaempferi and Iris pseudacorus-Hirao
  • Visit Japanese Iris Gardens-Listed Open Gardens

1972_OCTOBER_V9_N2_TSFJI

  • Annual Meeting-Westmeyer
  • The 1972 Apogon Auction-Westmeyer
  • Nematodes in Japanese Iris-Hager
  • The Japanese Iris Book Review-Gunther
  • Intensive Care Section-Ouweneel

1973_APRIL_V10_N1_TSFJI

  • Meet Your Officers
  • How Would You Record a Good Seedling-Field Note Outline from Payne
  • 1972 Rebloom Report
  • Nematodes-Reprint from A.H.S.
  • 1972 Tetraploidy Report-McEwen

1973_OCTOBER_V10_N2_TSFJI

  • Factors Influencing Germination of Japanese Iris Seed-McEwen
  • Japanese Iris with Five-Day Blooms-Ackerman
  • How Effective are Biological Controls-Carleton

1974_APRIL_V11_N1_TSFJI

  • Efforts To Introduce Tetraploidy Into Japanese Iris-McEwen
  • A Funny Thing Happened When The Gophers Came-Cleaves

1974_OCTOBER_V11_N2_TSFJI

  • Japanese Iris in Japan-Eberhardt
  • Iris Photography-Eberhardt

1975_APRIL_V12_N1_TSFJI

  • Landscape Planting of Japanese Iris-Payne
  • Iris Kaempferi vs Iris ensata-cont.
  • Regional Growing Reports

1975_OCTOBER_V12_N2_TSFJI

  • Questionnaire Summary-Hambree
  • Garden Companions with Japanese Iris-Davidson
  • Dr. Currier McEwen Report Tetraploid-McEwen

1976_APRIL_V13_N1_TSFJI

  • A Japanese Iris Garden in Switzerland-Sir Smithers
  • Pot Culture of Japanese Irises-Hirao
  • Tender Loving Culture of Japanese Irises
  • Yellow Japanese Iris?
  • Regional Reports

1976_OCTOBER_V13_N2_TSFJI

  • Iris pseudacorus x Irie kaempferi Hybrids
  • The Magnificent Higo Iris-Kokich (Auckland, NZ)
  • Photographing Flowers in Color-Clark
  • Tetraploidy (Updated Report)-McEwen

1977_APRIL_V14_N1_TSFJI

  • Hooked on Japanese Iris-Rawdon
  • Why and How Japanese Iris Show-Hazzard
  • Lesson ’76 (Growing at the Pond vs Field)-Ouweneel

1977_OCTOBER_V14_N2_TSFJI

  • Iris Kaempferi in Japan
  • Progress Report Tetraploidy 1977-McEwen
  • Lesson ’77 (species cross hybrids)-Ouweneel
  • Kalamazoo Japanese Iris Show-Miller
  • Annual Meeting of the SJI at AIS Convention Memphis-Burton
  • Japanese Iris Show Summerville S.C.
  • Rebloom Report-McEwen
  • Regional Reports

1978_APRIL_V15_N1_TSFJI

  • Seiwa-en, Missouri Botanical Garden-Eisley
  • What We Have to Judge-Abell
  • News from  British Iris Society-Hewitt
  • Report from Huntsville, AL-Ross

1978_October_V15_N2_TSFJI

  • Wages of Neglect-Abell
  • Progress of Tetraploidy-McEwen
  • Rebloom? Continuing Bloom?-McEwen
  • Observations of Fertilizers in the Culture of Japanese Iris Seedlings-Paolucci

1979_SPRING_V16_N1_TSFJI

  • Success in Forcing Flowers, Bowden
  • JI Blues (Film And Blue Flowers)

1979_FALL_V16_N2_TSFJI

  • Performance of Japanese Iris in Soils of Different PH-McEwen
  • Nematode Control
  • A Note Regarding Rebloom-McEwen
  • Control of Couch Grass-Bowden
  • Japanese Iris in the Low Country (S.C.)-Burton

1980_SPRING_V17_N1_TSFJI

  • Correspondence Letters 1961-1970-Hirao and Payne
  • Denver Botanical Garden-Japanese Iris Planting-Kuesel
  • South Carolina-The Japanese Iris State?

