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FERRY'S SEEDS 



POPPY There is something lacking in your garden or border 

 unless you have poppies of one kind or another. For, every 

 child and every grown-up knows and loves these flowers and 

 associates them with summer. What a glorious riot of color 

 they bring, with almost every shade of the rainbow avail- 

 able in the wide range of varieties! There are both double 

 and single blossoms, and both are delicate in texture and 

 graceful in form. As a rule, the individual flowers do not 

 last long, but numerous others follow in rapid succession to 

 replace them, and the gay show goes on. 



Nudicaule, Iceland Poppy 



Shirley [hA-18 in.] This delightful group sprang originally 

 from the common European Field Poppy, which everyone 

 knows as the Flanders Field Poppy of the World War. The 

 plants with their deeply cut foliage, slender hairy stems, 

 and silky petaled blossoms, often fluted, present a delicate 

 airy picture as they nod in the slightest breeze. 



Single American Legion This is a dazzling scarlet with 

 white cross at center. The best substitute for the wild 

 Flanders Poppy H oz. 40c 



Single Mixed A superb blend of this beautiful tj^pe of 

 Poppy ranging in color from pure white through tones of 

 salmon, pink, and rose to brightest carmine-red". ; . .Oz. 40c 



Double Pink Shades This charming sort with its double 

 and semi-double flowers in several shades of pink is of great 

 merit 3-2 02. 40c 



Pkts. 10c each 



Tall Somniferum [hA-3 ft.] It is to this class that the 

 opium Poppy of the Orient belongs, but we do not handle 

 the seed of that particular variety. These robust plants are 

 of imposing stature, carry an abundance of thick wide 

 leaves, and bear large flowers on stout stems. 

 Single Mixed A varied collection of single deeply cupped 

 flowers, many with fringed petals. 



Double Carnation Flowered Mixed Perfectly double* 

 globular flowers with fringed petals in many brilliant colors. 

 Double Peony Flowered Mixed Bold double ball shaped 

 blooms, plain edged petals, resembling the Peony in form. 

 Choice Mixed A wide selection of vivid colors chosen from 

 the Carnation and Peony types. 



Each of the above: oz. 30c; pkt. 10c 



Nudicaule (Iceland Poppy) [hP-R-18 in.] Here is a hardy 

 poppy which slightly resembles the delicately formed 

 annual Shirley. However, the plants are somewhat dif- 

 ferent in habit and contain many shades of j'ellow and 

 orange which are foreign to their shorter lived annual 

 cousins. At its base each plant forms a neat tuft of finely 

 cut leaves above which rise bare wiry stems holding cup- 

 shaped single flowers. Iceland Poppies are valuable in a 

 hardy border or in a permanent rock garden, and when in 

 bud they are desirable for cutting. 



Coonara Pink Hybrids Clear shades of salmon pink. 



A new Australian variety of great beauty 



lioz. 60c; pkt. 10c 



Sunbeam Since it is more thrifty, with finer stems and 

 handsomer flowers, this is an improvement over the 

 original Iceland strain. The plants will produce flowers 

 the first season from seed sown early, and the blossoms 

 are unequalled for cutting. 



Orange Yellow White 



Pkts. 15c each 

 Mixed M oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



Orientale [hP-2J^ ft.] These are the royal members of 

 the Poppy family. They are majestic in all their char- 

 acteristics, have magnificent foliage, sturdy stems, 

 huge cup-shaped flowers with crinkled petals, and 

 large decorative pods. In the herbaceous border they 

 form a gorgeous picture. 



Red Glowing scarlet with bases of petals bluish 

 black. 



Hybrids A splendid collection in shades of white, 

 rose, lavender, orange, and crimson. 



Each of the above: 34 oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 

 Poor Man's Orchid (See Schizanthus) 



POTENT! LLA (Cinquefoil) [hP-R-12 in.] This traihng 

 plant, quite similar in habit and foliage to the strawberry, 

 makes an excellent addition to the hardy border or the 

 rock garden. It covers the ground well, is daintily formed, 

 and the upright branching stems carry a quantity of five- 

 petaled disc-like flowers. These bright blossoms contrast 

 with the rather somber foliage. Being quite hardy this 

 plant can be used for permanence in a garden. 



Nepalensis (Miss Willmott) The blossoms are a lovely 

 sahnon-rose with dark centers Pkt. 15c 



PHYSOSTEGIA (False Dragon Head) [hP-3 ft.] In mid- 

 summer when hardy borders often lack bloom, this peren- 

 nial comes into flower. From the spreading roots rise many 

 erect, slender, wand-like stems decorated with narrow 

 pointed leaves. Terminally they carry tapering floral 

 spikes 6 to 8 inches long, bearing rows of small tubular 

 blossoms set on four sides of the stem. The individual 

 florets slightly resemble the Snapdragon and are a delight- 

 ful shade of rosy lilac. An effective border plant and de- 

 sirable for cutting. 



Virginica 3^ oz. 50c; pkt. 10c 



Pin Cushion Flower (See Scabiosa) 

 Pinks (See Dianthus) 

 PiQXJERiA Trinerva (See Stevia) 



