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DREER'S RELIABLE FLOWER SEEDS. 



POPPIES. 



A great advance has been made in recent year-- in llie development of the Poppy, which has brought it into deserved popu- 

 larity, and it may be safely said that no other flower produces a more brilliant display of color during the blooming period. 



American Flag " Poppy. 



DOUBLE ANNUAL 

 POPPIES. 



PER PKT. 



6378 Poppy Ajuericau 

 Flag. Beautiful new 

 variety; flowers very large 

 and double, snow white, 

 bordered with scarlet. 

 (See cut.) 10 



6386 — Fairy Blxisli. 

 Very double flowers of a 

 pure white color, elegant- 

 ly fringed and tipped with 

 rose . 10 



6387 — Wliite Swan. A 

 splendid new variety with 

 immense double flowers, 

 beautifully fringed and of 

 purest white 10 



6382 — "Mikado" {The 

 Striped Japanese Poppy). 

 This beautiful Poppy 

 is very distinct in char- 

 acter and color from 

 other forms. The flowers 

 are brilliant scarlet and 

 white, wilh elegantly 

 curved petals, like a Ja p- 

 anese Chrysanthemum, 

 the fringed edges being of 

 a beautiful crimson scar- 

 let 10 



6371 — Carnatiou Flow- 

 ered. Splendid double 

 fringed flowers, mixed 

 colors. Per oz. 25 cts. . . 5 



6370 — Pseony Flow- 

 ered. Large, showy, 



double globular flowers ; well adapted for shrubbery, 

 etc. Mixed colors. Per oz. 20 cts ■ 5 



6393 — Golden Gate. Comprising an infinite variety I 

 of single, semi-double and double flowers in the great- 

 est variety of colors 10 i 



SINGLE ANNUAL POPPIES. \ 



6372 Poppy Daiiebrog'. A very desirable and showy j 

 variety, producing large single flowers of a brilliant 6381 

 scarlet, with a large silvery-white spot on each petal, 

 thus forming a white cross 5 



6384 — - Shirley. These charming Poppies are generally 

 single or semi-double. The range of color, extending 

 from pure white through the most delicate shades of 

 pale pink, rose arid carmine to deepest crimson, is so 

 varied that scarcely two are alike, while many are deli- 

 cately edged and striped. 



The blooms, if . cut when 

 young, will stand for several 

 days without drooping .5 



6374 — XJnibrosum. A fine 

 variety, piroducing flowers of 

 the richest vermilion, with a 

 deep shining black spot on 

 each petal 5 



6373 — English Scarlet. 



The common field Poppy of 

 Great Britain ; dazzling scar- 

 let flowers 5 



6375 — Peacock. With a con- 

 spicuous glossy black zone 

 near the centre. Very large 

 vivid scarlet and cherry crim- 

 son flowers 10 



6394 — Flag of Truce. Sat- 

 iny, white flowers, 3 to 4 

 inches across 5 Shirley Poppy. 



SINGLE POPPIES- 



Continued. 



per PKT. 



6391 Poppy Tulip {Fapa- 

 ver glaucuTTi). A magnifi- 

 cent species from Arme- 

 nia. The plants grow 

 about 14 inches high and 

 produce from 50 to 60 

 large and splendid flowers 

 ofthemostdazzlingscarlet 10 



6376 — FireDragon. 

 Very showy and free flow- 

 ering, producing flowers 

 of brilliant deep scarlet, 

 with black spots mar- 

 gined white ; 2 to 2i ft. .10 



6388 — The Bride. ' A 



beautiful new variety with 

 veiy large, pure white, 

 perfectly formed flowers. 

 If cut when barely ex- 

 panded and put in water, 

 thev will last a long time . 10 

 6380 — Single Mixed. 



Annual sorts. Oz. 20 cts. 5- 



6389 — Imported Col- 

 lection of 12 separate 

 varieties 50 



HARDY PERENNIAL 



POPPIES. 

 6385 Poppy Braotea- 



turn. Ven- large orange 

 scarlet flowers, averaging 

 five inches in diameter. .10 

 6379 — Xndicaule {The 



Iceland Poppy). This is 

 ohe of the most useful, ef- 

 fective and beautiful class of plants in cultivation. 

 They are perfectly hardy and produce an endless pro- 

 fusion of flowers which are most useful for cutting. 

 They are of a very graceful, neat habit, with bright- 

 green, fernlike foliage, formed in tufts, from which is- 

 sue slender stalks about 12 inches in height, sur- 

 mounted by yellow, white or orange - scarlet flow- 

 ers 10 



— Double Scarlet Iceland {Audicauie coc- 

 cinea fl. pi.). A double-flowering form of the 

 beautiful Iceland Poppy, producing from 40 to 50 

 per cent, of perfectly double bright orange-scarlet flow- 

 ers. The different varieties of this lovely Poppy are 

 amongst the most attractive of early flowering peren- 

 nials, and have become very popular in all countries in 



the past few years 10 



6390 — Orientale ( T/ie Large 

 Oriental Poppy). A charm- 

 ingly showy summer-flower- 

 ing plant, producing numer- 

 ous leafy stems about 2j feet 

 high, which are covered with 

 deep crimson flowers, having 

 a conspicuous black blotch 

 on each petal. This is one 

 of the most showy and use- 

 ful of this interesting and 

 popular family 10 



CU LTU RE.— Seeds of Pop- 

 pies should be sown where the plants 

 are intended to be grown, as they 

 will not bear transplanting. Sow in 

 lines or groups and thin out to 

 about a foot apart. Sown in large 

 clumps they present from a -distance 

 a glowing mass of color. 



