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New BEAUTIFUL

CLASSIC

Raised by
MR. J. H. GRINTER
Independence, Missouri

Can you fancy an ‘‘Asia”’
with flaring falls, with
thick Dominion quality
petals, with standards of
such brilliance and tex-
ture as to appear fashion-
ed out of gold leaf, and on
a stiff, cane-like stem?
Classic 1s such an iris.

Have you ever inspected
a field of seedlings, or
viewed a planting of new
and rare sorts, suddenly
to come upon some variety
which is entirely new to
you and stops vou cold in
your tracks? Wait ’til you
see Classic for the first
time; it will do it!

This iris is offered as an
improvement in color, in
shape and growing habit
over the well known and
long popular variety Asia.
It is fully as large as Asia,
with broad flaring falls.
Height three and one-half
feet. Splendid heavy fol-
lage, tinged purple at the
base. Extremely limited
stock this first year of 1n-

Te troduction, "$25 each.
COOLEY’S IRIS GARDENS
Reese 810 NORTH WATER STREET sree

SHEVERTON, OREGON

Members: American Iris Society - Commercial Peony and Iris Growers’ Assn.

VISIT OUR GARDENS. :

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UR BLOOMING SEASON should be about right, May 10 to 25. We do little local business, and
will be glad to have you visit us during the Iris season to look over our stock, see the new ones
in bloom, inspect the seedlings on trial, and exchange views. We expect to flower many unintro-
duced things from the Sass Brothers, sent to us for trial, as well as a few seedlings of rare merit

from Dr. Ayres and Mr. Lapham. Also, we imported several outstanding foreign varieties this year from
France and England and hope to have bloom on them. There will be King Solomon and Egypt, Senlac,
Dogrose, Columbine, Hassan, Carfax; and from Cayeux, Phebus, Ministre F. David, as well as Vert Galant,
Frivolite, and the incomparable Depute Nomblot. The Kleinsorge seedlings always prove a magnet to
Silverton visitors, and in addition to Klamath, Oregon Beauty and Oregon Giant, there will be some re-
markable new ones blooming for the first and second year. i

About May 20 R. M. Cooley will leave for the Atlantic Coast and New England, to visit the growers
and to look over new introductions and seedlings. During the last two years this quest for the best has
earried him some 10,000 miles among the growers of the Pacifie Coast, the Mid-West, a portion of the
South, and the region about the Great Lakes. Thus we try to give our customers and all interested in
Irises first hand and authentie information in this field.

TERMS, ETC.

This list is intended for the wholesale trade only, Shipments: We begin shipping orders about

and is placed in your hands at this time so that you
may have an opportunity to include items in your
own catalogue which you possibly do not grow your-
self, or which you have in insufficient quantity. We
make a specialty of growing irises for the wholesale
trade, and supply only first quality Oregon grown
rhizomes suitable for resale, and which can be cle-
pended upon to bloom the first year after planting.
Our stock is NOT IRRIGATED and NOT FER-
TILIZED, and the remarkable size and quality of
our rhizomes is only the result of clean and inten-
sive cultivation on good soil and a favorable climate.

Terms: 10% cash with order, 15% on June 1,
and 25% on July 1, August 1 and September 1,
PROMPTLY. Such an arrangement permits you to
realize a return on the stock before paying for it
in full. These are the most reasonable terms offered
by any grower, and we ask your co-operation by
making your payments exactly accordine to the
above plan.

Discounts: 10% may be deducted on all orders
placed before February 1 and accompanied by cash
in full. After that date, all orders fully paid for
prior to June 1 are entitled to 5% discount.

June 20. If you want your order sent later in the
season, or on any specific date, we shall carry out
your instructions. Early shipments permit plants to
become established before winter sets in, but rhiz-
omes are not as large as they would be in August.
We prefer to ship around July 10 as an ideal time.
POSITIVELY NO SPRING SHIPMENTS MADE.

Transportation: Prepaid express or parcel post,
whichever we deem most expedient. Be sure and
state your express office, if different from postal
address. We pack in dry exeelsior in well venti-
lated cardboard cartons and guarantee safe delivery
to poimt of address. All shipments are insured. Re-
member, we PREPAY all costs,—the prices quoted
herein are for delivery to your door.

