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Giant Oriental Hardy Poppies 



Among hardy perennials these hold an unrivaled position for gorgeous effective- 

 ness in gardens and hardy borders; height, 2 to 3 feet; flowers immense, often 6 

 inches or more across. They are also grand, cut in bud state, for vases. 



Beauty of Livermere. Crimson with black blotch Pkt. 15c. 



Blush Queen. Blush-pink - 15c, 



Colosseum. Flowers S inches across. Color, rich, shiny, dark scarlet, with 



a black spot at the base of each petal 15c. 



Mrs. Perry. A grand, new variety with large, pure, satiny-white flowers, 



having a bold, crimson base. Extremely beautiful and rare 15c. 



Princess Victoria Louise. Salmon-scarlet 15c. 



Salmon Queen. Salmon-yellow 15c. 



Rembrandt. Orange-scarlet 15c. 



Dark Scarlet 15c. 



Oriental Hybrids, Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds. 50c . 10c. 



Customer's Collection of Giant Oriental Poppies. Any two 15c. pkts. for 25c; 



any four selected for 50c. 



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PLATYCODON 



Large-flowered Chinese Bell Flower. (P. grandiflora.) Hardy peren- 

 nials, bearing large broad, bell-shaped white or blue flowers; very hand- 

 some for garden decoration; \y* feet. 



Grandiflora, Mixed Colors. Per 1 ,000 seeds, 35c Pkt. 10c. 



Platycodon Mariesii. (Wahlenbergia grandiflora nana.) Very handsome 

 dwarf compact growing "Chinese Bell-Flowers" forming dense little 

 round bushes about 12 inches high and bearing abundantly, broad 

 bell-shaped flowers about 3 inches across, of white and varying shades- 

 of blue from lavender to purple. 

 Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 60c Pkt. 10c. 



ICELAND POPPIES (Papaver nudicaule) 



Although hardy perennials, these dwarf Poppies bloom 

 the first season from spring-sown seed. The fragrant 

 elegant, crushed satin-like flowers are produced in 

 never-ceasing succession from the beginning of 

 June to October; fine for cutting. 



Yellow Pkt. 10c 



Scarlet Pkt. 10c. 



White Pkt. 10c. 



Rose Color Pkt. 10c. 



Gold Tinged red Pkt. 10c. 



Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c. 

 Pkt. 10c. 

 Customer's Collection of Iceland 



Poppies. Any three 10c. pkts. 



selected for 25c. 

 Storrie's New Iceland Poppies. This 



new strain contains many new 



colors and shades, including 



blush, salmon, coral - pink, 



orange - rose, white, lemon, 



orange, striped, flecked, edged, 



blended, etc. Mixed Colors. 

 Per 1,000 seeds, 75c; Pkt. 15c. 



PORTULACA 



Brilliant garden annuals, 6 inches 

 high, luxuriating in warm, dry, 

 sunny situations, and blooming pro- 

 fusely from early summer to autumn. 

 For low beds and masses of color, 

 from spring until frost, they are in- 

 dispensable; colors range through in- 

 numerable shades of red, yellow, pink 

 striped, white, etc. 



Single, Mixed Colors. Per os. 40c, Pkt. 5c 

 Double, Mixed Colors. These make per- 

 fectly gorgeous masses of color; the flowers 

 of the double sorts are like little roses. Per 



1,000 seeds. 25c Pkt. 10c 



Imported Collection of Double Portulaca, 12 varieties Pkt. Yoc. 



Parana. Immense single blossoms averaging 3 inches across; color bright ruby-red, Pkt. 10c 



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