7OO PAPAVER. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



PA PAVER. 



ing panicles. Admirable for borders or 

 for isolation in the picturesque flower 

 garden or pleasure - ground. Its colour, 

 though quiet, is very pretty throughout 

 the autumn, and even the leaves and 

 stems are pretty when left standing 

 through the winter. Division. 



PAPAVER (Poppy}. Some of the most 

 brilliant of hardy flowers, and of the I 

 simplest culture. There are a few good 

 perennials, but the majority are annual 



a good deal as to colour, there being white, 

 scarlet, and yellow forms in cultivation. 

 The variety albiflorum has white flowers, 

 spotted at the base, while the hairy variety 

 flaviflorum has showy orange flowers. 

 Easily raised from seed. P. pyrenaicum 

 is similar to P. alpinum, but taller: it 

 occurs with white, yellow, and orange-red 

 blossoms, which, however, do not always 

 come true from seed. 



P. nudicaule (Iceland Poppy]. A dwarf 



White Popp 



and biennial. They range from the tiny 

 alpine Poppy to the stately P. orientale and 

 its varieties. The following is a selection 

 of the best garden kinds : 



P. alpinum (Alpine Poppy}. This has 

 beautiful large white flowers, with yellow 

 centres and dissected leaves, cut into fine 

 acute lobes. A native of the higher Alps, 

 it may sometimes be seen in good con- 

 dition in our gardens, but is liable to 

 perish, unlike a true perennial. It varies 



kind, with leaves deeply lobed, and large 

 rich yellow flowers on naked stems, 12 to 

 15 in. high ; it is handsome for borders or 

 the rock-garden, is easily raised from seed, 

 and forms rich masses of cup-like flowers, 

 but is not a true perennial, and should be 

 raised annually. There are several white, 

 yellow, and orange-red varieties, and one 

 large and handsome. Siberia and the 

 northern parts of America. 

 P. orientale (Oriented Poppy) the most 