We Guarantee all rhizomes true to name, first
size, free from disease and pests, and to reach you
in live and healthy condition. We do not guarantee
them to live or grow in your garden under condi-
tions over which we have no control.

Reference: The First National Bank of Silver-
ton, Oregon.

New Introductions and Specialties

Raised by
DR. W. MeL. AYRES
Cincinnati, Ohio.

MELpDORIC

Dr. Ayres regards this as his most outstanding
production to date. He was one of the very first to
use Dominion for breeding purposes in this coun-
try, and has turned out some noble work, his Persia
and Indian Chief being highly regarded both here
and abroad. During the two seasons past Meldoric
has proven the sensation of the Ayres garden, and
upon the oceasion of my visit there in May I was
so struck with its gorgeousness that I agreed to pur-
chase the entire stock and offer it for introduction.
A plant sent to England for trial bloomed last
season and evoked high praise from those who
chanced to see it.

Meldorie combines the richness of Dominion with
the size and majesty of Mesopotamica, without the
tenderness of the latter The flowers
blue-black in effect, colossal in size, with broad flar-

strain. are
ing falls and huge standards of darkest hue. Com-
pared with Blue Velvet it is less blue and more
The

names

purple, and much darker in tone. name 1s
of the of the

parentage (Mesopotamica x Eldorado) x Dominion.

derived from a contraction
Dr. Waller of Columbus suggested that “Luxor”
would be a fitting title for such a super iris.

“T saw Meldoric and it seemed a very handsome
thing to me. The very large, rich, dark flowers have
more substance than any Dominion I have seen, and
it has a strong stem, good foliage, and looks like a
eood grower. I admired it very much.”

ETHEL ANSON 8S. PECKHAM,
New Rochelle, N. Y.
Each $30.00; three for $75.00

W AMBLISKA

The huge white self, raised by Jacob Sass of
Omaha, Nebraska. This was the most sensational
iris of 1930, and is being proclaimed by all who
have seen it as the greatest hardy white in the
world. Few irises in existence are larger in size,
and it flowers abundantly on four-foot sturdy stems.
A faint blue flush at the base of the standards gives
it a cool appearance, rather than the warm effect
of creamy whites lke Purissima, Michelline Char-
riere, ete. It is certain to enjoy world-wide popu-

larity, because of the tenderness of our present
super whites in many sections.

Very few rhizomes for sale, each $20.00

CLARA Noyes

At the
time of my visit to his garden last spring I selected

A lovely warm blend from Hans Sass.
this as my favorite. It was then growing as Num-
ber 23-29. The coloring is a medley of peach and
apricot tones, much more intense and redder than
Midgard. The stalks measure about three feet, are
perfectly branched, and the blooms are medium to
It should attain as much favorable
Mrs. F. E. Keller of St.
Joseph, Missouri, also selected it as her favorite,

large in size.
popularity as Mideard.

and I have had equally enthusiastic reports from
others who chanced to see it in bloom.
Rhizomes $10.00 each. It is a rapid increaser.

PLUIE D’OR

A beautiful iris, on slender, perfectly branched
Fine rounded flow-
ers of sold golden yellow, with deep yellow beard.

stalks well over three feet tall.

Winner of the Dykes medal in France, it has proven
the outstanding variety of this color both in Europe
and America. Wherever I went last spring I found
hybridizers at work with crosses from this variety,
an indication of the regard in which it is held by
our foremost introducers.

Each $12.50; three for $30.00; ten for $90.00

Large stock permits this very low price.

Mrs. VALERIE WEST

Of the long lne of Dominion seedlings put out
by Mr. Bliss, he considers this his crowning achieve-
ment. It combines the rich colorings of Bruno and
Cardinal into a flower of greater size on a taller
stem, widely branched, and produces its enormous
blossoms in great profusion. Heretofore the price
of this has been almost prohibitive for widespread
distribution, but our stock has increased so that we
are able to offer it at the following unprecedented
low price.