1980_FALL_V17_N2_TSFJI

  • South Carolina Tour, Show, and Test Garden-Weber
  • Update on Rebloom-McEwen
  • Obituary Lorenzo Paolucci-McEwen

1981_SPRING_V18_N1_TSFJI

  • Extending the Bloom Season and Prolonging Flower Longevity-Ackerman, Williams
  • Bee Warburton Writes (Natural Mutations)
  • Seed Size of Miniature Japanese Iris-McEwen

1981_FALL_V18_N2_TSFJI

  • Growing Japanese Iris in Colorado-Clark
  • Show Reports

1982_SPRING_V19_N1_TSFJI

  • Symbolism in Ikebana-Paquet
  • Show Reports

1982_FALL_V19_N2_TSFJI

  • Staging A Flower Show-Paquet
  • Dr. McEwen Writes (Damage to leaf and roots)
  • Show Reports

1983_SPRING_V20_N1_TSFJI

  • Arthur Hazzard-Life Story
  • Convention and Show Reports
  • JI Rebloomers-Ouweneel

1983_FALL_V20_N2_TSFJI

  • Breeding Japanese Irises At The Introduction Station Glenn Dale, MD-Ackerman
  • Observations Of A “Suicidal Trait” (Or Bienninlism) In Breeding Japanese Iris-Ackerman
  • Summerville 5th Annual JI Show-Burton
  • Harrisburg Third Beardless Iris Show-Straw
  • Grimsley Japanese Iris Test Garden Report-Burton
  • To Kalamazoo And Back-Vincent, and Burton
  • The Kalamazoo 1983 JI Show-Bauer
  • Beware The Walking Iris-Ouweneel
  • Yellow Japanese Iris Foliage-Ouweneel

1984_SPRING_V21_N1_TSFJI

  • A Comprehensive Survey of The Japanese Iris-Bowden
  • The Japanese Iris in Japan-Hirao
  • Summerville Iris Society-Burton

1984_FALL_V21_N2_TSFJI

  • Summerville Iris Society-Burton
  • JI Test Garden and Registration-Burton
  • The Payne Award-Burton
  • JI Popularity Poll-Burton
  • Founding of The Society For Japanese Irises-Westmeyer
  • Breeding for Dwarfness in Japanese Iris-Ackerman
  • In Memoriam-Thorton Abell, Ford Grant
  • Kalamazoo Show-Stout
  • 1984 Iris Tour To Japan-Denny
  • Growing Japanese Iris in New Mexico-Danielson

1985_SPRING_V22_N1_TSFJI

  • In New England We Love Irises-Warburton
  • Marhigo Iris-Rodgers
  • Galesburg Garden Culture-Coble
  • A Question of Disease in Japanese Irises-McEwen

1985_FALL_V22_N2_TSFJI

  • Comprehensive Index of The Review 1-21-Ouweneel
  • Second Iris Tour of Japan-Rockwell
  • Kalamazoo Weekender-Stahly
  • A Winter Ikebana Using Iris-Wong

1986_SPRING_V23_N1_TSFJI

  • Japanese Beetle & Rose Chafer Problems-Welsh
  • Pink Iris Classification in Japan-Shin, Welsh
  • Germination of Japanese and Siberian Iris Seed-Bauer
  • SJI Slide Collection Coble
  • The Less Than Perfect Garden Culture-Delmez
  • Inheritance of White Flower Color in Japanese Iris-Ackerman, Bentz
  • Some Miscellaneous JI Observations-McEwen
  • Iris ensata In or Out of Water-Avery
  • Basic Culture for Japanese Iris-Welsh

1986_FALL_V23_N2_TSFJI

  • Display Garden Program-McEwen
  • Show Reports
  • The Japanese Iris Show-Welsh
  • Landscaping With Japanese Iris-Burton
  • Pink Flower Color in Japanese Iris-Ackerman, Bentz
  • A Visit to Adolph’s Garden-Miller
  • The Indiana Tour to Adolph Vogt’s Garden-Cronin
  • Iris ensata and Water-The Editor
  • Our Preparation of Japanese Iris Beds-Miller
  • Seed Size and Plant Size-McEwen
  • When to Divide Japanese Iris-July? Sept.?-Miller

1987_SPRING_V24_N1_TSFJI

  • Breeding New Types of Japanese Iris-Ackerman
  • 1986 Seed Germination-Bauer, Coble
  • Excerpts From The Japanese Iris Robin
  • Summer Wind Ikebana-Wong

