PERENNIALS AND BIENNIALS 



nudicaule, which certainly should not be so far 

 down on our list of choice hardy perennials. As 

 its name indicates, this poppy is a cold-weather 

 flower, and it is not likely to do well in warm 

 regions, as the heat of a southern summer would 

 be sure to kill it. On the island it vies with the 

 Pansy in the race for the first blossom of spring. 

 I have had it in bloom as early as May a6th, 

 but it is not at Its best until about the yth of 

 June. It continues to bloom profusely until 

 about the loth of July, but we can always find 

 some plants in bloom throughout the whole sea- 

 son, from the melting of the snow to the coming 

 of the frost. When at its best, these small, 

 robust plants are covered with blossoms. It 

 seems to do well in most situations, if not too 

 shady ; and with me it has done best on the 

 southern slopes in full sunlight. Though the 

 color of the flower is usually yellow, you will find 

 many white and deep orange blossoms, with now 

 and then a semi-double specimen in any of these 

 colors. The seed is easily gathered and cleaned, 

 and should not be planted later than midsummer, 

 that you may get hardy plants before cold weather. 

 You can buy all the colors separately from the 

 seedsmen, but at the same time you need not ex- 



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