Each $10.00; three for $24.00; ten for $75.00

BEAU SABREUR
A rich variegata introduced last season by the

Lonefield Iris Farm. It is the best of this class
with which we have come in contact, big deep yel-
low standards and extra heavy velvety falls show-
ing plainly the Dominion ancestry. This we consider
Williamson’s finest production of 1930. It is a very
vigorous grower, our own stock averaging an in-
crease of five to one in a single year.

Each $6.50; three for $15.00; ten for $45.00

SAN FRANCISCO

A four-foot plicata that has been awarded the
Dykes medal by the American Iris Society. No
other plicata approaches it in size and grandeur,
heaviness of texture, or wide and low branching
habit. It is not an iris for severe climates, but is
worth the protection of a box or glass covering
during the winter. In warmer sections it grows
perfectly and is one of the truly “greats” of the
iris world. At the price quoted it is worth trying
even if you fail with it.

Each $5.00; three for $12.00; ten for $35.00

CORONATION

Without doubt this is the best yellow of Ameri-
can introduction to date, and because of its very
reasonable price is so in demand that it was praec-
tically unobtainable last summer. It is a uniform
deep yellow, absolutely hardy, doesn’t fade, and
compares well with the high priced varieties of this
color now in commerce. We regard Pluie d’Or as
its only superior, all things considered. For two
years we have been propagating this, realizing its
good value, and now have the largest stock of it
existing.

Each $2.50; three for $6.75; ten for $20.00

Sir MICHAEL

Unquestionably the finest blue and purple bi-
color in the world. Standards are clear blue, falls
rich deep mahogany, with a beard of red-gold. Re-
garded as the finest iris ever to come from England
In our own wet
Northwest, in dry and sunny California, and in
Nebraska, and the colder Minnesota, we
found it blooming equally well. A super-iris if ever
there was one.

Each $10.00; three for $27.00; ten for $80.00

and a sensation wherever shown.

Ohio,

DoLLy MADISON

With the blended colorings of an intensified
Quaker Lady, and size, branching habit and height
comparable to the best, this Williamson introduction
has no superior in its class. As the Longfield cata-
logue states: “Eventually you will own Dolly Madi-
It carries some of the shades found in the
new French varieties, Anne Marie Cayeux and Evo-

son.”

lution. Rehable everywhere, and certain to evoke

the admiration of all who see it.

Each $5.00; three for $13.50; ten for $40.00

PURISSIMA <

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, in California
or in the South, by all means add this glorious white
to your collection! Nothing that grows can compare
with it when flowered under congenial conditions.
Growers in colder and wetter sections of the coun-
try can also succeed with it, but it must have win-
ter protection except in warm climates. A normally
flowered stalk of Purissima is a never-to-be-forgot-
ten sight.

Each $4.00; three for $10.50 ; ten for $30.00

Mi IpGARD

Two years ago this was hailed as the best pro-
duction ever turned out by the Sass Brothers. The
yellow-pink blended flowers introduced a new color
note, and it became immediately so popular that
there has never been sufficient stock to supply the
demand. It is one of the most rehable new vari-
eties for severe climates, besides being a very free
bloomer and rapid multiplier. Its future is assured.

Each $2.50; three for $6.75; ten for $20.00

LABOR

A deep garnet colored flower, overlaid with a
copper and bluish sheen. This unusual tone has
made Labor one of the best sellers of the past two
seasons. This iris crowds Opera out of the picture,
and is most effective as a clump where its intense
color can be displayed to most advantage. Our lim-
ited stock last year was quickly sold out, but we
now have a fair quantity of excellent plants at very
reasonable prices.

Each $2.00; three for $4.50; ten for $12.50

FRIEDA MOHR

This iris, originating in California, is one that
can be depended upon to grow and flower well al-
most anywhere despite its tender blood. Unlike
some of its kin, I found it perfeetly at home in Hh-
nois, Ohio, and Minnesota. It is one of the giants
among our modern varieties, and is not surpassed
by any of the violet pinks in commerce. An indis-
pensable variety.

Each $2.00; three for $5.25; ten for $15.00

SURPRISE
Our Introduction of 1928

A beautiful medium blue self of largest size and
great height, four feet, the entire flower slightly
suffused with a soft shade of heliotrope. An out-
standing feature is the intense burnt-orange beard.
The competition in this color class is most keen, but
Mr. Schreiner ranks Surprise among the best dozen.
Mrs. Pattison of Quality Gardens remarks that “‘it
did beautifully for me this year. It was one of, if
not the tallest, in my garden.”

