ANNUAL FLOWERS 



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The California Poppy 



The California Poppy or Eschscholtzia is a native of 

 California and Oregon recently introduced as a cultivated 

 flower. It is a low spreading plant, reaching a height 

 of twenty inches, with finely cut, glaucous foHage and 

 large single flowers that 

 were originally yellow, but 

 are now developed into 

 white, orange, red, and 

 striped sorts. The sepals 

 are united into a cap, 

 which is dropped off when 

 the petals open. Though 

 originally a perennial, it is 

 treated as a hardy annual 

 in cultivation, the seed 

 being sown where the 

 plants are to flower as the 

 seedHngs are hard to trans- 

 plant successfully. It is 

 especially useful for the 

 border of a garden. 



The Pansy 



The Pansy has been cultivated for so many centuries 

 that the history of its origin is unknown. It is believed, 

 however, to have originated from the Tricolored Violet 

 {Viola tricolor), a charming little wild plant, abundant in 

 Europe and parts of America. Like other violets this is 

 a perennial, as is the Pansy when left to itself. 



In garden practice the Pansy does best when treated 

 as an annual, growing new plants from seed every year 



California Poppy 



