PAPAVER 



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in the hardy border to flower in Spring and that is enough to make 

 us think well of them. The dainty flowers come in quite an assort- 

 ment of shades and colors and when cut partly open wiU remain 

 in good condition for three or four days. 



If seed is sown indoors in February and the seedlings are potted 

 up and planted out in April they wiU all flower freely by the end 

 of May. The plants stay green all Summer and are perfectly hardy. 

 You cannot afford to be without them. 



Shirley Poppies 



The Shirley Poppies are among the best of the many single 

 flowering annual Poppies. While perhaps not to be considered as 

 ideal cut flowers, if cut at the right time or just as the buds open, 

 they wfll.last for several days and make a showy vase. 



If you have the space, sow out a bed or long row of the plants. 

 The flowers will last only a day, 

 but there are so many coining 

 right along that you don't miss 

 them as they pass. 



Flowering Poppies under 

 Glass 



The single annual Poppies 

 are fine for flowering under 

 glass in early Spring. Seed 

 should be sown either thinly 

 across the bench in rows about 

 one foot apart or in a flat, in 

 February. Pot the seedlings 

 into 2s and plant out later on. 



If you are anxious to have 

 flowers to cut around Memorial 

 Day this can be accomplished 

 easfly by transplanting the seed- 

 lings two inches apart into flats 

 as soon as you can handle them 

 and letting the plants flower in 

 these flats. The idea is to stunt 

 the plants and cause them to 

 flower earlier than they would 

 if given aU the root room they 

 would like to occupy. 



Fie 230.— Shirley Poppies. These an- 

 nuals, sown under glass in February and 

 grown in flats or shallow benches, will 

 prove a paying crop when in bloom in May 