1987_FALL_V24_N2_TSFJI

  • Growing Japanese Iris in Southern California-Gunther
  • A Visit From Mr. Mototeru Kamo-McEwen
  • Excellent Tetraploid Japanese Iris at Dr. McEwen’s Breeding Farm-Kamo
  • Review of 1987 Summerville Convention Gardens-Warner, Figge, and Maker
  • A Time to Transplant-Ensata Gardens
  • Japanese Iris in Florida-Padgett
  • Breeding for Dwarfness in Japanese Iris-Ackerman
  • Thrips and Spider mites-Coble

1988_SPRING_V25_N1_TSFJI

  • Obituary William Ouweneel 1897-1987
  • Invitation to the Gardens of the 1988 Japanese Iris Convention
  • Japanese Iris Shows listed 1988
  • Japanese Iris Display Gardens-Barr
  • Comments on Judging Japanese Irises-Welsh
  • More Notes on Planting Times-Vogt
  • Observations on Japanese Iris in the Summer-Coble

1988_FALL_V25_N2_TSFJI

  • Obituary Dr. Shuichi Hirao-Ackerman
  • Obituary Elanor Westmeyer
  • 1988 awards and Popularity Poll
  • Popularity Poll-Burton
  • Show Reports
  • A Look Back on 25 Years-Welsh
  • 1988 SJI Convention Reports Show and Gardens-White, Mahan, Pope, Stahly, and Aitken
  • Seaweed and Pine Mulch-McEwen
  • Battling Garden Varments-Ackerman
  • Japanese Iris in Florida-Padgett
  • Development of the Japanese Iris, Edo, Ise, Higo, and Culture, Hirao

1989_SPRING_V26_N1_TSFJI

  • 1989 Convention Gardens
  • Scheduled Japanese Iris Shows
  • How to Have A Fish Fry-Copeland
  • Progress in Breeding Japanese Iris-Yabuya
  • Japanese Iris Culture in Artificial Bogs-Bauer
  • Growing Japanese Iris Under Artificial Bog Conditions-Ackerman
  • Japanese Iris Culture in Artificial Bogs-Delmez
  • Comprehensive Index Vol. 1 – Vol. 25-Abell
  • The International Garden and Greenery Exposition, Osaka, Japan

1989_FALL_V26_N2_TSFJI

  • Popularity Poll
  • Awards List
  • Excerpt From: Irises In The Little Garden, Boston 1927, Mahan
  • 1989 JI Convention Show and Garden Reports-Coble, Honkanen, Miller, Stahly, and Welsh
  • Bill Ackerman’s Garden-Coble
  • My First Japanese Iris Convention-Brooking
  • Falls and Petals-McEwen
  • 3P and 6P, Now 3F and 6F ?-Coble
  • Show Reports
  • Japanese Iris Freeze to Death-Pope

1990_SPRING_V27_N1_TSFJI

  • You Can Count On This-Harris
  • Japanese Iris Display Gardens-Barr
  • Disasters-Innerst
  • The Mystery Of Pink Mystery-McEwen

1990_FALL_V27_N2_TSFJI

  • Obituary Lois “Jonnye” Rich-Hager
  • Show Reports
  • Awards List
  • Popularity Poll-Burton
  • Registration Of Japanese Iris-Mahan
  • 1990 JI Convention Show and Garden Reports, Portland, Maine-Ferris, Nicholls, Reid, Randall, Morgan, Burton, Warner, and Figge
  • Studies On The Breeding Of Japanese Garden Iris, Part 1-Yabuya
  • Discussion Of Dr. Yabuya’s Research-Ackerman
  • A Plant Breeder’s Dilemma-Ackerman
  • Experiences Of A Plantsman-Summers
  • Modern Horticulture And How To Avoid Disaster-Woolsey

1991_SPRING_V28_N1_TSFJI

  • Errata For Studies On The Breeding Of Japanese Garden Iris, Part 1
  • Studies On The Breeding Of Japanese Garden Iris, Part 2-Yabuya
  • Discussion Of Dr. Yabuya’s Research-Ackerman
  • My Pink Ensata-McEwen
  • Hazzard Memorial Garden Dedication
  • Pros And Cons Of Tetraploidy In Japanese And Siberian Irises-McEwen
  • Collected Notes-Coble
  • Color Variations-Coble
  • More Reminiscences From Alex J. Summers