Extra large rhizomes, $7.50 each; three for $18.00

SANTA BARBARA

Here we have an iris which approaches perfee-
tion in the shape and size of its flowers, and in
addition is possibly the finest and clearest laven-
der blue so far introduced. The exhibition rating of
91 is well deserved. Having been in commerce suf-
ficiently long to become fairly plentiful, it can now
be bought at the following surprisingly low prices:

Each 50c; three for $1.05; ten for $2.50

A Few Random Notes

Although our space does not permit discussion
of all varieties listed, we cannot refrain from men-
tioning a few. Allies bloomed continuously in our
garden during May, June and July until August 12.
Sikh bloomed in the fall, week of November 10, a
dandy spike. Sass’s have some fine things in the
list; Baldwin is a huge flower of lavender-heliotrope
that is unique and extra good. King Tut contains
real red in the falls and is one of the brightest spots
in the garden. Rameses created a furore at the Free-
port show in 1930 and was absolutely unobtainable
shortly after the blooming season. Midgard is al-
ready favorably known everywhere. Euphony is a
blend of the Ophela type, rosier in tone. The pro-
geny of Dominion stands in a class by itself, and
now that Bruno and Cardinal are being offered at a
They

were the best of the older Dominions and the stand-

popular price everyone should have them.

ard by which the newer ones had to be judged.
Dauntless, the Dykes medal winner, heads the Amer-
ican reds. Lovely Dolly Madison is now offered
reasonably, and no collection is complete without it.
We understand that some growers boosted the price
of Coronation to $5.00 wholesale last year when it
became scarce. Better get it early from us at half
Melchoir was intro-
Liisiea

that while our stock holds out.
duced as an improved Mrs. Valerie West.

duskier, bronzier, more purple edition of it, very
fine. No iris competes with Madame Durrand, that
symphony in buff, old gold and heliotrope. Not so
long ago such varieties as Germaine Perthuis, Ma-
jestic, Duke of Bedford, Romola, Tenebrae and
Aphrodite were searce and high in price. They are
now quite plentiful, bear high ratings, and should
displace a lot of junky stuff that many growers,
Because of
heavy stocks of some things we are listing them

especially nurseries, are still listing.

“below par” and urge your consideration of Evadne,
Julia Marlowe, Labor, Morning Splendor, Rosado,
Santa Barbara, Tropic Seas, Yoeman, and 27th of
April. On the other hand, stock of a few is extreme-
ly shy and if you wish to be sure of Allure, Blue
Velvet, Coppersmith, Ion, Le Correge, Messaline,
Opaline, Pongee, Padre, Pink Satin, Rameses, Sun-
light, Wambliska, Rasakura and a few others, do

not delay placing your order for these at once.

Growers in England and France are especially
requested to consider the American introductions,
including the new Classic, Meldoric, Klamath, Wam-
bliska, Rameses, Clara Noyes, Beau Sabreur, and
Blue Velvet. They are among the world’s supreme
achievements in iris breeding. All foreign orders

are strictly cash before shipment.

KLAMATH .

Raised by
R. E. KLEINSORGE
Silverton, Oregon

We had the pleasure of introducing this novelty last season, and again offer it as one of the premier
American seedlings of Dominion ancestry. The rich and subtle blending of deep brown and bronze on a
dull purple ground is not comparable to any other iris, the resulting effect being quite distinct in its air
of antiquity, like some old wood carving or a rare piece of ancient bronze.

Having bloomed it last season, Mr. F. X. Schreiner had this to say: “Klamath bloomed. finely. Its
qualities are especially form, poise, substance held without flopping for the entire life of the blossom—
three days. I am, of course, prejudiced a little against the $50 iris in general, but THIS HAS MERITED
IT MORE NEARLY THAN THE OTHERS.”

