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Title: 1961 Cooley's Gardens
Identifier: 1961cooleysgarde1961cool (find matches)
Year: 1961 (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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RADIATBON (Hall, 48) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 A pleasing tone of orchid-pink, the standards and falls the same color, with a remarkable deep tangerine beard and burnt orange glow at the heart. Stand- ards of the large flowers are domed, the falls semi-flaring and very wide. Heavv substance and sturdv growth on 32-inch, well branched stalks. HM AIS, 1948; AM, 1950. See page 24. RAINBOW ROOM (Sass, '46) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 A multi-colored blend with almost all of the tints of the rainbow. Standards yellow to light buff, falls yellowish at the edges, merging into violet and deepening to metallic blue at the end of the beard. Standards are frilled and the falls are nicely ruffled. 3 feet. HM AIS, 1947; AM, 1951. Shown on page 24. MAZATLAN PRINCE OF MONACO (Kleinsorge, '56) Each $3.50 A regal flower in two shades of purple, heavily suffused brown on the haft and sporting a rich yellow beard. The standards are brilliant violet-blue, with crinkled appearance of a Poppy petal. The broad falls flare out widely and are waved at the edges, a lustrous deep violet-purple which has the appearance of heavy velvet. Stalks are strong and reach almost 4 feet in height. QUECHEE (Know/fon, '50) Each 75c; 3 for $2.00 A handsome garnet-red self. Standards are cupped, the falls flar- ing and rounded and the bronze beard is thick and heavy. It is one of the reddest and is an easv grower, producing its brilliant flowers on 36-inch stalks. HM AIS. 1950. QUEEN'S LACE (Muhlestein, '55) Each $5.00 Warm creamy white, deepening to creamy yellow at the heart and near the margins. The entire flower is heavily crimped and fring- ed with Chantilly lace. Neither large nor tall but very lovely. HM AIS, 1955; AM, 1957. QUEEN'S TASTE (Douglas, '52) Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 Lavender-pink standards with a strong mid-rib. The falls are a blended rose to violet-red. the entire flower full and very large in size. Everyone is attracted to it and wants to know all about it. New and different. HM AIS, 1953; AM, 1955. Shown on page 19. (50)
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ROYAL VIOLET

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