1991_FALL_V28_N2_TSFJI

  • 1991 Popularity Poll
  • Studies On The Breeding Of Japanese Garden Iris, Part 3-Yabuya
  • 1991 Portland Oregon Convention Reports-Erickson, Copeland, Smith, Warner, Pope, and Brookins
  • 1991 Show Reports
  • When Is A Payne A Pain?-Figge
  • Japanese Iris Culture In Japan-McEwen
  • Program For Soil Improvement At Seaways Garden-McEwen
  • Honeysong Notes On Japanese Iris-Summers
  • Potted Japanese Iris-Pope
  • The Iris From The Flowers And Gardens Of Japan-Mahan

1992_SPRING_V29_N1_TSFJI

  • Obituary Dr. Koji Tomino
  • Vote–Maybe Don’t Vote-Coble
  • Notes On Our Trip To Japan-McEwen
  • Report On Registration Project-Mahan
  • A Note From Joe Griner
  • Honeysong Farm Notes On Japanese Iris-Summers
  • Tramps Or Treasures?-Cook
  • Summery Of Japanese Iris Poll 1985 to 1991-Cook

1992_FALL_V29_N2_TSFJI

  • Obituary Leland Welsh
  • Obituary Adolph Vogt
  • An Annual Fertilizing Program For Gardeners-Skinner
  • McEwen Book Wins Horticultural Award
  • Japanese Iris Display Garden Program-Barr
  • A World Premiere ‘Versata’ A New Iris
  • 1992 Popularity Poll Results
  • 1992 Kalamazoo Convention Reports-Maltman, Kiyomoto, Hornstein, Harris, Boswell, Warner, Pope, and Miller
  • A Glimpse Into The Future-Aitken
  • 1992 Show Reports

1993_SPRING_V30_N1_TSFJI

  • 1993 Convention Update Description of Gardens-Smoot
  • Your pronunciation Of Japanese Names Is Excellent-Mahan
  • Donau X Tet Japanese-Aitken
  • Chinese Japanese Iris In Kansas City-Waddick
  • Caretaker Program-Randall
  • Display Gardens-Randall
  • Japanese Iris Registration Project-Mahan
  • Honeysong Farm Notes-Summers
  • Traveling With Your Japanese Iris-Hornstein
  • Registering an Ensata for the First Time? Some Helpful Hints-White

1993_FALL_V30_N2_TSFJI

  • 1993 Japanese Iris Awards
  • Growing JI’s In North Carolina-Nix
  • 1993 Popularity Poll
  • Problems In Dealing With Interspecies Crosses-Ackerman
  • 1993 Convention Reports Virginia Beach- Paquest, Ackerman, Jewell, O’Melay, Pope, Skinner, Cole, Honkanen, Reid, and Harris
  • 1993 Show Reports

1994_SPRING_V31_N1_TSFJI

  • Preview Of Summerville S.C. Convention and Gardens
  • Japanese Irises In The Sarah Duke Gardens, North Carolina-Jones
  • Carolina Mountains Iris Society Expands Public Plantings-Hoover
  • Display Gardens-Randall
  • 1993 Garden Season In Review-White
  • Report On Japanese Iris Registration Project-Mahan
  • 1994 Scheduled JI Shows
  • Look-Alike Cultivars-Coble

1994_FALL_V31_N2_TSFJI

  • 1994 Awards
  • W. A. Payne Medal-Coble
  • Obituary Jean Trevithick-Whittaker
  • Notes Regarding Hybridizing Methods-McEwen
  • 1994 Conventions Reports, Summerville, S. C.-Pope, Hazelton, Grundies, Chicvara, Shinn, Clark, and Mahan
  • Honorary Life Membership Award-Mahan
  • 1994 Popularity Poll-Burton
  • 1994 Show Reports
  • 1995 SJI Convention Preview Baltimore, MD-Smoot

1995_SPRING_V32_N1_TSFJI

  • 1995 SJI Convention Preview Towson, Maryland-Warner
  • SJI Policy On Registrations And Introductions-Mahan
  • Check It Out-Coble
  • More On X Versata And Backcrosses-Huber
  • Display Gardens-Randall
  • Updates Of Japanese Iris Registration Project-Mahan
  • School Of Hard Knocks-Randall
  • Soaking Rhizomes Before Planting-Coble
  • 1995 Scheduled  JI Shows

