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RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS, 



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Oriental. Poppy 



Portulaca 



(Sun Plant) 



One of our showiest annual plants, 

 • of easy culture, thriving best in light 

 loam or sandy soil and exposed 

 sunny situation; the flowers are of 

 the richest colors. Fine for massing 

 in beds, edgings or rock-work, and 

 frequently used to sow broadcast 

 over sunny banks, etc. Seed should 

 not be sown until the weather is 

 fairly warm and it is well to mix the 

 seed with three or four times its 

 bulk of dry sand or soil, which per- 

 mits an even and easy distribution 

 of the seed; 6 inches. 



Hardy Perennial 



Oriental Poppies 



Oriental Poppies should be sown in early spring in the open 

 ground as soon as it is fit to work. The plants disappear during 

 July and August, appearing again as soon as the weather gets 

 cool. When this fall growth starts is the time they should be 

 transplanted to their permanent flowering quarters. It is well 

 to mark the places they are planted with a stake to insure the 

 roots against disturbance during their annual resting period. 



PER PKT. 



3741 Orientale {The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming 

 summer-flowering hardy plant, producing numerous 

 leafy stems about 3 feet high, with large orange 

 scarlet flowers; having a conspicuous black blotch on 

 each petal, exceedingly showy. J oz., 40 cts SO 10 



3743 — Oriflamme. A 



gorgeous orange-scar- 

 let; very large 15 



3744 — Princess Vic- 

 toria. A beautiful 

 salmony-pink 



3750 Oriental Mixed 

 Hybrids. Saved 

 from a large number 

 of named sorts, em- 

 bracing all of the col- 

 ors. J oz., 50 cts. . .. 



Iceland Poppies 



This charming class of hardy 

 Poppies is offered on preceding 

 page. 



PER PKT. 



3770 Single Mixed. A fine mixture of all colors. Per \ oz., 25 



cts.; oz., 75 cts SO 10 



3760 Double Mixed. A good percentage of the flowers will come 

 perfectly double, of the most brilliant colors. Any singles, 

 which usually come into bloom first, can be pulled out and a 

 cutting from a double flowering plant put in to fill the space. 

 1 oz., 75 cts.; oz., S2.50 



Pyrethrum 



P. aureum is the well-known Golden Feather so much used for 

 edging, carpet bedding, etc., while the others are most attractive 

 hardy plants. 



3841 Aureum (Golden Feather). Yellow foliage; 1 foot. Per i oz., 

 25 cts 



3846 Hybridum, Single Mixed. Hardy perennial, bearing 

 large daisy-like flowers, ranging in color from white to deep 

 red, with bright yellow centres; blooms in May and June, 

 and again in the fall; and is one of the most graceful and long- 

 lasting cut flowers; 2 feet. (See cut on page 107.) Per I oz., 

 75 cts 



3847 Hybridum GrandLfiorum. A large flowering form of the above; 

 mixed colors; 2 feet. J oz., SI. 00 



3845 Hybridum Fl. PI. Seed saved from the finest double flowers; 

 only a small percentage can be expected to come double the first 

 year; mixed colors; 2 feet ' 



Double Portulaca s 



For Novelties and Specialties,, see pages 52 to 62 



