PERFECTION 



Large deep flowers, entrancing 

 with immense black spots at base. 



Each $1.00 



shade of pink 



PERRY'S BLUSH Each $ 1 .00 



Blush white, beautifully formed and a profuse 

 flowering variety. Stock of this is quite scarce. 



PROSERPINE Each $1.00 



Most brilliant Chinese red, the center alive with 

 black stamens. Of great size, flowering over a very 

 long period. Shown on page 45. 



QUEEN LOUISE Each 75c 



A melting strawberry pink flower of good finish, 

 with prominent black and red base spots. To 40 inches 

 tall. 



RED LACQUER Each $1.50 



A new deep dark red, of strong appeal. Stiff erect 

 stems to 44 inches tall. Blooms 7 to 9 inches across. 

 Well named. 



SPLENDOUR Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 



Brilliant, huge, entirely novel in color, this blend of 

 peach and apricot, entirely overlaid salmon, is un- 

 like any poppy we have ever seen. Very late, and a 

 vigorous grower. 



TRILBY Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



One of the last to bloom. Dark, lustrous, deep red, 

 the petals having a plaited appearance. Very large, 

 and one of the finest of all poppies. 



WATTEAU Each $1.00; 3 for $2.50 



Pure flesh-coral; covered with flowers. No blotch 

 on petals. This is one of the rarest and loveliest in 

 our list. 



WURTEMBERGIA 



Enormous cerise 

 outstanding flower, 



Each $1.00 



scarlet; very tall growing. An 

 attaining almost unbelievable 



size. 



THE NEW POPPIES" 



Condensed from an Article by A. E. Curtis of Cincinnati and published 

 in "The Flower Grower". 



In describing the Poppies of the past sea- 

 son one's judgment can be based only upon 

 the plants seen. The difference between an 

 extra well-grown specimen and one that has 

 done poorly is about fifty per cent, so if I 

 praise highly some variety that has seemed 

 only ordinary, it may not be so much a dif- 

 ference of opinion as a difference in the spec- 

 imen seen. 



We will start with the deepest reds. 

 TRILBY I still feel holds her own. She is 

 large, tall and stately, a real gueen. WUR- 

 TEMBERGIA is still the largest and finest me- 

 dium red with the exception of CAVALIER, 

 which is very similar but will grow even 

 larger and finer. In the scarlet or flame red 

 class, MANDARIN is a beauty, being one 

 solid color without a blotch. PROSERPINE 

 with an extra large black blotch though near- 

 ly the same color gives an entirely different 

 effect. 



Now a word of caution in regard to plant- 

 ing your reds. Be sure to keep your scarlet 

 and even the medium red of WURTEM- 

 BERGIA away from the deep tints, or by con- 

 trast they will look like just another orange 

 poppy, while by themselves or with the right 

 surroundings they are brilliant flame or 

 cerise red beauties. 



The orange or red orange (often spoken of 

 as a brick red), the Poppy of our grand- 

 mothers' day, will not need any comment. 

 There are many large named varieties, in 

 fact some of the largest, but it is a color hard 

 to harmonize with the rest of the garden and 

 the newer, clearer and more harmonious col- 

 ors are so much handsomer that few will 

 want to plant the former. 



For those wanting a profuse blooming 

 dwarf pink, WATTEAU (flesh-coral) is a little 

 gem. The great majority of pink Poppies are 

 salmon pink and there are probably fifty 

 good Poppies in this color class. Two more 

 pinks I would not be without are JEANNIE 

 MAWSON and MRS. J. HAWKINS. A bed of 

 either of these will stay in bloom for twenty- 

 one days while the average period for all 

 others that I have checked is only ten days. 



We now come to series of pastel shades 

 which I wish to designate as cutting Poppies. 

 When they first open they are very beautiful 

 and if cut and brought into the house they 

 hold their beauty; but left outside, they fade 

 to colors that are anything but beautiful. For 

 some reason the lilac and purple dyes in the 

 Poppies do not stand the sun. One Poppy in 

 this class deserves special attention — EN- 

 CHANTRESS, a tall, large and a beautiful 



lilac rose. It is one of the finest Poppies ever 

 seen when it opens, but, alas, fades to a col- 

 orless flower unless taken into the house. 



All those who come to my garden want to 

 see a white Poppy and when they are shown 

 one, they are disappointed, and personally I 

 do not care for them. What I want in Poppies 

 is color. The whites are the only Poppies that 

 do not grow well for me. Possibly they resent 

 the fact that I do not admire them. PERRY 

 WHITE is usually considered a poor doer. 

 BARRS WHITE and PERRY'S BLUSH are 

 probably the best. I have used my own near 

 whites, PEARL PINK and PEARL QUEEN, 

 which are hardy and strong growers. One 

 caution is necessary with these. Plant them 

 with blue Iris or Delphinium, for if planted 

 near pink or red flowers they will appear a 

 grey white by contrast and the same caution 

 applies to PERRY'S BLUSH. 



When it comes to color descriptions of Pop- 

 pies, there is a great variation and on some 

 varieties every description differs. I have 

 described the color so it would be best vis- 

 ualized by the greatest majority of garden- 

 ers, but some kind of a Poppy Society is 

 needed to standardize color description and 

 to straighten out the variations that now go 

 out under one name. 



THE FRESHMAN COLLECTION 

 Six for $250 



LORD LAMBOURNE 



PERFECTION 



PROSERPINE 



QUEEN LOUISE 



WURTEMBERGIA 



WATTEAU 



THE POST-GRAD COLLECTION 



Seven for $500 



SPLENDOUR 

 TRILBY 



RED LACQUER 



CAVALIER 

 AMUN RA 

 JEANIE MAWSON 

 MANDARIN 



NOTE: Oriental poppies are best transplanted when perfectly dormant, 

 in late August or early September. At that time they are one of the 

 most unsightly of all plants, with no top at all and but little else than a 

 few strands of bare roots of a fleshy nature. They will be packed in 



damp moss when you receive them . . . remove this and plant them 

 with the crown an inch or less below the surface of the ground, water 

 well immediately, and do not allow the soil to dry out. They will soon 

 produce a mop of leaves and bloom gloriously the following spring. 



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