1995_FALL_V32_N2_TSFJI

  • 1995 Japanese Iris Awards
  • 1996 SJI Convention Preview St Louis, Missouri-Smith
  • American Horticultural Society Announces Annual Award Winners
  • 1995 SJI Convention Reports Towson, Maryland-Probst, Griner, Miller, Harris, Savoie, Clark, Weixlmann, Cook, and Mahan
  • Report From New Zealand-Johns
  • 1995 Popularity Poll-Guest
  • 1995 Show Reports

1996_SPRING_V33_N1_TSFJI

  • 1996 SJI Convention Preview St Louis, Missouri
  • Obituary Bernard W. McLaughlin-White
  • Growing Japanese Irises In South Carolina-Lineberger
  • JI Activity In The Northwest-Aitken
  • SJI Policy On Registrations And Introductions-Mahan
  • Japanese Iris Necrotic Ring Disease-Shimizu
  • Propagating Japanese Iris-Coble
  • SJI Display Gardens (83 listed)-Randall

1996_FALL_V33_N2_TSFJI

  • 1996 Japanese Iris Awards-Wilhoit
  • Award for Dr. Tsutomus Yabuya-Mahan
  • 1996 SJI Convention Reports St Louis, Missouri-Wagner, Wilhoit, Delmez, Verwhilst, Yunger, Poole, Thruman,  and O’Melay
  • My ’96 Ji Season-Burton
  • 1996 Popularity Poll-Guest
  • Problems in Hybridizing Tetraploid Japanese Irises-Harris
  • 1996 Show Reports

1997_SPRING_V34_N1_TSFJI

  • ‘Rose Adagio’ A Japanese American Hybrid-Coble
  • A Lesson For All Gardeners-Mahan
  • Pursuing Improvements In Japanese Iriss-Copeland
  • A Unique Hybrid ‘Pixie Won’-Coble
  • Display Gardens (98 listed)-Randall
  • Peacock Dance-Warner
  • Japanese Irises, Water Lovers???-Randall
  • 3Fall-6Fall Genetics-Coble
  • Another First?-Coble
  • 1997 Shows and Events

1997_FALL_V34_N2_TSFJI

  • 1997 Japanese Iris Awards
  • Japanese Irises InUnderhill, Vermont-Schmieder
  • 1997 Japanese Iris Popularity Poll-Guest
  • My “Dish Pan” Garden-Burton
  • International Japanese Iris Symposium Hamilton, Ontario-Guest
  • A Garden Shared-Hoover
  • SummervilleIris Societies 20th Anniversary-Morrison
  • 1997 Show Reports

1998_SPRING_V35_N1_TSFJI

  • Ton Ton Bana-Shimizu
  • Obituary Rich Randall-Lowe
  • Japanese Iris Will Shine In ’99-Harris
  • Salute To SIS Founder, Ginny Burton-Morrison
  • How To Tame A Swamp With Japanese Irises-Muller
  • JI’s Rebloom In England-Mahan
  • A Lucky Recovery-Innerst
  • Raising Beardless Irises In Pots-Hornstein and Ackerman
  • Japanese Iris Display Gardens (112 count)
  • 1998 Shows And Events

1998_FALL_V35_N2_TSFJI

  • Japanese Iris Awards
  • Jill Copeland Honored by SJI-Mahan
  • Thinking About Youth-Morris
  • Summerville Iris Society Weekend-Morrison
  • 1998 Show Reports
  • A Trex To Lee Walker’s Garden Roseburg, Oregon-Aitken
  • 1998 Japanese Iris Popularity Poll-Guest
  • Victoria, British Columbia 1997 Fall and Winter Bloom-Flint
  • Reblooming Japanese Irises Are On The Way-Aitken
  • More News On Reblooming-Hornstein and White
  • Nagi Type Of Japanese Iris-Shimizu

1999_SPRING_V36_N1_TSFJI

  • Cover Photos Used By Today’s Hybridizers-Coble
  • Japanese Iris Pot Culture And Bonsai-Mahan
  • Japanese Irises Display Garden List (112)
  • Japanese Irises A Brief History-Mahan
  • 1999 Shows And Events

1999_FALL_V36_N2_TSFJI

  • Japanese Iris Awards
  • 1999 Convention Reports Portland, OR-Hornstein, Warner, Paquet, Probst, and Wheeler
  • Dr. Currier McEwen-Convention Guest Speaker
  • Convention Awards
  • Distinguished Service Honors-Mahan
  • A Pilgrimage To See The “Wunderkind” Of Japanese Hybridizing-Hornstein
  • Japanese Iris Reports Fredericksburg, Virginia-Lipiec
  • 1999 Show Reports
  • 1999 Popularity Poll-Guest

