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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GOLDEN YEARS COMFORTING THOUGHT (Tompkins, '63) Each $5.00 Rich lemony gold and lime chiffon flowers enhanced by a daintily laced crimped and frilled edge. The fat beard is creamy lemon. 36- inch stems with four blooms often open at once. Quite late. CONCORD RIVER (Buftrick, '56) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 Light blue, with very wide hafts and domed standards. The beard is white. Color is smooth and even, without the de- tracting veins so often evident in blue varieties. The .38-inch stalks are strong and well branched. HM AIS, 1956. '7 consider t/ou "friends' 'as have been sending you orders since 1958, and what a joy it is to receive an order from you; the iris plants are so large, nice and clean, and the nice bonus plants are really appreciated." Mrs. Grace T. Ballinger, Rittman, Ohio COPPER HALO (Gibsori, '58) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 A creamv white or ivory ground in both standards and falls, heavily peppered and stitched with rosy copper. Broad petals, graceful ruf- fling and thick texture mark this strain and set a new standard for plicata types. Very late. 34-36 inches in height. HM AIS, 1958. See page 44. COftMAND (Hamblen, '63) Each $5.00 Both standards and style-arms are rich coral-buft, the falls smooth white bordered coral-buff and set off with a fiery orange beard. Falls are thick and heavv with wavv margins. HM AIS, 1964; AM, 1966. 36 inches. COUNTRYSIDE (DeForesf, '59) Each $1.50 An eye-popper for size, in lovely chartreuse-yellow. There is a faint plicata dusting of lavender across the wide hafts. Tall, vigorous and excellent in everv way. HM AIS, 1962. Very late. COUNTRY SQUIRE (Gaulier, '66) Each $15.00 From Rococo breeding comes this elegant new white plicata with deep blue stitching and a rich blue-purple beard. Huge flowers with lots of ruffles, closed standards and arching falls. 38 inches; excellent branching. HM AIS, 1967. COURT BALLET (Moldovan, '60) Each $3.50 Here is a new and exquisitely ruSled big pink self of extra heavy porcelain-finish. Refined and lovely even though it ranks among the largest in this color class. Beard is deep red-orange. Heavy 36- inch stems. HM AIS, 1961; AM, 1963. CREAM CREST (Muhiestein, '59) Each $1.50 A very wide cream self of smoothest texture, hafts lightly ruffled and evenly brushed very clean lemon yellow. Large and tall; one of the best in a color which goes well with all others. HM AIS, 1959; AM, 1961. CRINKLED BEAUTY (Schreiner, '61) Each $7.50 A fine example of the progress in breeding for lace—jpossibly the top production in this line. The large flowers, a delicate orchid pink in color, have wide petals and extra heaw substance. Height 38 inches. HM AIS. 1962. BRASS ACCENTS
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