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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 make 

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



If picked just before expanding the flowers will last several 

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

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



Single Annual Poppies 



PER PKT. 



3696 Dreer's Select Shirley. JMs 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 all 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 10 



3684 

 3686 



3687 



3688 



3693 

 3695 



3699 

 3700 



Dreer's Select Shirley Poppies 



PER PKT. 



American Legion. A greatly improved English Scarlet 



or Flanders Poppy with very large flowers of dazzling iH^^^^H^Hlv^i^^Hi^ ' \ 



orange scarlet. 30 cts. per j oz $0 10 ^ra^^^^^S*^ ^^iBteBK^ ' 



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. 



loz., 20cts 10 



Dainty Lady. Immense flowers 4 to S inches 

 across, of a charming mode shade of rosy mauve, 

 with a large dark metallic blotch at the base of ^^^^^^^^^^ 



each petal, i oz., 20 cts 10 ^^^^^^^B* ^, 



Danebrog, or Danish Cross. Very showy 

 variety, producing large flowers of brilliant scarlet, 

 with a silvery white spot on each petal, forming a 

 white cross, which is nicely shown in the fllustration 



on this page. J oz., 20 cts 10 



King Edward. A 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 21 feet high, and produces 

 its very large flowers with great freedom, j oz., 20 cts.. . 10 

 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 Wild Rose pink, a color that appeals to 

 everyone and which makes a charming bed, and of special 



value for cutting, i oz., 30 cts.; oz., $1.00 10 ^^^^^t^^m^^^^tr % 



Collection of a packet each of the above 6 single varieties 40 B^bI^I^HI^^^I^^C^A:^ 



Single Mixed. Annual sorts. Oz., 25 cts 5 Danebrog, or Danish Cross Poppy 



Poppies are continued on pages 105 an d 106 



