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CENTRAL EXPERIMENTAL FARM 



PAPAVER, TOURN. POPPY. 

 (PapaveracecB.) 



The perennial poppies, like the annual varieties, are very showy, and no herba- 

 ceous border should be without them. The Iceland poppy begins to bloom about the 

 middle of May, just after the early tulips, when there is usually little bloom, and witn 

 the exception of a few weeks in midsummer continues to bloom until late in the 

 autumn. Being a small plant it takes but little room, and it may be used with good 

 effect scattered throughout the border near other larger plants. In this way it 

 brightens up certain parts of the border which might be without bloom. It seeds itself, 

 and though it is classed as a perennial should be really treated as a biennial to get 

 the best results. The oriental poppy and its varieties have gorgeous flowers, most of 

 which are of vivid shades of scarlet and crimson. They are very striking in the, 

 border, both on account of their brilliant colour and the immense size of the flowers, 

 the largest grown at the Experimental Farm measuring 9| inches in diameter. The 

 clumps of oriental poppies improve with age, and while new varieties may readily be 

 obtained from seed, named sorts can be propagated by dividing the plants. 



***P. alpinum, L. Alpine Poppy. Alpine 



and Arctic Europe, &c. 

 PL, 1907. Hardy. Ht. 6 in. Fl. 

 yellow or white; May and June. 



P. armeniacum, Lam. = P. caucasicum. 

 PI., 1908. 



P. atlanticum, Haage & Schmidt. = P. 

 rupifragum atlanticum. 



P. bracteatum = P. orientale 'bractea- 

 tum. 



P. caucasicum, BIEB. Caucasus. 

 Syn. P. armeniacum. 

 PL, 1907. 



P. Heldreichii, Boiss. Asia Minor. 

 PL, 1907. 



***P. involucratum maximum. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 2 to 3 ft. 

 FL scarlet with black blotches ; 

 June 13 to June 23. 



*P. orientale Blush Queen. 



PL, 1896. Hardy. Ht. 1J to 3 ft. 

 Fl. dull pink with black blotches 

 near base; June 7 to June 20. 



**P. orientale bracteatum. 



PL, 1893. Hardy. Ht. 2 to 2i ft 

 FL scarlet, sometimes with a 

 dark purple spot at base of petal ; 

 bracts beneath petals; June 6 to 

 June 20. 



P. orientale Darkness. 

 PL, 1908. 



***P. orientale bracteatum Duke of Teck. 

 PL, 1906. Hardy. Ht. 3 ft. FL 

 fiery scarlet, with black blotches 

 at base; June 6 to June 22. 



***P. orientale bracteatum Mogul. 



PL, 1905. Hardy. Ht. 3 to 4 ft. 

 FL cardinal with black blotches 

 at base; June 16 to June 21. 



P. monanthum, 



Caucasus. 

 PL, 1907. 



TRAUTV. Region of ***p 



***P. nudicaulis, L. Iceland Poppy. Arc- 

 tic and Alpine regions. 



Syn. P. radicatum, Rottb. 



PL, 1905. Hardy. Ht. 9 to 15 in. 

 FL yellow or white; May to Oct. 



**P. orientale, L. Oriental Poppy. Asia 



Minor. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 2 to 2* ft. 

 Fl. scarlet, sometimes with a ! 

 dark purplish black spot at base | 

 of petals; May 27 to June 35. 



orientale bracteatum Nancy. 

 PL, 1905. Hardy. Ht. 3} ft. FL 

 blood red, with black blotches at 

 base; June 14 to June 25. 



orientale bracteatum nanum splen- 



dens. 



PL, 1895. Hardy. Ht. 2J ft. FL 

 scarlet with black blotches; June 

 3 to June 25. 



orientale grandiflorum. 

 PL, 1898. Hardy. Ht. 2* ft. FL 

 scarlet with black blotches at 

 base; June 13 to June 23. 



