shades of blue vary a good deal, some being of an exquisite soft June, 

 tone and others of a more ordinary mauve or purple. It is Poppy 

 worth while securing the seed from some really good stock to Effects 

 start with, or begging a root, as it can be increased by division. 

 We grow the white with the Oriental Poppies ; it makes a most 

 brilliant effect, but, alas, one very quickly over. 



The trouble of these magnificent Poppies is that they want 

 a great deal of room when they are in flower and are very 

 untidy afterwards. If space admits, it is best to devote a bed 

 to them in some wild part of the garden where saxifraga 

 hypnoides making a sheet of white with its tiny flowers or 

 some of the big Thistles, might be grown among them. The 

 two best red kinds are shown in the sketch ; or lent ale is an 

 orange-scarlet having sometimes a large black blotch at the base 

 of each petal bracteatum is a fine crimson with black blotches, 

 and much taller and stronger in growth. There are several 

 pink kinds to be had as well now, a pale, rather dirty mauve- 

 pink, and a good terra-cotta, which is less gaudy than the bright 

 scarlet and very effective. 



Papaver pilosum is another delightful perennial Poppy about 

 two feet high, bearing apricot-coloured flowers on branched stems, 

 and leaves of a soft grey-green. It is very easily raised from seed. 

 In Mrs Boyle's garden a charming picture was made by 

 this orange Poppy and blue Nemophila growing at the base of 

 an old sun-dial. It looks particularly well too with white near 

 it, Columbines or Campanulas for instance. 



There are several useful blues out just now ; Love-in-the- 

 mist and Anchusa Italica being two of the most lovely. In 

 both the colour is apt to vary a good deal. Love-in-the-mist is 

 sometimes very pale, but it can be obtained deep soft blue ; and 



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