PAPAVER 



(The cias«ic Latin name) 

 Papaoeracea 



136. Papaver nudicaule, vars. 

 English Name: Iceland poppy. 



ARCTIC REGIONS 



IARGE, delicate, crepey 

 -^ ranging in color from 

 orange-red; borne singly on 

 delicately curving at the 

 top. Lea ves grayish 

 green, irregularly and 

 deeply notched, extremely 

 decorative and persistent, 

 in a clump at the base of 

 the plant. Charming in 

 the front of the herba- 

 ceous border or in the 

 rock garden, and excellent 

 forcutting. If not allowed 

 to seed will bloom almost 

 continuously until frost. 



Technically a hardy 

 perennial, but rarely last- 

 ing more than two years 

 except in northern cli- 

 mates. It should there- 

 fore be treated as an 

 annual or biennial, and re- 

 sown every year or every 

 second year. Of easiest 

 culture in light, preferably 

 rather rich soil, in full sun. 



Propagate by seed. 

 Will bloom the first year 

 from seed sown early. 



MID-APRIl. TO MID-JUiNF. 

 I.ATE AUGl'ST THROUGH SKriKMBF.R 



flowers about two and a half inches across, 

 white through greenish yellow to orange and 

 hairy leafless stems about twelve inches long, 



173 



