Title: 1972 Cooley's Gardens
Identifier: 1972cooleysgarde1972cool (find matches)
Year: 1972 (1970s)
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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Grape Festival $12.50 LIGHT AND LOVELY (Rees, '66) EM. 36" Each $7.50 A cream and lime yellow combination with glowing yellow central area and light yellow border on the falls. There is a bit of ruffling at Lusty Song $3.00 the margins and the heavy beard is creamy yellow. HM AIS, 1969. LIGHTUP (Plough, '63) ML. 36" Each $2.50 Standards are Indian yellow with pink infusion in center. Falls are a novel blend of pink and lemon, lighter in the center and shaded to buttercup yellow at the margins. The beard is deep Saturn red, heavy and wicle. ^Vell branched. HM AIS, 1964. LILAC CHAMPAGNE (Hamblen, '65) EM. 38" Each $4.00 This is a new color pattern in bi-colors. Standards are light yellow, as are the style-arms, and the wide falls are solid violet-blue with a bit of soft yellow on the haft. The beard is yellow. Stems are 38 inches in height and well branched. HM AIS, 1966; AM, 1968. See page 25. LILAC FESTIVAL (Plough, '59) EM. 33" Each $2.00 A classic, lightly ruffled, wide petaled, light orchid self including the beard which is almost white. The entire flower has a silvery appear- ance. Truly a masterpiece in delicacy of tone, form and size. hSi AIS, 1959; AM, 1963. Picture on page 48.' LILAC MIST (Luihn, '69) EM. 36" Each $10.00 \ classically formed iris with a dream like soft lilac la\ender color. \ self with white beard tipped cream. Beautifully formed, broad petaled, lightlv fluted blooms are displayed on strong, well branched stalks. HM, 1970. See page 4. LITTLE DOLLY fHa//, '6Ij M. 20" Each $2.00 .\w intensely colored, medium size, brilliant true pink. Slender of stem, reaching a height of about 20 inches, it is loaded with flowers and lasts and lasts. This has found enthusiastic acceptance in Median Iris circles. HM AIS, 1962. See page 38. LORNA LEE (G\h%on, '66) EM. 40" Each $4.00 A true pink, produced on heavy stalks reaching up to four feet, well branched and with so many flowers per stem that it blooms for almost three weeks. Blossoms are very large, the falls wide and horizontally held, w^ith tangerine beard. Grand champion and winner of the Premio Firenze Medal in Italy in 1965. Shown on page 24. HM .MS, 1967. 24

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