lo & 12 Market Street, MANCHESTER; & ALTRINCHAM. 
POPPY— Annual Varieties — continued. 
658a Cardinals Hybridum. The colours of the (lowers are very 
attractive, being chamois and bright pink on light ground, 
purple crimson, and rose on blackish brown or violet 
ground ; i Ut, Per pkt. bd. 
f)5<) Danebrog, Victoria Cross. A pretty variety, producing 
brilliant scarlet tlowers, the base of the petals being blotched 
with silvery white, 2 ft. Per pkt., 3<1. 
660 Double Carnation, Scarlet, large, beautifully fringed, 2 ft. 
Per pkt. 3d. 
661 
662 
663 
664 
065 
Mixed. Various bright colours, (lowers very 
double and fringed, 2 ft. Per pkt. 3d. 
Double Dwarf French, Choice Mixed. Charming combina- 
tion of brilliant colours, 2 ft. Per pkt. 3d. 
Double Dwarf Hybrids, Golden Leaved. 
New varieties with golden-yellow foliage. 
Choice forming a striking contrast to the doulile 
(lowers, which vary from bright red to 
scarlet or crimson, with or without white edges, i ft. 
Per pkt. 1 /- 
Lsevigatum. Large, finely-shapeil (lowers, brilliant deep 
scarlet, with black spots and white markings at (he base 
of the petals ; free and showy, 2 ft. Per pkt. 6d. 
May Campbell. A distinct variety, being a very dwarf form 
of the well-known Poppy " Snowdrift.” The lovely 
double (lowers, which are of a snowy whiteness, are borne 
in great profusion, and thepefals being delicately cut. add 
beauty and grace to the bloom. Invaluable for beds and 
as a cut flower, if gathered before the bud is fully e.\- 
panded. Per pkt. 6d. 
f)66 Mikado (Striped Japanese Poppy), one of the most charming 
sorts of the whole family. The flowers are perfectly 
double and dec]rly laciniated. The colour most 
attractive, being pure white at the back, whilst the fringed 
edges are of a brilliant crimson-scarlet, 2 It Per pkt 
3tl. 
667 Miss Sherwood. A very striking and beautiful single- 
ilowering variety of the Pa'ony-llowered Poppy, growing 
about 3 feet in height, and jiroducing in rich profusion 
single flowers of shiny satiny white, the upper half of the 
petals being silky chamois pink, forming a delicate 
combination. Per pkt. 6d. 
668 Pavonium (Peacock Poppy). A beautiful .single variety 
with brilliant scarlet flowers which have a conspicuous 
black zone at the base of the petals. The blooms are 
large, and produced in great abundance, i ft. Per pkt. 
6d. ■ . 
669 Pffiony-Flowered. Immense double flowers of the most 
brilliant and showy colours, finest mixture, 3 ft. Per 
pkt. 3d. 
POPPY— Annual Varieties- -continued.. 
670 
671 
Paeony-flowered “ Ariel.” L.uge double 
tlowers. bright salnunr red. on white 
ground, blotched with lilac. Per pkt. i /- 
Shirley. .\ remarkable and beautiful strain. The colours 
range from pure white through (he most delicate shades of 
|>ale |)ink, ro.se, and carmine, to dee))est crimson, and so 
varied that scarcely two will be found exactly alike, 
many being most delicately edged, shaded, and striped. 
\ cry valuable for table ami general decoration, as the 
blooms when cut young, will stand for several days 
without dropping : 2 ft. Per |)kt. 6d. 
f>72 Snowdrift, a pure satiuv white variety belonging to the same 
family as (he ” Ifouble t'arnalion ” Pop)jy, large, full, 
and double, resembling a white Japanese Chrvsanthe- 
mum. f’seful for cutting, 2Ut. Per pkt, 3d. 
673 The Bride. .\ ]uire white single selection from P. somni- 
ferum ; the (lowers arc large, freely produced, and if cut 
when barely expanded will remain fresh a considerable 
time, 2 ft. Per pkt. 3d. 
674 The Tulip (Papaver Glaucum). magnificent species. 
'I'he (lowers resemble the well-known ” Scarlet Due Van 
Thol ” Tulip. It blooms abundantly for a period of si.x 
to eight weeks, and is a most valuable addition to our 
tlccorative annuals, lift. I’er pkt. (id. 
675 Umbrosiim, a single-tlow'ering varietv of dwarf habit ; colour 
glowing crimson-scarlet, with a jet black spot on each 
petal, one of the best, ft. Per pkt. 3rl. 
676 White Swan. A spiendid variety, (lowers very double, 
laciniated, beautifully shaped, and pure white. It blooms 
in great profusion, and is verv effective, 2 ft. Per pkt. 
3(1. 
POPPY.— Perennial Varieties. 
677 Bracteatum. .\ grand variety, deep crimson tlowers, similar 
habit to the Oricnttile ; early flowering, 3 ft. Per pkt. 
3<-l. 
Californian Poppy, sec Romneya Coulleri. 
678 Nudicaule (Iceland Poppy). Choice strain. Beautiful showy 
bright yellow flowers, i ft. Per ]>kt. 6d. 
679 album, pure white variety of above, and similar in 
habit, I ft. Per pkt. 6(1. 
( «o coccineum flore pleno. A most attractive form of the 
Iceland Poppy, colour bright orange-scarlet, producing 
about 50 per cent, of double flowers from seed. valua- 
ble addition to this jiopular family, i ft. Per pkt. i /- 
()8i mlniatum. Bright orange-scarlet tlowers, similar in 
habit to jireceding varieties ; a striking contrast, i ft. 
Per pkt. fid. 
682 Mixed colours, i ft. Per pkt. fid. and i/- 
683 Orientale, handsome variety, large dark scarlet blossoms, 
blotched with black ; effective and showy, 3 ft. Per 
pkt. fid. 
684 The Great Yellow Mexican Poppy (F.schscholtzia fuinaricr- 
folia). This is a magnificent perennial Kschscholtzia, 
and is about as hardy as " Romneya Coulteri” — the 
(lowers being large and of striking appearance — colour 
may best bejjlikened to ” Eschscholtzia californica.” 
Per pkt. I /- 
Welsh Poppy, see Meconopsis cnmlnica. 
PORTULACCA, h.h.a. 
Charming ]ilants, juoducing an astonishing display of dazzling 
colours. Prefer a li.ght soil. 
685 Choice Mixed, all colours, J ft. Per pkt. fid. 
POTENTILLA, h.p 
Handsome plants of free growth for mixed borders, rock work. Sec. 
686 Double Mixed. Brilliant colours, ijft. Per pkt. fid. 
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