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



CC1PYHIGHT >SU . 

 ' BY R SrJ FARUUHAfij-tQ 



Shirley Poppy. No. 6195. 



Delavan, Wis., Jan. 2j, IQ02. 

 R. & J. Farquhar & Co. : 



Gentlemen : The Flower Seeds that I got 

 from you last year zvere excellent. I send you 

 a money order for % ; please send me the fol- 

 lowing seeds as soon as possible. . . . 



l"ours respectfully. 



CHARLES GAY, 

 Gardener for G. E. Rickcords, Esq. 



Pkt. 

 POPPY — Continued. 



Shirley. Finest Mixed. A most charm- 

 ing race of single Poppies with shining 

 flowers of silky texture, varying in 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., 4.00; x i lb., 1.25; oz., .40 .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 



Toppies, Isle of Shoals. This strain 

 of Poppies was furnished by lis 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 displav. Their beauty is inde- 

 scribable and the variety endless. All 

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



Newport, R.I., Xov. 1, 1902. 



Messrs. A\ &" J. Farquhar C^ Co. : 



Gentlemen : In making a new lawn at Miss E. F. 

 Mason's estate last September f used twenty bushels 

 of your Farquhar' 's Evergreen Lawn Crass Seed, 

 which has given the best results. I found it entirely 

 from weeds and the grass is now of a rich green 

 color and strong enough to withstand the coming zai li- 

 ter. Yours very truly* 



JOHN FALKENHOLM, 

 Gardener for Miss Ellen F. Mason. 



