Papaver 



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Papaver 



Selections of Varieties : 



Show Pansies : 

 Agnes Kay, wh. ground. 

 Busby Beauty, yel. 



ground. 



Busby White, wh. Self. 

 Dr. Campbell, yel. ground. 

 Dr. Inch, blk. Self. 



Fancy Pansies : 

 Col. M. B. G. Buchanan, 



br. blotches. 



Constance Steel, wh., ro. 

 David Bussell, yel., blk. 



blotches. 

 George Stewart, yel., 



chrome. 

 Kathleen Stirling, plum, 



bronzy yel. 

 Lord Roberts, prune, car. 



John Brand, yel. ground. 

 Leslie Melville, blk. Self. 

 Leviathan, wh. ground. 

 Provost Cplville, yel. Self. 

 Boyal Visit, wh. ground. 

 Sir Wm. Arrol, dark Self. 

 Win. Fulton, blk. Self. 



Miss Neil, wh., criin. 

 Mr. B. Welbourne, 



brownish blk., drab. 

 Mrs. K. G. Moir, blk.,wh. 

 Neil Mackay, blk., yel. 

 Susan Stuart, blk., yel., 



heliotrope. 



Tamworth Yellow, yel. 

 Victoria, dark, wh. 



Soil. Any common soil will suit almost all the 

 Papavers. 



Other Cultural Points. Most of the perennial 

 Papavers transplant well, but the annuals are not 

 so amenable to transplanting, and this should not 

 be attempted save when the plants are small and 

 during showery weather. 



Principal Species and 



nudicaule, 1', sum., yel., 

 or., wh. ; a valuable 

 plant, per. in a few 

 gardens, but best grown 

 as an ann. or bien. 



glaucum, 1', My., ann., 

 sc. 



orieutale, 2' to 3', Je., 

 per., or. sc., very 

 showy ; there are now 



Varieties : 



nurserymen's cata- 

 logues. 



Bhccas, I'.sum., ami., so. 

 Corn Poppy. Shirley 

 Poppies are pleasing. 

 Many single and double 

 forms. 



umbroBum, 1', sum., 

 sc. Said to be a form 

 of Bhceas, but distinct 



PANICIJM YAKIEGATUM, correctly OPI.ISMENDS BURMANNII (see p. 158). 



PAPAVER. (Poppy.) 



Description. Well - known hardy annual or 

 perennial plants (ord. Papaveracese), one or two 

 of which yield the opium of commerce, but are 

 employed in this country for garden decoration. 

 The strain of Poppies known as the Shirley Poppies, 

 derived from the Corn Poppy, P. Bhceas, gives some 

 of the best annuals for garden use. Poppies for 

 cut flowers should always be gathered before the 

 buds open. 



Propagation. The annuals by seeds sown in the 

 open where they are to bloom, well thinned out 

 when fit to handle, and afterwards further thinned 

 so as to give room to individual plants ; the per- 

 ennials also by seeds and by division. Some, such 

 as the Oriental Poppy, P. orientale, are propagated 

 by root cuttings also. 



many vars., varying 

 in colour from wh. to 

 sc. P. bracteatum is 

 only a fine form of 

 orientale. For names 

 of varieties consult 



Other Species, Hybrids, 



aculeatum, 2', Jy., red 



()/. gariepinum and 



horridum). 

 alpinum, G", sum., ann. 



or bien., yel., or., 



wh. 

 - pyrenaicum, dwarfer, 



finer foliage, 

 arenarium, 1'. sum., aim., 



pur. 



for garden purposes ; 

 best grown as a bien. 

 somuiferum, 3',.Ty., ann., 

 various. Many fine 

 vars. Paeony flowered, 

 large double flowers. 

 Opium Poppy. 



and Varieties: 



Argemone, 11', Je.,ann., 



sc. 

 californicum, 1', sum., 



ann., or., yel. 

 caucasicum, IV, Je.,per., 



red. 



dubium, 2', Je., ann.,sc. 

 Hookeri, 3', aut., aim., 



ro. red (syn, Bhceas 



latif olium) . 



