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Title: 1962 Cooley's Gardens
Identifier: 1962cooleysgarde1962cool (find matches)
Year: 1962 (1960s)
Authors: Cooley's Gardens; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Irises (Plants) Catalogs
Publisher: Silverton, Ore. : Cooley's Gardens
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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HEARTBEAT (Lapham, '58) Each $10.00 Among the vast number of pink Iris now in commerce, this is real unique. Not only is the "La France" shade quite apart from others, but the heavy pink beard ex- tending far do(vn on the falls is unlike any Iris we know. Rare breeding opportunitv here! 36 inches; quite late. HM .VIS, 1958. HELEN COLLINGWOOD (K. Smith, '49) Each $1.00 .\ very brilliant Iris in the neglecta class. Standards are light la\ender, the falls briglit violet-purple ... a de- cided contrast. Stalks are 40 inches tall, sturdy and vigorous. HM AIS, 1950; AM, 1952. Shown on page .31. HELEN NOVAK (Hinkle, '58) Each $10.00 A ruined medium blue of intense color, lovely billowy fullness of form and delightful ruffling. The beard is tipped blue. Great size and 38-inch, nicely branched stalks are additional complements. It is free flowering and a fast increascr. HM AIS. 1958. HENNA STITCHES (Gibson, 1961) Each $17.50 Well ilhistratetl on page 61, a \ ery bright combination of frosty white and gleaming henna-copper. The petals are gracefully floimced and ruffled. A feature which en- livens this new plicata is the metallic gleam of the reddish copper margins and style-arms. Beard is dusty old gold, lightly tipped magenta. Hafts and base of standards are blended gold. Here is :i dazzling beauty with fragrant, spicy odor. 36 inches. HER LADYSHIP (Palmer, '56) Each $3.00 If \ou admire blue Iris \ou will fall in love wilb this \ery large medium blue, remindful of a regal lady with fidl, semiflaring skirts. Standards arc conical and firmly closed. 36 inches and over in height. HM AIS, 1956. HIGH BARBAREE (Tompkins, '58) Each $7.50 Tor many years diet Tompkins has \vorked with his own strain of reds, hoping to come up with some- thing which would top anything ever produced in this color section. In the new High Barbaree he feels that he has attained that goal. Clean, glossy and rich, it is between currant-red and carmine, on 40-inch stalks. The heavy beard is lemon. HM AIS. 1958. HINDU BELLE (Kleinsorge, '60) Each $8.00 The general color is burnished bronzy-tan, with a flush of \ iolet-bliie on the falls. Petals are crisp and flaring, the standards erect and closed. This is a heavy producer of flowers and makes a solid clump of color in the ffarden. Height 34-36 inches. HUNTSMAN (Sass, '55) Each $3.00 BALLERINA This blackish red-brown is seldom seen and is but little known. The rufllcd owers are large and rounded in form, self colored, the beard deep bronze. There are no markings on the falls. Medium height, to 30 inches. HM Al's. 1955. HARBOR BLUE (Schreiner, '54) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 This new blue, of startling size, has been winning fame both in this country and abroad. The great flowers are borne on husky stalks reaching almost four feet and they hold up in all kinds of weather. HM AIS, 1955; AM, 1957. HAWAIIAN BREEZE (Hall, 1961) Each $15.00 .V delicately colored flower that is neither pink nor mauve, but is from pink breeding and could be called a pink blend. It is so dif- ferent from others of this series, so enchanting in its pastel shadings and s;) excitingly luiique with its decidedly pink beard! Large, ivell foimed and nicely branched. 3 feet. See page 52. HARVEST SPLENDOR (Kleinsorge, '56) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 A smooth blend of gold and apricot, the standards solid apricot faintly tinted rose, the falls bright old gold shading to apricot near the margins. Beard is orange-yellow. The flowers are well tailored, just slightly waved at the edges of the falls. Substance is thick and the petal siuface glistens w-ith myriad golden particles. .\ clump produces lots of blooms thus making it an ideal varietv for mass effect in ihe garden. 3 feet; iiii<!sc:isoii. In color on page 28. ICE CARNIVAL (Watkins, '54) Each $2.50 Standards are pale azure-blue, the falls white. .\ frilled and ruffled flow'er of great charm and tmusual color combination, derived from the lovely blue Jane Phillips, 38 inches. HM AIS, 1954. ILLUSTRIOUS (Hall, '53) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 Our latest blue Iris, coming into flower with such late varieties as Extravaganza and Garden Glory. Blossoms are of very large size, uni- form rich deep blue—almost indigo—and a clump is a \\'onderful sight. The smooth haft is brownish and the beard is inconspicuous. W'idclx branched, three feet tall. IMMORTAL HOUR (Fothergill, '59) Each $10.00 Here is a grand and new white from England, about as near perfec- tion as any Iris could be. Form and balance leave nothing to be de- sired and the strong stalks are well branched with many buds. A winner of manv British awards, it was featured on the cover of the nciv \IS book. "Garden Irises."' (42

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