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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. This 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. 30 inches. £ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 cts.. 10 



Dreer's Select Shirley Poppies per pkt 



3684 American Legion. A greatly improved English Scarlet or 

 Flanders Poppy with very large flowers of dazzling orange 

 scarlet; 2 feet. 30 cts. per i oz SO 10 



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, £ oz., 20 

 cts 



3687 Dainty Lady. Immense flowers 4 to 5 inches across, 

 of a charming mode shade of rosy mauve, with a large 

 dark metallic blotch at the base of each petal; 3 feet. 

 £ oz., 20 cts 



36S8 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; 

 3 feet. £ oz., 20 cts 



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. The plant grows 3 feet high, and produces 

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



3695 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; 2 feet, £ oz., 30 cts.; 

 oz., SI. 00 



3699 Collection of a packet each of the above 6 single 

 varieties 



3700 Single Mixed. Annual sorts. Oz., 25 cts 



American Legion Poppy 



Poppies are continued on pages 105 and 106 



