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Dreer's Select Shirley Poppies 



Dreer's Shirley Poppies ® 



A very artistic strain of Poppies with lovely, large blooms of 

 a beautiful crinkled texture. Includes many fine colors in single, 

 semi -double, and double flowered blooms. Easy to grow. 

 3684 American Legion. A greatly improved English Scarlet 

 or Flanders Poppy with very large, single flowers of a beauti- 

 ful rich dazzling orange-scarlet color. Grows 2 feet high. 

 Pkt. 10c; i oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 



3691 Apricot. Single deep apricot. Pkt. 10c; \ oz. 30c. 



3692 Blue Shades. Beautiful large single blooms in various 

 shades of blue. Pkt. 10c; £ oz. 30c. 



3695 Wild-Rose Pink. This variety is particularly beautiful. 

 The large single blooms are well formed and of a soft wild- 

 Rose pink color. Very appealing. Makes a charming bed 

 besides being of special value for cutting. 2 feet. Pkt. 10c; 

 \ oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 



3698 Collection. One packet each of 

 the above 4 single Shirley Poppies. 30c. 



3696 Dreer's Select Shirley Mixed. An unusually choice 

 strain of these charming single poppies. Includes a partic- 

 ularly wide range of beautiful colors with scarcely any two 

 flowers being exactly alike. Of strong growth and very 

 profuse blooming. Pkt. 10c; \ oz. 20c; oz. 50c. 



3713 Double Shirley Mixed. A very pretty strain. Has 

 double flowers in a wide range of beautiful colors. Blooms 

 freely and continuously throughout the spring and summer. 

 30 in. high. Pkt. 10c; \ oz. 25c; oz. 75c. 



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 when the petals fall, 

 which will lengthen the blooming season quite a while. 



Single Annual Poppies ® 



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. Pkt. 10c; i oz. 25c. 

 3688 Danebrog or Danish Cross. A very showy variety 

 producing flowers of a brilliant scarlet color with a silvery 

 white spot on each petal forming a white cross. 3 feet. 

 Pkt. 10c; \ oz. 25c. 

 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. Pkt. 10c; 

 i oz. 25c. 



3700 Single Mixed. A splendid mixture of many different 

 free-flowering single annual Poppies. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c. 



Shirley Poppy, Sweet Briar 



New Double Shirley Poppy ® 



3707 Sweet Briar. One of the most popular colors in Shirley 

 Poppies has been Wild-Rose Pink. We are now able to offer 

 this most beautiful color in a double flowering form. Sweet 

 Briar is a delightful shade of deep rose-pink. The blossoms 

 are full double, resembling a very large double Begonia. 

 Pkt. 15c; \ oz. 50c; oz. $1.50. 



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