2000_SPRING_V37_N1_TSFJI

  • Japanese Irises In The Pond-Harris
  • Flying Seeds-Shimizu
  • The Development Of Pseudata-Shimizu
  • Japanese Iris Display Gardens List

2000_FALL_V37_N2_TSFJI

  • 2000 AIS Japanese Iris Awards
  • Hearing From The Hybridizers-Copeland, McEwen, Harris, Shimizu, Aitken, Walker, Bauer, Coble, Reid, Hublau, Delmez, and White
  • 2000 Show Reports
  • 2000 SJI Popularity Poll And Comments
  • The Flourishing Flora Exhibit-Guest

2001_SPRING_V38_N1_TSFJI

  • Obituary Evelyn O. White
  • Inducing Tetraploidy: Time For New Techniques?-Hager
  • Bellender Blue Want To Be Hybridizes’ Luck-Bauer, and Coble
  • Iris Myths And Fallacies-Mahan
  • The Rettig/Wirz Japanese Iris Award-Gerbracht

2001_FALL_V38_N2_TSFJI

  • 2001 AIS Japanese Iris Awards
  • A Biography Of Picotee Princess (Reid 92)-Reid
  • Getting Acquainted With SJI Members-Reid
  • How to Become A Hybridizer-Coble

2002_SPRING_V39_N1_TSFJI

  • Japanese Iris Yellow Dwarf Disease-Shimizu
  • Japanese Iris Display Gardens List 2002
  • The Three Scholars Of Dashima And The Japanese Iris-Mahan
  • Hearing From The Hybridizers-Aitken
  • A Collated Survey Of Japanese Iris Culture Across The U.S.
  • A Place For Open Pollination?-Hager

2002_FALL_V39_N2_TSFJI

  • Japanese Iris In Mississippi-Not Possible-Yes It Is-Emerson
  • 2002 Show Reports-Japanese Iris
  • American Iris Society Awards 2002
  • Meet The Hybridizers Don Delmes-Rust
  • Garden Profiles-Earthheart Gardens-Whitney
  • Japanese Iris Culture-Aitken
  • Matters For Discussion-Growing Japanese Irises In The SameSoil-White, Boehm, and Warner
  • On Voles-Holmes
  • Robin Found-Harris, and Iler
  • Hearing From The Hybridizers-Cool, Whitney, Harris, Aitken, and Reid
  • Display Garden Spotlight
  • This ‘N That Letters To The Editor-Lockman, Shimizu, Schooly, and Delmez
  • Visit Your Local Gardens-Morris
  • Culture Of Japanese Iris In The Same Space-Flint

2003_SPRING_V40_N1_TSFJI

  • SJI Popularity Poll 2002
  • Meet The Hybridizers Ed Matheny III
  • Hensler’s Putative Japanese X Siberian Iris Hybrids-Fulton, Whitney, McEwen
  • Japanese – Siberian Hybrids – Past The F1’s-Hensler
  • Matters For Discussion Attempted Siberian-Japanese Iris Cross-Hager
  • Matters For Discussion-Copland
  • Arrangement With Japanese Irises-Miller
  • Payne Medal-Mahan
  • W. A. Payne Medal-Coble

2003_FALL_V40_N2_TSFJI

  • AIS Japanese Iris Awards 2003
  • SJI Popularity Poll
  • Obituary Currier McEwen-White
  • Notes From The Beardless & Borderless Convention 2003
  • Chirps From The General Interest Japanese Iris Robin
  • A Massachusetts Garden-Cook
  • The Two Seasons Of Japanese Irises In Japan-Mahan
  • Iris Trails At RHS Gardens Wisley-Russell
  • Meeting The New Hybridizers-Aitken, Iler, Pack, Delmez, and Copeland
  • 2003 Show Reports-Japanese Irises

2004_SPRING_V41_N1_TSFJI

  • Japanese Iris Stamp-Mahan
  • A Modest Proposal-Hager
  • Enzymatic Reactions And Japanese Iris-Walker
  • Pseudata Surprise-Warner
  • Hanashobu Display In Japan-Shimizu
  • Some Thoughts On The Display Garden Program-Cook
  • Kitten Grows Into Lion King-Coble
  • Meet The Hybridizers Darlyn Wilkenson

