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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



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POPPIES 



Annual Poppies should be sown as early in the spring as possible 

 where they are to remain, as they do not stand transplanting. Sow 

 very thinly, preferably in cloudy weather or after a shower, barely 

 cover the seed, press down firmly and they will come up in a few 

 days. If they come up too thickly they must be thinned out to stand 

 3 to 4 inches or more apart if you wish best results. It is well to 

 malie several sowings at intervals to keep up a succession of bloom. 



If picked just before expanding the flowers wiU last several 

 days. It is also advisable to pick the old flowers as soon as 

 fallen, which wLU lengthen the blooming season quite a while. 



Single Annual Poppies 



, PER PKT. 



3695 Shirley Wild-Rose Pink. This beautiful variety 

 is a selection out of the Shirley Poppy, and which 

 comes almost one hundred per cent true from seed; in 

 color a uniform bright but soft Wfld Rose pink, a color 

 that appeals to everyone and which makes a charming bed, 

 and of special value for cutting, j oz., 30 cts.; oz., SI. 00. .SO 10 



Admiral. A single peony-flowered variety of surpassing 

 beauty, having large, smooth-edged flowers of glistening 

 white, with a broad band of brilliant scarlet round the top. 

 These two colors form a striking contrast, and when planted 

 in groups produce a magnificent effect. J oz., 20 cts 



3686 Charles Darwin. Remarkable for the unique color of 

 its large, smooth-edged flowers, being a striking rich dark 

 purple; with a velvety black spot at the base of each petal. 

 A dense wreath of white anthers produces a fine contrast 

 with the extraordinary color of the flower, j oz., 20 cts.. . 



3687 Dainty Lady. Immense flowers 4 to 5 inches across, 

 of a charming mode shade of rosy mauve, with a large 

 dark metallic blotch at the base of each petal. J oz., 20 cts. 



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3688 



3691 



3693 



3692 



3697 

 3698 



3699 

 3696 



3700 



Dreer's Select Shirley Poppies 



PER PKT, 



Danebrog, or Danish Cross. Very showy variety, pro- 

 ducing large flowers of brilliant scarlet, with a silvery white 

 spot on each petal, forming a white cross, which is nicely 



shown in the illustration on this page, i oz., 20 cts SO 10 



American Legion. A greatly improved English Scarlet or 

 Flanders Poppy with very large flowers of dazzling orange 



scarlet. 30 cts, per j oz 



King Edward. A new variety of gorgeous coloring, being 

 a deep scarlet, shaded crimson-red each petal marked with 

 a large black blotch for half its length from the base, against 

 which the yellow anthers stand out in bold relief. The plant 

 grows 2 1 feet high, and produces its very large flowers with 



great freedom, j oz., 20 cts 



Tulip Poppy (Papaver Glaucunt) . One of the most brilliant; 

 the flowers are 3 inches across and closely resemble the 

 brilliant Scarlet Gesneriana Tulip; 2 feet. Per J oz., 30 cts. . . 

 The Bride. A beautiful large, pure white. J oz., 20 cts. . . . 

 Virginia. Large, beautifully fringed flowers of pure white, 



edged with soft pink; exquisite when cut. J oz., 20 cts 



Collection of a packet each of the above 10 single varieties. 

 Dreer's Select Shirley. This is an unusually choice strain 

 of these charming Poppies, and is, we feel sure, better than 

 any heretofore sent out. The artistic flowers are mostly single, 

 but occasionally semi-double, and range in color from the 

 purest snow-white through aU the delicate tints of pink, rose 

 and carmine to the deepest crimson and blood-red, with a 

 liberal sprinkling of the newest salmony shades, while many 

 flowers are daintily edged and striped; in fact, so varied are 

 they that scarcely any two flowers are exactly alike. J oz., 



25 cts.; oz., 75 cts 



Single Mixed. Annual sorts. Oz., 25 cts 



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Danebrog, or Danish Cross Poppy 



Poppies eire continued on pages 105 and 106 



