We have conducted a V-band CCD surface photometry of 68 disk galaxies to analyze the bulge morphology of nearby spirals. We classify bulges into four types according to their ellipticities and the misalignments between the major axis of the bulge and those of the disk and the bar: spherical, oblate, pseudo triaxial, and triaxial. We found that one third of the bulges are triaxial and they are preponderant in barred galaxies. The presence of the triaxial bulges in a significant fraction of unbarred galaxies as well as in barred galaxies might support the secular evolution hypothesis which postulates that the bar driven mass inflow leads to the formation of triaxial bulges and the destruction of bars when sufficient mass is accumulated in the central regions.

We have examined bulge morphology of 104 bright barred galaxies, using V-band surface photometry based on the Kiso Schmidt plates. By measuring the bulge ellipticity and bulge-disk misalignment, we have classified bulges into four morphological types: sphere, oblate spheroid, triaxial ellipsoid, and pseudo triaxial ellipsoid. About half of the observed galaxies are found to have triaxial bulges with mean ellipticity of 0.24. They are distributed uniformly along the Hubble sequence.

We analyzed the reddening of 873 bright G and K stars from the DDO photometry in combination with MK spectral classes and (B-V) colors. About a quarter of the sample stars have DDO indices beyond the limits of DDO calibrations. To extend the reddening determination to all stars, we applied a scheme for reddening determination of field G and K stars by using the DDO calibrations (Janes 1977, 1979b) and MK-(B-V) relation of FitzGerald (1970).

For F,G,K stars, their photometric data and metallicity, [Fe/H] are collected and their correlations between δ δ (U-B) and [Fe/H] for each spectral group are examined, using a reference sequence which is defined by the stars in Woolley's catalogue and other reference sequences. Detailed examination shows that the reference sequence by Woolley's catalogue appears to be properly defined for the calculation of δ δ (U-B) of population I stars in the solar neighborhood. It is suggested that accuracies of metallicities derived from δ δ (U-B) can be improved if we derive the correlations between [Fe/H] and δ δ (U-B) from the stars in each spectral group.