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Title: 1968 Cooley's Gardens
Identifier: 1968cooleysgarde1968cool (find matches)
Year: 1968 (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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ELEANOR'S PRIDE STEP FORWARD (Hall, '59) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 Truly a gigantic flower of light lavender-blue on imposing stems. Although of great size it appears graceful and attractive because of the waved or ruffled extra wide falls. The stalks will reach 38-40 inches and the branching is ideal. This is an extraordinary Iris in a somewhat staid color group. HM AIS, 1961. STEPPING OUT (Schreiner, '64) Each $8.00 A new plicata remindful of a combination of Dot and Dash and Rococo. The ground color is snowy white, the margins of both standards and falls rimmed with a broad band of deep pansy- violet. All petals are stylishly ruffled. 4-way branching; 38 inches tall. HM AIS, 1965; AM, 1967. See page 30. STERLING SILVER (Moldovan, '63) Each $5.00 After being open a few hours, a silver-like edge develops around the petal edges of this extremely ruffled and fluted violet bi-tone. Perfection in form, with domea standards and wide, almost hor- izontal, flaring falls. 36 inches. HM AIS, 1964; AM, 1966. STRIPED BUTTERFLY fNoyd, '58) Each $3.00 An intense medium shade of blue with an utterly different pattern of deep violet-blue hues extending out on the widelv flaring falls. There is a slight ohve cast on the haft and the beard is bright yellow. Well branched, 36-inch stems. HM AIS, 1958. See page 37. STYLE MASTER (Tompkins, '65) Each $12.50 While not really a black it is assuredly one of the darkest of the blackish-toned blues. A self, somewhere between very dark na\'v blue and blackish aconite, with a blue-black beard to match. Huge, flaring flowers with unveined, lustrous finish. 44 inches. BLACK TAFFETA SUN CHARIOT (Hall, '63) Each $3.50 A widely spreading, bright chrome to sulphur yellow giant, the lighter shades being predominant in the center of the falls and near the beard. Margins of the falls are heavily serrated and fringed. Beard is deep yellow, not orange. Blossoms measure 8 inches in width and the stalks reach 38 inches or more in height. SUNNY SPLENDOR (Schreiner, '65) Each $12.00 A gigantic, clean and clear deep yellow self. There are up to eleven buds per stem, and this provides an extra long season of bloom. The wide falls are ruffled at the margins and the fluted standards are closed and overlapping. Midseason to late. 36 inches. SUNSET BLAZE (Kleinsorge, '48) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 A tall and huge golden flame-salmon blend, almost a red, but with so much of the gold influence in it that it is not reallv a red Iris. A most impressive flower, blooming verv earlv on widely branched stalks reaching 42 inches. HM AIS, 1949; AM, 1951. Color picture on page 42. SURPRISE PARTY (Kleinsorge, '55) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 A new combination of colors—rosv lavender standards and golden apricot falls—pastel hues with definite contrast and strong garden value. Good sized flowers on extra well branched 3-foot stems. HM AIS, 1956. See page 55. SWAHILI (Plough, '65) Each $20.00 Dusk>', smoldering, reddish black with a slight violet cast. The hafts are red-brown and the beard is also brown. Silky standards and velvety falls. 31 inches. HM AIS, 1966. (52)

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