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Papaver (Poppy). Natural order Papaver aceae. Three 

 Poppies are conspicuously valuable for the rock garden. 

 Papaver alpinum, native of the Swiss and other European 

 Alps, is a delightful little plant, forming a low tuft of 

 grey-green leaves, and bearing, in June and July, beautiful 

 flowers rather less than an inch across, that vary in colour 

 from white to pale rose and yellow. It is a doubtful 

 perennial, but flowers in summer from seed sown in early 

 spring. The Iceland Poppy (P. nudicaule) is said to be 

 found farther north than any other flowering plant ; this, 

 too, is best raised from seeds, which should be sown in 

 May for the following year's blossoms. P. rupifragum is a 

 curious plant with low stems that creep along the ground 

 for several inches before 

 sending up the flower stems, 

 which bear lovely apricot- 

 coloured blooms during 

 several weeks from late July 

 onwards. This, in common 

 with the other Poppies 

 named, is best raised from 

 seed, which should be sown 

 in September or spring. 



Pjlatycodon (Balloon 

 Flower) . The Plat y codons 

 (named Balloon Flowers 

 from tho appearance of the 

 inflated flower buds) are 



handsome rock-garden plants Alpine Poppy (Papaver alpinum}. 



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