SEAFAIR QUEEN (R. Brown, '61) Each $3.00 



Beautiful ivory white with heavily laced edges of pale yellow and 

 a yellow beard. Excellent form with wide, flaring falls. A good 

 parent for lacy seedlings. 32 inches. HM AIS, 1963. 



SEASHELL MUSIC (Ernsf, '65) Each $6.00 



A blend of rose and copper etched on creamy white, remindful of 

 some of the colorful seashells from tropic shores. Huge in size, 

 ideal in form, and the flowers of thick enamel-like substance are 

 produced on 40-inch stems. This is from My Honeycomb x Fairy 

 Fable, so you see it is one-half pink and should provide good op- 

 portunity for breeding. See page 24. 



SILENCE (Tompkins, '66) Each $20.00 



A brilliandy rich, deep yellow with a self-colored beard and a 

 slightly lighter canary yellow glow over the central part of the falls. 

 Tompkins considers this his finest yellow to date. 38 inches. Rather 

 late. HM AIS, 1968. 



SIVA-SIVA (Gibson, '62) Each $2.50 



A flamboyant combination of rich golden standards flushed with 

 cinnamon and porcelain white falls heavily bordered and etched 

 brilliant red-mahogany-brown. All petals are fluted and rippled 

 and the flaring falls are almost horizontal. The large, long lasting 

 flowers are fragrant with the scent of spice. Height 36 inches. HM 

 AIS, 1963. See page 56. 



SOARING KITE (J. Nelson, '58) Each $1.50 



Wide, ruffled flaring i\ or\' and pale primrose — a creamy effect in a 

 very tall and large Iris. This is a color that blends well with every- 

 thing and will provide an excellent Ijackground for others of 

 medium height. HM AIS, 1959; AM, 1963. 



SOLID GOLD (Kleinsorge, '51) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



The deepest yellow imaginable, without actually being orange 

 rather than yellow. Huge in size, very wide at the haft, ideally 

 formed and supremely branched. Height over 3 feet. HM AIS, 

 1951; AM, 1953. See page 47. 



SON OF SATAN (Wickersham, '62) Each $2.00 



A large blackish-maroon self, with a sooty overlay and bronzy 

 brown beard in harmony. The falls are especially wide at the haft 

 and are semi-flaring. This is a vigorous grower, producing many 

 well-branched 3-foot stems to the clump. 



SORORITY GIRL (Moldovan, '60) Each $1.50 



Ruffled salmon-pink with an almost white area in the center of 

 each fall. Very large blooms with conical swirled standards and 

 large rounded falls. Salmon colored beard. .34 inches. HM AIS, 

 1960. 



SOUTHERN COMFORT (Hinkle, '65) Each $6.00 



A rich, creamy beauty with an intensification of deeper yellow on 

 the hafts and in the heart. Beard is matching yellow. Extra wide 

 standards and falls are pleated and ruffled. One of the finest of 

 all recent novelties. 36 inches. HM AIS, 1966. See page 31. 



SOUTH PACIFIC (Smifh, '54) Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Famous light blue, introduced at one-hundred dollars per rhizome. 

 Regarded by many judges as the best of its color, it is perfecdy 

 formed, Ijright and silkv. 40 inches tall. The beard is almost white. 

 HM AIS, 1954; AM, 1958. One of the "Five Iris of the Year" for 

 1963. See page 25. 



PRETTY QUADROON 



"I received mi/ order of his, and (ifiaiii I am perfccthi deli<^htcd. The 

 size and (juahtij of the phints. as idwaijs, arc unsurpassable." 



Mrs. L. B. Watson 



McLean, Va. 



"The Iris arrived in very satisfactorij condition and the rhizomes 

 were large and healthy. I think you should be complimented on 

 the excellence of jjour stock." 



Dr. Dorothy Diener 

 Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio 



"We have grown Cooley's Iris for many years. 

 They are unsurpassablel" 



Mrs. Chas. Paddock 

 Kingsville, Mo. 



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