The cover subject for the spring 2006 issue of the Rock Garden Quarterly will be Iris cristata. I searched the archives for an appropriate article to reprint and found nothing except a 1982 piece by Roy Davidson, which is mostly devoted to comparing the species with other crested irises. Would someone like to write up a current view of Iris cristata, with mention of the cultivars now available? Davidson mentions 'White Pearl', 'McDonald', 'Millard', 'Whisper', 'Crested Ivory', 'Skylands', 'Crested Fairy', 'Gold Crest', and "Abbeys Violet' as having been grown. I remember seeing the last named. Are any of the others still in gardens? Are there new ones now in commerce? Perhaps one of you can write about these, or direct me to someone who can? Thanks much, Jane McGary Editor, NARGS