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POLYANTHUS. 



PHYSALIS FRANCHETL 



(JAPANESE WINTER CHERRY.) 



Showy annual, about is inches high, bearing large 

 red cherry-like fruits, each enclosed in an enormous bal- 

 loon-like, semi-transparent calyx, about three Indies 

 long.at first light green, gradually changing to yellow, 

 then orange, and finally to crimson. Effective in the 

 autumn garden or grown in pots Pkt. 10 



PLATYCODON GRANDIFLORA. 



Large-flowered Cliinese Bell Plower. Hardy 

 perennials beaiing large, broad, bell-shaped white 

 or blue flowers; very handsome for garden decora- 

 tion. I'afeet. The -Yana fompaefa or " A^arjesii" 

 type form sturdy little bushes only about 12 Inchea 

 high and are profuse bloomers. 



Grandlflora, WMte Pkt. 10 



Blue 10 



Mixed 10 



Nana Compacta, Bltie (Mariean) 10 



" " Wliite 10 



POLYANTHUS. 



Primilla Elatior. An early -blooming primrose for 

 spring flower beds or pot culture; the large umbels 

 of flowers are borne on stalks 8 inches tall. 



PolyanthTis, Mixed Colors Pkt. 5 



Blue-flowered. Large umbels of lavender, blue 



and violet flowers 10 



POPPIES. 



{FoT novelties in Poppies, see page 95.) 

 Double Carnation-flowered. Magnificent garden 

 annuals, 2 to 21a feet high; large globular flowers 

 often a foot in circumference, of the greatest variety 

 of colors; the edges are finely slashed and fringed. 



Eider-Do^ra. Snow-white Pkt. 5 



Mikado. White, edged crimson 5 



Fairy Blush. White, tipped rose 5 



Chamois Pink. Exquisite 5 



Brilliant Scarlet 5 



Brig-it Coppery Bose 5 



Soft Lavender 5 



Light Yellow 5 



Mixed Carnation-flowered. Many colors 3 



Collections of Carnation-Oowered Poppies, 6 separate 



varieties, 2'>c.: 12 rarieties. 40c. 



SOTTBLE P2:01I"7-FL0W£BED POPPIES. 



Immense double, smooth-edged, broad-petaled 



flowers, resembling Pieonies. Height, about 2 feet. 



Rosy Mom. Rosy pink, salmon pink and white....5 



Lady in White. Pure white .5 



Firebrand. Fiery orange-scarlet 3 



El Dorado. Light yellow 5 



Black Knight. Rich black-maroon .5 



American Flag. Pure white, margined scarlet.. ..5 



Lavender Beauty. Deep lavender 3 



Chamois Bose. Large; perfect ball-shaped flowers. .5 



Double Paeony-flowered Poppies, Mixed 5 



Collections of Double Pseony-tloweied Poppies, 

 6 separate colors, 25c.; 12 separate colors, 40c. 



VARIOUS DOUBLE POPPIES. 



Double French Banunculus-flowered Poppies. 

 Mixed Colors. Beautiful double flowers, about 2 

 inches across, of every imaginable shade, color and 

 variegation; very profuse and continuous bloomers. 

 Height, about 2 feet Pkt. 5 



Double Umbrosum. Uwarf plant, double flowers 

 of scarlet-vermilion, with black blotches 10 



Japanese Double Miniature. Compact, bushy 

 plan rs. only 8 inches high, bearing great numbers of 

 beautiful, small, very double flowers, in a great 

 variet.v of colors 5 



Double Shirley Poppies. Mixed Colors. Mostly 

 df)uble or semi-double. 1'he colors range from white 

 through pinks to scarlet. Some are red with white 

 edges, and others veined and streaked and flaked. 10 



ICELAND POPPY. 



POPPIES, SINGLE ANNUAL. 



Single Mixed Poppies. Annual sorts Pkt. 5 



Mephisto Poppies. Enormous single flowers, 

 with dcejily fringed edges. 3 feet. 



Scarlet, with purple aentre 10 



Bose, with white centre 10 



Empress of China. Enormous flowers of satiny 



white with a feathered margin of scarlet. 2 feet. .10 



Tulip Poppy. Vivid scarlet, tulip-shaped flowers, 



jirofuse and handsome. 1 foet 10 



Flag of Truce. Very large, satiny white flowers.lO 



Danebrog. Bright scarlejb wnth a white cross 5 



Umbrosum. Rich vermilion, with black spots 5 



English Scarlet. The scarlet field Poppy 5 



Peacock. Cherry scarlet, with a black zone 5 



Fire Dragon. Brilliant scarlet, witk black spots, 



margined white 5 



Shirley. Wonderfully pretty, profuse and con- 

 tinuous-blooming poppies with a bright, tissue- 

 paper-like appearance. The eolors range from 

 white through shades of pink, to glowing scarlet. 

 .Some are red with white edges, and others veined 

 and streaked and flaked from the centre toward the 

 edges in the most charming confusion. 



Shirley, Mixed Colors. Extra fine strain — 5 



Shirley, Fiery Scarlet. Brilliant scarlet 5 



Shirley, Bose Pink. Exquisite, warm pink 5 



Imported collection of single annual Poppies, 

 separa te varieties, 2ae. 



ICELAND POPPIES. 



(Papaver nudicaule.) 



Although hardy perennials, these Poppies bloom 

 the first season from spring-sown seed. The fragrant, 

 elegant, crushed satin-like flowers are produced in 

 never-ceasing succession from the beginning of June 

 to October. The flowers last quite a week if cut as 

 soon as open. 



Bright Yellow.. ..Pif. r> I Pure White 10 



Vivid Scarlet 10 | Bose Colored 10 



Gold Tinged Crimson 10 



Double Scarlet 10 



Mixed Colors 10 



Collection of above 6 Iceland Poppies, 30c. 



HARDY PERENNIAL POPPIES. 



For permanent beds these brilliant large-flowering 

 hardy Poppies stand unrivaled ; the flowers average 6 

 to 9 Indies across, and are .simply grand; the plants 

 are robust growers, .3 to 4 feet high. 



Bracteatum. Orange-scarlet Pkt. 5 



Orientale. Dark scarlet, purple spots 10 



THe-w Orientale Hybrids. Containing charming 

 iifw i'oIdts. ]iink blotched purple, blood-red blotched 

 black, glowing scarlet, reddish orange, salmon, etc. 

 Mixed Colors _ 25 



PORTULACA. 



Brilliant garden annuals, (3 inches high, luxuriating 

 in warm situations, and blooming profusely from 

 earl.v summer to autumn. For low beds and masses 

 of color, from spring until frost, they are indispen- 

 sable; colors range through innumerable shades of 

 red, yellow, pink, striped, white, etc. 



Single Mixed. Peroz.. 4<Jc Pkt. 5 



DOUBLE PORTULACA. These make perfet-tly 



gorgeous mas-ses of color; the flowers of the double 



sorts are like little roses. 



Dotible White 10 



Bose Striped Carmine 10 



Yellow Striped Crimson 10 



Scarlet 10 Double Bose Color.. .10 



Sulphur lo Orange 10 



Salmon 10 i Purple 10 



Double Mixed. Per 1 ,000 seeds, 25c 10 



Imported collection of 12 separate double sorts. Toe. 



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