CONTINUOUS BLOOM IN AMERICA 



COLOR 



POPPY, California. See Eschscholtzia. 



Pinks * POPPY, SHIRLEY, CORN POPPY: Papaver Rhces. May, late, <w 

 Hardy annual. Poppies sown about August 20 will Jg e late 

 bloom late May. Sown April 1, will bloom late June. 

 When they come up very crowded, thin them out. 

 Those who would use Shirley Poppies in masses in a 

 garden of continuous bloom must be confronted with 

 a serious question: What to do with the space they 

 cover after the bloom of three or four weeks? When 

 sown the previous August to bloom in late May, they 

 will be ready for removal by mid-June, and are easily 

 replaced by long-blooming annuals like Celosia or 

 Zinnias, which are not so difficult to move at this time. 

 If, however, they are sown in spring, the space will 

 be flowerless for the ten or eleven weeks of their grow- 

 ing period till they bloom in late June. When they 

 depart in mid-July, it is not as simple a matter to re- 

 place them. Possibly the best advice, especially when 

 spring-sown, is to sow them in a thin line or in small 

 clumps, near plants that will later spread over their 

 spaces. Prefer cool or moist climate. 



Pink * PORTULACA: Sun-plant. Hardy annual. Fewpeo- July-Oct. 

 pie care for the ordinary mixed colors of this plant; 6 m - 

 but used under separate colors, possibly rose and white, 

 it makes an attractive edging. In the shade and at 

 sundown, this flower closes up, detracting from its 

 beauty. Does not germinate until about June 1, and 

 then develops very quickly. If particular about colors, 



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