1959 Cooley's Gardens (1959) (16670869895)

Title: 1959 Cooley's Gardens
Identifier: 1959cooleysgarde1959cool (find matches)
Year: 1959 (1950s)
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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HAPPY WANDERER PRETTY QUADROON (Kleinsorge, '48) Each $2.00 Smooth, metallic, light topper-brown or pale tan, with a hint of lavender and gold as an undertone. The flowers are of faultless form—wide hafts, spreading falls and large, closed standards. The beard is brown. It is a color most difficult to describe but it has much more life and attraction than these coppery tans usually provide. Height 33 to 36 inches. HM AIS, 1948; AM, 1950. Pictured on page 12. PRINCE OF MONACO (Kleinsorge, '56) Each $10.00 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. PROSPECTOR (Kleinsorge, '50) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 Shown on page 39. Deepest golden yellow—almost an orange— with the falls carrying a bold patch of clean ivory-white. For combined depth of color and brilliance at the same time PROSPECTOR has no equal amongst the yellows. The amply large flowers are produced abundantly; they are well formed with widely flaring falls and closed standards. Height about 34 to 36 inches. Of the many first rate yellow Iris available these days there are none quite like this one. HM AIS. 1951; AM, 1953. QUECHEE (Knowlton, '50) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 A handsome garnet-red self. Standards are cupped, the falls flaring and rounded and the bronze beard is thick and heavy. It is one of the reddest and is an easy grower, producing its brilliant flowers on 36-inch stalks. HM AIS, 1950. QUEEN'S TASTE (Douglas, '52) Each $3.00 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 18. RADIATION (Hall, '48) Each $1.00 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. Standards of the large flowers are domed, the falls semi-flaring and very wide. Heavy substance and sturdv growth on 32-inch, well branched stalks. HM AIS, 1948; AM. 1950. RAINBOW ROOM (Sass, '46) Each $1.00 A multi-colored blend with almost all of the tints of the rainbow. Stand- ards 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 34. RAJAH BROOKE (Norfon, '45) Each 60c; 3 for $1.50 Rich topaz-yellow standards shot with bronze; the falls deep pigeon- blood-red. Haft solidly colored, clear into the throat, giving the flower an extra rich effect. Not brilliant and garish, Rajah Brooke is an Iris in luxurious, subdued hues remindful of an Oriental rug. HM AIS, 1946. In color on page 31. RANGER (Kleinsorge, '43) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 Dark but very bright, almost true crimson-red. A decided self, with long, cone-shaped, closed standards and wide falls of glossy velvet. Bronze-orange beard on a brownish toned haft, with very little ven- ation. One of the last to bloom, a sure producer of flowers and lots of them, with straight stems and fine branching. Very large. 36 inches tall. HM AIS, 1944; AM, 1946. Shown on page 30. FLUTED COPPER (43
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