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become large clumps ; they root very deeply, and 

 are not easy to move after the first year. The 

 varieties of the P. orientalis are now numerous, 

 and some of them are lovely shades of pink and 

 red, but beware of getting any but the clear colours, 

 some are muddy and dirty looking. 



P. nudicaule, or the Iceland Poppy, I place 

 next in importance, for it continues in flower from 

 early June to the end of the summer. This plant 

 makes a delightful edging to a bed, and seems to 

 thrive in almost any position ; the orange variety 

 is the most effective in a garden, but the yellow 

 and white are also charming. It is rather touchy 

 about being moved, and care should be taken to 

 do this in damp weather, and with young plants 

 only ; it is quickly and easily raised from seed, 

 and sows itself freely in most soils. 



The lovely little P. alpinum must not be for- 

 gotten ; it is only about six inches high, with very 

 pretty glaucous foliage growing in nice compact 

 tufts, with either orange, pink, or white flowers, 

 rather smaller than P. nudicaule. It blooms pro- 

 fusely for two or three months, and is quite hardy, 

 but it sometimes suffers in the winter from the 

 frost lifting the roots out of the ground, and for 