Extra fine, extra large rhizomes, $40.00 each; three at $35.00 each

“Prices

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valliriatees eee ee 4.00 3.75 3.25 Morning Splendor ($20
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Brumomeieeeas 9) t's 5” 1.50 1.25 1.00 Ophelia...
eeeNontisom | 82) kee ede 190 Oregon Beauty...
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Cardinale 2 Aes 2.00 1.75 1.50 Petruchio...
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Germaine Perthuis........... 1.50 1.25 1.00 San Louis Rey...
George J. Tribolet............ 1.00 15 50. San Diego...
GoldMimperial: =.= 2) 50 35 95 Santa Barbara.
Glowing Embers........... 1.25 1.00 75 Sacramento...
Grace Sturtevant.............. 12.00 11.00 10.09 Sikh...
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Five at the 10 rate; Twenty-five at the 100 rate.

7-—— Price Each on Lots of —_

One
30
2.50
20
1.00
1.50
1.50
2.50
9.00

40
10.00
5.00
2.00
25.00
25.00
2.50
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12.50
7.50
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YOU KNOW SOME

Here are the unsolicited comments of a few well-known
growers and firms who have purchased stock from us during
the past season. They are business people who are sincere
in what they say and do not make statements just to see
their names in print.

“Your letter and the wonderful boxes of irises have just
Thanks for both, but especially for the care
with which the rhizomes had been selected.

reached me.
They are abso-
lutely firm and certainly better than average size.”
MRS. L. W. KELLOGG,
Over-the-Garden-Wall,
West Hartford, Conn.

“The perfectly splendid iris roots came in good order and
are growing strongly already (July 24). Needless to say,
they are about the best lot I have ever received from any
source.”

J. C. NICHOLLS,
Ithaca, N. Y.

“The iris rhizomes came today in splendid condition.
Such stock I have not seen before; how do you grow them?”
DR. J. H. NEELEY,
Paulding, Ohio.

“We received the shipment of iris this morning in splen-
did condition and they are extra nice plants.”

THE PFIEFFER NURSERY CO.,
Winona, Minn.

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“T have just received the shipment of ‘Bruno’ and they

were very fine roots. Thauks for the generous count.”

HARCOURT M. TAYLOR,
Yakima, Wash.

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“T am very much pleased with the irises which you sent,
In all my experience in buying from many parts of the coun-
try I have never received finer stock.”

WM. M. JOHNSTON,
43 Cotton Street,
Newton, Mass.

“You certainly need not apologize for any of those plants.
They were as fine as any I have ever received and were in
splendid condition. I am more than pleased with them and
know my customers will be also.”

MISSOULA IRIS GARDEN,
W. E. Schreiber,
Missoula, Mont.

OF THESE PEOPLE

“The irises arrived in fine condition after their long jour-
ney.

Your rhizomes are larger than ours.”

MRS. JOHN T. LOVE,
Towson, Ma.

“Klamath came in fine condition and is a splendid root
I don’t see how you grow them so large. Surprise made six
divisions this year,”
L. MERTON GAGE,
Sunnyside Gardens,
IWatick, Mass.

“The first lot of irises arrived yesterday. They were in
splendid condition and there is nothing of which we could
complain. The quality of your stock and the courteous and
efficient way in which you have handled this order will cer-
tainly encourage us to further business.”

THE SCARBORO GARDENS CO.,
W. J. France,
Searboro, Ont., Canada.

“IT have never seen such wonderful rhizomes! Perfectly
huge, and I am very much pleased and proud to possess such
an order.”
MRS. K. L. BROWNE,
Olde Time Gardens,

Kansas City, Kas.

“Your irises came through in the best shape of any that
I received. They seem to grow larger in the Far West than
in this section.”
VIRGIL V. JOHNSON,
1125 Grand Concourse,
New York City.

“In the few years that I have made irises my hobby I
have received them from both obscure and very prominent
growers, but never such rhizomes as you have put out. A
year ago I bought some stock of Morning Splendor from you
which was fully up to your standard, and they put out some
wonderful blooming stalks for me and gave blooms that were
up to the advertised standard—performing in every way as
if they had been established two or three years instead of
one. I know that I could not ask or expect anything better.”

GEO. D. JOPSON,
Saugerties, N. Y.

And so you see why our business is growing each year,
and the reason that Robert Wayman, for example, has given
us a substantial order for the third successive season,