2004_FALL_V41_N2_TSFJI

  • 2004 AIS Awards Japanese Irises
  • Flower Arranging (for youth) In Four Easy Steps-Morris
  • SJI Popularity Poll 2004-Filardi
  • Japanese Iris Culture ’04-Aitken
  • Show Reports
  • Hybridizing Basics-Sacks
  • Hybridizers Robin (Notes On Tetrapoid Conversions)-Iler

2005_SPRING_V42_N1_TSFJI

  • Chirps From The Hybridizer’s Robin-Copeland
  • Delmez Display Garden
  • Friendship Grows In A Garden-Claunch
  • Ensata Extravaganza-Epperson
  • Japanese Irises In St Petersburg-Makarova
  • Project Deep Freeze-Whitney

2005_FALL_V42_N2_TSFJI

  • Payne Medal Winner
  • Favorites At The 2005 SJI Convention
  • 2005 Convention Report A Gem Of A Convention In The Diamond State
  • Convention Comments-From Attendees
  • Ikebana Exhibition-Japanese Irises In The Sogetsu Style-Button
  • What Did We Learn From Poster Sessions
  • From Seed To Bloom In 7 Months-Copland
  • Display Garden Visit-Gormley
  • Region 1 Award To JI-Markham
  • Rebloom And Repeat Bloom Japanese Irises-Garden Reports and Lists
  • SJI Popularity Poll 2005-Filardi
  • SJI Convention 2005 Show Report

2006_SPRING_V43_N1_TSFJI

  • Can Any Iris Be Crossbred With Any Other Kind Of Iris-Copeland
  • Society For Japanese (Iris) Awards-Miller
  • Japanese Irises In New Zealand-Copeland
  • Chirps From The Hybridizer’s Robin-Copeland
  • Forty-Two Years Growing Japanese Iris Remembering Conventions-Miller

2006_FALL_V43_N2_TSFJI

  • Visit To Mt Pleasant Iris Farm Washougal, WA Chad Harris, Dale Grams-Sautner
  • Japanese Iris Awards
  • Regional Reports
  • Japanese Irises Questions And Answers From Our Readers
  • Region 6 Spring Tour Gormley
  • Epilog To Region 6 Spring Tour-Copeland
  • Visiting Mike Iler-Hager
  • Swan Lake Iris Garden Sumter, South Carolina
  • SJI Popularity Poll For 2006-Filardi

2007-V44-1-SJI-Review-Spring

  • Geishoui-Mahan
  • Digging And Dividing Japanese Irises-Hager
  • Progress In Tetrapoid Japanese Iris-Copeland
  • Seedlings At The Region  6 Spring Tour In Kalamazoo-Gormley
  • Hiroshi Shimizu Awarded AIS Hybridizers Medal-Mahan
  • Chirps From The Japanese Iris Hybridizers Robin-Copeland

2007_FALL_V44_N2_TSFJI

  • AIS Awards 2007 Japanese Irises
  • Showcase The Kalamazoo Japanese Iris Display-Coble
  • Show July 8, 2007, Shelburne Falls, MA-Wheeler
  • Chirps From The Hybridizer’s Robin-Copeland
  • From The Past Japanese Irises In Region 6-Hazzard
  • SJI Website Questions And Answers
  • SJI Popularity Poll For 2007
  • Delmez Display Garden St Charles, Missouri-Gormley
  • Preview Of Guest Irises For The 2008 Japanese Iris Convention-Copeland

2008-V45-1-SJI-Review-Spring

  • Chirps From The Japanese Iris Hybridizers Robin-Copeland
  • SJI ConventionThrough The Years-Warner
  • The Joys Of Attending SJI Conventions-Miller
  • SJI Website Question and Response-Growing Japanese Iris From Seed
  • Some Japanese Iris Recessives-Coble
  • SJI Display Garden-Open Garden Day Earthheart Garden
  • Report On The Russian Project-Cook, Whitney, and Copeland

2008-V45-2-SJI-Review-Fall

  • American Iris Society Japanese Iris 2008 Awards
  • A Convention To Remember Kalamazoo 2008-Gormley
  • The Copeland Garden-Warner
  • American Iris Society Honors Robert Bauer and John Coble-Mahan
  • John White ‘Dirigo Pink Milestone’ Wins 2007 Payne Medel-White
  • The Munson Garden-Nolin
  • ‘Nothing Less Than Perfection’ O’Meloy Garden-Wilson
  • Ensata Gardens ‘A Field Of Dreams’-Guess
  • SJI Popularity Poll For 2008-Barker
  • Hands Across The Prairie From Kalmazoo To Dubuque-Gormley

