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R[llABLEFLOW[R SEEDS 



HARDV PERENNIAI. 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 or August, ap[)earing 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. 



TER PKT. 



3731 Bracteatum. Immense orange-scarlet flowers, very 



similar lo the Oriental Poppy. \ oz. , 20 cts 5 



3747 Orienta\e (The Lnrr/e Oriental Poppt/). A charm- 

 ing summer-flowering hardy plant, producing numerous 

 leafy stems about l!.] feet high, with large, deep crim- 

 son flowers, having a conspicuous black blotch on each 

 petal; exceedingly showy. J oz., 25 cts.. 10 



I^ARGE 



HVBRID 



ORIENTAEE 

 POPPIES. 



We offer four of the best and most distinct sorts. Seedlings are 

 liable to vary somewhat. 



3748 Mammoth. Glowing scarlet; very large 15 



3744 PrincessVlctoria Lou- 

 ise. Salmon-pink 15 



3745 Psyche. Delicate rosy 

 blush 15 



3746 Trilby. Brilliant red.. 15 

 A packet each of the 4 sorts, 



50 cts. 

 3750 Mixed Hybrids. Saved 

 from a large number of 

 named sorts. J oz. , 50 cts. 15 



Orient At. Poppv. 



HOW TO GROW 



FLOWERS 



FROM SEED. 



This subject is fully treated 

 in the articles appearing on 

 pages 55 to 57, and we feel 

 sure that, if the directions 

 there given are followed, 

 srccess will be the rule. 



Single Portulaca. 



ICELAND POPPIES. 



This charming class of hardy Poppies are offered on precedirg 

 page. 



PORTUEACA (Sun Plant). 



One of our finest hauly annual plants, of easy culture, thriving 

 best in a rather rich, light loam or sjindy soil, and luxuriating in 

 an exposed, sunny situation; the flowers are of the richest 

 colors, and produced throughout the summer in great profusion; 

 fine for massing in beds, edgings or rock work, and frequently 

 used to sow broadcast over sunny banks, etc.; in any case it is 

 well to mix the seed with three or four times its bulk of dry sand 

 or soil, which permits an easy and even distribution of the seed; 

 6 inches. per pkt. 



3770 Single Mixed. All colors. Per oz., 40 cts 5 



37G0 Double Mixed. A large percentage of the flowers 

 will come perfectly double, of the most brilliant scarlet, 



ciimson, white, yellow, etc. \ oz., 50 cts 10 



.. 25 

 50 



Dot^IlLE I'mRTPI 



3769 Imported Collection of 8 single varieties 



3759 Imported Collection of 8 double vaneties — 



PIERARIA THrNBERGIANA. 



(Japanese Kudzu Vine.) 

 3835 To this must be awarded first place as the fastest- 

 growing hardy climbing plant. It will grow 8 to 10 

 feet the first year from seed, and after it has become 

 established there seems to be no limit to its growth, 50 

 feet in a single season lieing not unusual. Its foliage 

 is large and covers well; it bears small racemes of rosy- 

 purple, pea-shaped blossoms towards the close of 

 August. A splendid subject for covering permanently 

 verandas, dead trees, etc. J^ oz., 40 cts 10 



Novelties and Specialties in Flower Seeds are offered on pages 58 to 68- 



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