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Papaver orientale, continued 



Chereau, both in style of growth and color of 

 bloom. I have already advised inter-grouping 

 Poppies with gypsophila, so as to (ill in the space 

 when the former are dormant. Or annuals may be 

 set out close by as soon as the Poppies have finished 

 blooming. In this case it is well to make room for 

 the newcomers by cutting back the mass of Poppy 

 leaves. 1 have the authority of no less a person than I 

 the Rev. E. A. Bowles for saying that this will not 

 injure the Poppies and often has the effect of 

 encouraging a few extra blooms to appear in the 

 fall. When using Poppies in house decoration, cut 

 them as soon as the green calyx commences to split 

 open, and they will last in water for several clays. 



Culture. Toward August the Poppy's leaves turn 

 brown, and finally die off altogether, and it cannot 

 be loo often stated that during this period the Poppy- 

 is dormant, and in the_ proper condition Jor shipping 

 and planting. .Later in the fall it sends out new 

 leaves which stay green all winter and start in growing 

 as soon as the weather grows warm. Therefore, plant 

 your Poppies in August or early September; if set 

 out at any other time it must be in the early spring, 

 and then it is necessary to use pot-grown plants. I 

 supply these, but do not particularly recommend 

 them and will not ship them after April 155 Poppies 

 will thrive in any sort of soil, providing they get full 

 sun, and when once established will grow and bloom j 

 for many years with no need of dividing. May 15 to 

 early June. Height 2 to 4 ft.; space 18 in. 



Mrs. Perry. Clear, bright salmon-pink, with 

 small, dark red blotches at the base of the petals. 

 The largest variety of its color. 



Mary Studholme. Soft salmon-pink of a silvery 

 tone. Very delicate. 



Hardy Phlox, Fmu Antoinc Jhuhncr 



Goliath. Brilliant scarlet. The largest of 

 Poppies, sometimes 10 inches across. Tall. 



Jeannie Mawson. Very neat, compact grower. 

 Flowers perfect in form, purest salmon-pink, of 

 medium-size. One of the finest. 



Beauty of Livermere. Deep blood-red; very 

 rich and striking. Medium height. Flowers large 

 and widely opened. 



Mahony. Very deep maroon-red, a color that 

 reminds one of the darkest of Oxhcart cherries. A 

 most unusual and beautiful flower; very effective 

 with the whites and light pinks. Medium height. 



Silberblick. Bright orange-scarlet with white 

 stamens and white blotches at the base of the petals. 

 Very distinct. 



Silver Queen. Low, slender grower with large 

 flowers ol a cool silvery white. Very pretty, suggest- 

 ing an annual Shirley Poppy. Quite distinct From 

 Perry's White. 



Masterpiece. Very large blooms; soft, satiny 

 salmon-pink, shot with gray. A unique and beau- 

 tiful flower. Tall. 50 cts. each. 



Perry's White. One of the best novelties of the 

 last few years. Fine, tall grower, with large blooms 

 of a pure paper-white, with reddish black blotches 

 at the base of petals. In effect it is startlingly black 

 and white, — a_ flower that might have come out of 

 a Japanese print. Not only curious but extremely 

 decorative and handsome. 50 cts. 



Semiplenum. The nearest approach to a 

 double Poppy. Loose, graceful flower, with several 

 rows of petals; bright orange-scarlet. 



All Poppies, except where noted, 25 cts. each, $2.50 

 per doz. 



Hardy Phlox 



The mainstay of the garden in late summer and 

 early fall. It would be hard to imagine our gardens 

 without the Phlox, not only because of its invaluable 

 place in the sequence of continuous bloom, but also 

 because of its value in composing color-elfects, where 

 it probably has a greater range of usefulness than 

 any other perennial. This is due to its big, erect 

 panicles of bloom, that can be massed with superb 

 effect; to its long blooming period, and to the purity 

 and intensity of its numberless different shades of 

 red, pink, and purple, not to mention the splendid 

 white varieties that are, perhaps, the most useful of 

 all as peacemakers between the other colors. 



Considering the richness of the present-day Phlox 

 in salmon and scarlet shades, it seems a little strange 

 that the older sorts were invariably white or a dull 

 washy magenta. And they were also tall and lank 

 and small-flowered, while the modern sorts are 

 sturdy, compact growers, with trusses and indi- 

 vidual flowers of splendid size. Yet in spite of the 

 wonderful improvements in size and color, there 

 have been, and still are, many sorts introduced 

 that are glaring and offensive in color — inexcusably 

 so as contrasted with the incomparable shades of 

 such kinds as Elisabeth Campbell or Sigrid Arnold- 

 son. Therefore, in offering the following list, I have 

 rigorously pruned it of all undesirable tones of the 

 magenta or amaranth class, and also avoided offer- 

 ing kinds that are differently named but identical 

 in appearance. 



In the garden, a long border of Phlox gives a 

 splendid effect. Planted in this way, a progression of 

 I shades, from palest to darkest, is better than a number 