2009_SPRING_V46_N1_TSFJI

  • Hybridizer Goals-Hager, Wilkenson, Harris, Delmez, Aitken, Hablau, Copeland, Cook, and Walker
  • Hooked On Irises-Bennett
  • A Quest For A Yellow Japanese Iris-White
  • Culture Corner (Thrips)-Coble, and Spence

2009_FALL_V46_N2_TSFJI

  • SJI Popularity Poll-Barker
  • American Iris Society AIS Awards (JI) 2009
  • American Iris Society The Warburton Medal
  • International News Society For Japanese Irises Aids International Bulb Society
  • The Herbert Medal-Lehmiller
  • Kalamazoo JI Show June 7, 2009
  • JI Robin-Homozygous and Heterozygous-Selling Unregistered Iris
  • Of Stamens and Stamina (John White’s Oral History)
  • Ensata Gardens And The SWMIS JI Show-Heilman
  • Culture Corner-Forcing JI To Bloom Earlier-Hablau
  • Culture Corner-Sucess In Forcing Flowers Of Two Japanese Iris Cultivars-Simcoe
  • ‘Little Bow Pink’ Background-Delmez
  • Clarence Mahen No. 46. ‘Bunjikai’

2010_SPRING_V47_N1_TSFJI

  • Obituary John White 1916-2010
  • I Hope Everyone Had A Nice Of A July 4th As I Did-Hoot
  • Kalamazoo Country Club The Best Display Of Japanese Iris In The U.S.-Coble
  • Culture Corner-Growing Iris Ensata-Harris
  • Culture Corner-Raising Beardless Irises In Pots-Hornstein, and Ackerman
  • Culture Corner-Japanese Iris Pot Culture And Bonsai-Mahan

2010-V47-2-SJI-Review-Fall

  • SJI Popularity Poll 2010
  • American Iris Society Japanese Iris Awards 2010
  • Kalamazoo JI Display 2010
  • Chirps From The Japanese Hybridizer’s Robin-Copeland
  • A Visit To The Westfall Garden-Lewonski
  • First Beardless Show For The Show Me Iris Society-Rust
  • Obituary Stirling Innerst
  • Remembrance Stirling Innerst-Leader

2011-v48-1-SJI-Review-Spring

  • Mt Pleasant Iris Farm-Harris
  • The Evolution Of Japanese Irises-Aitken
  • Wildwood Gardens-Plotner
  • Pseudatas As Pond Plants-Warner

2011-V48-2-SJI-Review-Fall

  • SJI Popularity Poll 2011
  • 2011 SJI Convention Report-Harris
  • Mt Pleasant Iris Farm-Spence
  • Aitken’s Salmon Creek Garden-Baker
  • Wildwood Gardens-Butler
  • Kalamazoo JI Display 2011-Coble
  • A Letter To The Hybridizers, Young And Old-Anonymous-Spence
  • Thomas Hogg Jr His Times And Irises-Whitehead

2012-V49-1-SJI-Review-Spring

  • In Downtown Olympia-Unser
  • Jewel Of Saint Louis Missouri Botanical Japanese Garden-Hughes
  • The Delmez End Of The Season Iris Bash-Tankesley-Clarke

2012 SJI Review Fall-Not Published

2013-V50-1-SJI-Review-Spring

  • 2012 Payne Medal Winner ‘Coho’-Harris
  • 2012 Japanese Iris AIS Award Winners
  • 2012 Popularity Poll Results-Barker
  • Japnese Iris Envy-Spence
  • No Bee Pods Last Year-Coble
  • A Reply To Anonymous-Coble
  • The 2012 Season A Not So Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Garden-Coble
  • Japanes Iris Exsteded Bloom in 2012-Aitken

2013-V50-2-SJI-Review-Fall

  • 2013 Payne Medal Winner ‘Bewitching Twilight’-Frasier
  • 2013 Japanese Iris AIS Award Winners
  • 2013 Popularity Poll Results
  • Discover Victoria’s Secrets-Baker
  • Obituary Anna Rettig-Guest
  • Japanese Iris In Russia-Mironova
  • Kalamazoo Japanese Iris Display 2013-Coble