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POPPIES. 



A great advance has been made in recent years in the develop- 

 ment 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. 



SINGLE ANNUAL POPPIES. 



PER PKT. 



6372 Danebrog. Very showy variety, producing large 

 single flowers of brilliant scarlet, with a silvery-white 

 spot on each petal, thus forming a white cross 5 



6384 Shirley. These charming Poppies are single or 

 semi-double. The range of color, extending from pure 

 white through the most delicate shades of pale pink, 

 rose and carmine to deepest crimson, is so varied that 

 scarcely two are alike, while many are delicately edged 

 and striped. The blooms, if cut when young, will 

 stand for several days without drooping 5 



6374 Umbrosum. Richest vermilion, with a deep shin- 

 ing black spot on each petal 5 



6373 English Scarlet. The common field Poppy of 

 Great Britain ; dazzling scarlet 5 



6375 Peacock. Very large vivid scarlet and cherry 

 crimson flowers, with a conspicuous glossy black zone 

 near the centre . , . ." 10 



6394 Flag - Of Truce. Satiny, white flowers, 3 to 4 



inches across 5 



6391 Tulip Poppy (Papaver glaucum). A magnificent 

 species from Armenia. The plants grow about 14 

 inches high and produce from 50 to 60 large flowers of 

 dazzling scarlet 10 



6376 Fire Dragon. Very showy and free flowering, 

 producing flowers of brilliant deep scarlet, with black 

 spots margined white ; 2 to 2.} ft 10 



6388 The Bride. A beautiful variety with very large, 

 pure white, perfectly formed flowers. If cut when 

 barely expanded and put in water, they will last a long 

 time 10 



6380 Single Mixed. Annual sorts. Oz. 20 cts 5 



6389 Imported Collection of 6 single varieties 25 



Poppy, Orientals Hybrids. 



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"American Flag " Poppy. 



DOUBLE ANNUAL POPPIES. 



PER PKT. 



6378 American Flag. Beautiful variety ; flowers very 

 large and double, snow-white, bordered with scarlet. 

 (See cut.) 10 



6386 Fairy Blush . Very double flowers of pure white, 

 elegantly fringed and tipped with rose 10 



6387 White Swan. Immense double flowers, beauti- 

 fully fringed and of purest white 10 



6382 "Mikado" (The Striped Japanese Poppy). This 

 beautiful Poppy is very distinct in character and color. 

 The flowers are brilliant scarlet and white, with ele- 

 gantly curved petals, like a Japanese Chrysanthemum. .10 



6371 Carnation Flowered. Splendid double fringed 

 flowers, mixed colors. Per oz. 25 cts 5 



6370 Pseony Flowered. Large, showy, double globu- 

 lar flowers. Mixed colors. Per oz. 20 cts 5 



6393 Golden Gate. Comprising an infinite variety of 

 single, semi-double and double flowers in the greatest 

 variety of colors , 10 



6369 Imported Collection of 8 varieties, double car- 

 nation flowered 30 



HARDY PERENNIAL POPPIES. 



6385 Bracteatum. Very large orange scarlet flowers. .10 



6379 Nudicaule (Iceland Poppy). This is one of the 

 most effective and beautiful. They are perfectly hardy 

 and produce an endless profusion of flowers which are 

 most useful for cutting. They are of a very graceful, 

 neat habit, with bright-green, fern-like foliage, formed 

 in tufts, from which issue slender stalks about 12 inches 

 in height, surmounted by yellow, white or orange- 

 scarlet flowers , ... 10 



6381 Double Scarlet Iceland (Nudicaule coccinea 



Fl.Pl.) A double-flowering form of the beautiful Iceland 

 Poppy, producing double bright orange-scarlet flowers. 10 



6390 Orientale (The Large Oriental Poppy). A charm- 

 ing summer-flowering plant, producing numerous leafy 

 stems about 2£ 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 useful 

 of this interesting and popular family .10 



6395 Orientale Hybrids. Beautiful new hybrids of 

 the Oriental Poppy, producing flowers of immense size, 

 6 inches and over in diameter and of many novel colors, 

 such as salmon, pink, cherry, &c, &c. (See cut.). . . .15 



