R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S SEED CATALOGUE. 



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tOFYHIGNT 1932 

 ' 8T B SJ MR(UBf.S>Ca 



Delavan, Wis., 

 R. i J. Farquhar <t Co. : 



Gentlemen : The Flo-wer Seeds that I goi 

 front you last year ivere excellent. I send you 



a money order for % ; please send me thefol 



lowing seeds as soon as possible. . . . 

 yours respectfully. 



CHARLES GAY, 

 Gardener for G. E. Rickcords, Esq. 



Pkt. 

 POPPY — Contittued. 



Shirley, Finest Mixed. A most charm- 

 ing race of single Poppies with shining 

 flowers of silky texture, varj'ingin color 

 from pure white and delicate pink to 

 rosy carmine and deep crimson, many 

 of them being beautifully striped and 

 edged with white. The blooms if cut 

 while young will keep in water for two 

 or three days; 2 ft. 



Lb., 3.00; 1.4 lb., i.oo; oz., .30 .05 



Rhceus. Scarlet Field Poppy. The 

 single Poppy so much admired by 

 tourists in Europe, where it abounds 

 on the railroad banks and in the fields; 

 18 inches . , . Lb., 2.50; oz., .25 .05 



The Bride. Large, single, white flowers, 

 which if cut while young will keep in 

 water for several days ; 2 ft. Oz., .30 .05 



UMBROSUM. Caucasian Poppy. Enor- 

 mous single flowers, crimson with a 

 black spot on each petal; 2 ft. Oz., .30 .05 



Poppies, Isle of Shoals. This strain 

 of Poppies was furnished by us to the 

 order of the late Mrs. Celia Thaxter, 

 poetess, and is among the most attrac- 

 tive of the flowers she loved and culti- 

 vated at the Isles of Shoals. They can 

 be grown by any one, and make a 

 grand display. Their beauty is inde- 

 scribable and the variety endless. All 

 are hardy annuals .... Oz., .50 .10 



Poppy, Farquhar's single hybrids 

 MIXED. This is a magnificent strain 

 of annual Poppy with immense flowers 

 ranging from white to deep red, 



3 pkts., .50 .20 



Poppy, Miss Sherwood. Large single 

 satiny-white flowers bordered with 

 chamois-rcse Oz., .50 .10 



Shirley Poppy. No. 6195. 



