their garden worth. As a great mass planting they are through 

 August to November what the Frau Karl Druschki roses are to 

 the rose garden in early Summer. And there is such a range of 

 colors to choose from, and they are all perfectly harmonious when 

 planted together. 



Next in importance for late Summer glory is Physostegia, 

 white, flesh and pink, so unfailingly lovely. We have the Oriental 

 Poppies, too ; such a numerous family when we know about them, 

 and all so worthy of a place and space; indeed, more space and 

 the more prominent place the better, I should say. There are over 

 thirty members of the Oriental Poppy family, all splendidly hand- 

 some. There is Beauty of Livermere, deep red, and Goliath, whose 

 gigantic scarlet blooms are held aloft on thirty-inch stems, and 

 Grand Mogul, a crimson, strikingly vivid ; Red Loreley and Mene- 

 lek, a copper red which is glorious with the Japanese Maples ; 

 Nancy, a red ; Royal Scarlet, Trilby and Oriflamme. All of these 

 Oriental Poppies are red, but of different shades. Then we have 

 the salmons, silvery salmons and gold salmons in Brightness, Jean- 

 nie Mawson, Marie Studholme, Mrs. John Harkness, Princess 

 Ena, Princess Victoria Louise (new), and the jewels of the Poppy 

 family, Queen Alexandra, Rembrandt, and Silberblick; these are 

 the salmon shades. The Pink Orientals are Blush Queen, Cerise 

 Beauty, Harmony, Joyce, Masterpiece, Proserpine, and Rose Queen. 

 The orange shades are Lady Roscoe, Monarch, Princess Juliana, 

 and Semi-Plenum. Silvery Queen is so silvery white and so deli- 

 cately fine that she should be placed only with the softest-toned 

 pink and blue flowers. Last and most interesting is Oriental King ; 

 it is a double variety, bold in appearance, strong, dominant, whose 

 perfect blooms we may cut with great stems. Joyce and Cerise 

 Beauty are the two varieties planted on the knoll with the Silver 

 Moon roses, White and Pink Portulaca, and the white pink-cen- 

 tered Vinca that I spoke of last March. 



Remember these Oriental Poppies should be planted in the Fall. 

 My experience has been that very little success is to be had with 

 Spring planted Oriental Poppies. After the seeds have ripened the 



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