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to distinguish them from the better-known species when 

 out of bloom. It is highly probable that this is the plant 

 known as Parkman's Poppy, but there is much confusion 

 now as to the identity of this last-named plant, since some 

 dealers send any good form of P. orientale or P. bracteatum, 

 and others the plant which is now described. Any good 

 soil and sunny position suits it; it should be grown with 

 sufficient room to permit the introduction of other plants ; 

 otherwise, after the tops die down, an unsightly bare spot will 

 be left in the border ; Kniphofias, or Japanese Anemones 

 make an admirable succession. This and all other Orien- 

 tal Poppies are easily propagated by root-cuttings, which 

 may be made at any time during the autumn and kept in a 

 cool greenhouse during the winter; by May they should 



Cultural Department. 



Notes about Annuals. 



WE raise most of our annuals in frames and begin to trans- 

 plant them into their permanent places in the lieds and 

 borders about the 20th of May, when danger of frost is 

 past. When thus treated they Ijloom earlier and their flowers 

 continue for a longer time. Nearly all the annuals raised for 

 garden decorations can, however, be grown from seeds sown 

 in the beds and borders in early summer. After the seeds 

 have germinated and the small, tender seedlings are large 

 enough to handle they should be well thinned out, giving 

 enough room to each plant to make a well-developed speci- 

 men. Another important point to be attended to in the culti- 

 vation of annuals is the staking of the larger growing ones. 



^^K' 37- — Rhododendrons in a Natural Wood, at Westbrook, Long Island. — See pai^e 252. 



be established in three-inch pots, and if planted out then 

 will make blooming specimens the following year. Any 

 varieties differing from the type can thus be propagated 

 with certainty. 



Papaver Fugax. — This is another good Poppy which is 

 not often grown in gardens. This plant is distinguished 

 by soft glaucous green foliage, a tuft of radical leaves, 

 spreading a foot in diameter, from which springs the 

 flower-stalk two feet or more high. The flowers are a pale 

 orange-red, very numerous, but lasting only a day, whence 

 the name Fugax ; they are of no use for cutting, but the 

 combination of flower and foliage in the herbaceous border 

 is most effective. The plant. is perfectly hardy and is a 

 biennial ; when once introduced into a garden it is likely 

 to persist from self-sown seeds. 



Many annuals have not large strong roots and are unable to 

 stand a storm of wind and rain, and if once blown down they 

 are never so satisfactory afterward. If a little care and atten- 

 tion are given to this class of plants they are as useful and 

 give as much pleasure as any plants. Many of the annuals in 

 our garden are grown for scientific purposes, and are not 

 showy and attractive;- Nevertheless, we have a large number 

 of showy ones, and those mentioned in these notes are worthy 

 of a place m any garden. 



Oniphalodes linifolia is an annual plant that has been grown 

 in European gardens for nearly a century and a half, but is 

 seldom seen in this country. A few plants massed together 

 are very effective with their light airy flower-stems and wliite 

 flowers resembling forget-me-nots. The plants are about one 

 foot high, and the whitish flowers are in loose racemes which 

 last a long time. 



Another useful annual is Acroclinium roseum, a south-west 



