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heavily and keep the leaves picked back and the result is amazing in the 

 size and quantity of bloom. Do not let seed-vessels form. For other 

 varieties see Red and Yellow An., June. Slightly self -so wing, June to 

 October. 



NEMOPHILA (N. maculata). i ft. A low prostrate plant bearing 

 white wheel-shaped flowers with a violet patch on each petal. Good 

 as an edging plant. Does best in moist soil and partial shade. Self- 

 sowing, June to August. See Blue An., June. 



POPPY. California, see Eschscholtzia. 



POPPY. Shirley (Papaver Rhceas, var. Shirley). 3 ft. If the seed is 

 fall-sown, the Shirley Poppy blooms in June; if sown as soon as the 

 ground is mellow in the spring, it does not bloom until July. By ob- 

 serving this and by planting a second or third time in the Spring one 

 can have a long succession of these lovely flowers, which range through 

 every tone of pure white, white with pale pink margins, shell pink, rose 

 pink, scarlet and deep red. They last but a day owing to the rough 

 way the bees wallow among the stamens; but if cut very early in the 

 morning, they will last three days in the house. Of all the flowers in 

 the garden none is more satisfactory than the Poppy, and of all Poppies 

 the Shirley is the finest. I have had single plants that bore from 20 to 

 30 blooms a day for ten weeks. They are difficult to transplant, though 

 I have done it successfully by watering the plant well, taking up some 

 earth about the roots, and making a deep cut hole with a small pointing 

 trowel, then dropping in the root full length. Cover with a Neponset 

 pot for three or four days, removing the pot at night, keeping the plant 

 well watered. Each plant should have at least four to six inches of 

 ground to itself, which is enough if the coarse lower leaves are kept 

 picked off. Save only the first perfect seed-vessel, and cut off all others 

 as they form. Self-sown seeds make the strongest as well as earliest 

 plants. Give full sun and any good soil. 



SCHIZAPETALON (S. Walkeri). 9 in. A singular plant with almond- 

 scented white flowers with cut petals, borne in terminal leafy racemes. 

 Transplant very carefully so as not to injure the long tap root; if 

 possible sow where it is to remain. Give a sandy loam. June to 

 September. 



SWEET SULTAN (Centaurea moschata, var. alba). i ft. A plant al- 

 lied to Bachelor's Button, bearing sweet-scented white fringed flowers 

 on long stems; grows in any soil. June to September. Also yellow and 

 blue varieties. 



