HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Lovely Annual Poppies^Papaver ® 



For Perennial Poppies, 

 see Papaver, page 45. 



Dreer's Select Shirley Poppies 



Dreer's Shirley Poppies ® 



Papaver Rhoeas 



A very artistic strain of Poppies with lovely, large blooms of 

 a beautiful crinkled texture. Includes many fine colors in single, 

 semi-double, and double flowered blooms. Easy to grow. 



3684 American Legion. A greatly improved English Scarlet 

 or Flanders Poppy with very large, single flowers of a beautiful 

 rich dazzling orange-scarlet color. Grows 2 feet high. Pkt. 10c; 

 J oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 



3691 Apricot. Single deep apricot. Pkt. 10c; \ oz. 25c. 



3692 Blue Shades. Beautiful large single blooms in various 

 shades of blue. Pkt. 10c; J oz. 25c. 



3695 Wild-Rose Pink. This variety is particularly beautiful. 

 The large single blooms are well formed and of a soft Wild-Rose 

 pink color. Very appealing. Makes a charming bed besides 

 being of special value for cutting. 2 feet. Pkt. 10c; \ oz. 25c; 

 oz. 75c. 



3698 Shirley Poppy Collection. One packet each 

 of the above 4 single Shirley Poppies, value 40c, for30c. 



3696 Dreer's Select Shirley Mixed. An unusually choice 

 strain of these charming single poppies. Includes a particularly 

 wide range of beautiful colors with scarcely any two flowers 

 being exactly alike. Of strong growth and very profuse bloom- 

 ing. Pkt. 10c; i oz. 20c; oz. SOc. 



3713 Double Shirley Mixed. A very pretty strain. Has 

 double flowers in a wide range of beautiful colors. Blooms freely 

 and continuously throughout the spring and summer. 30 in. 

 high. Pkt. 10c; J oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 



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 when the petals fall, 

 which will lengthen the blooming season quite a while. 



Single Annual Poppies ® 



Papaver somniferutn 

 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; 3 feet. Pkt. 10c; 

 1 oz. 25c. 

 3688 Danebrog or Danish Cross. A very showy variety pro- 

 ducing flowers of a brilliant scarlet color with a silvery white spot 

 on each petal forming a white cross. The edges of the flower 

 petals are attractively fringed. 3 feet. Pkt. 10c; J oz. 25c. 

 3693 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. Pkt. 10c; \ oz. 25c. 

 3700 Single Mixed. A splendid mixture of many different free- 

 flowering single annual Poppies. Pkt. 10c; oz. 2Sc. 



Shirley Poppy, Sweet Briar 



New Double Shirley Poppy ® 



Papaver Rhoeas fl. pi. 

 3707 Sweet Briar. One of the most popular colors in Shiriey 

 Poppies has been Wild-Rose Pink. We are now able to offer this 

 most beautiful color in a double flowering form. Sweet Briar is 

 a delightful shade of deep rose-pink. The blossoms are full 

 double, resembling a very large double Begonia. Pkt. 15c; 

 \ oz. SOc; oz. $1.50. 



Dreer's Reliable Flower Seeds are bound to give you the 

 finest results, yet they are as inexpensive as ordinary seeds. 



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