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The Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
POPPIES— (Papaver). 
A brilliant and charmingly effective group of plants, all annuals with the exception of the Nudicaule 
varieties and P. orientale splendid for garden or shrubbery decoration during Summer and Autumn. 
The Shirley and Nudicaule varieties are especially valuable as cut flowers, and if cut and placed in 
water as the flowers are just opening, they will remain in full beauty for a long time. 
POPPY— NEW SHIRLEY. 
per put.— s. u. 
974 POPPY— NEW SHIRLEY (see illustration). 
This beautiful strain of Hardy Annual Poppy is 
perfectly hardy, and flowers profusely the first season 
from seed. The flowers are large, exceedingly grace- 
ful and elegant; the colours are pure, soft, and varied, 
and range from blush-white, rose, delicate pink, 
and carmine through innumerable tints to bright 
sparkling crimson ; the petals have a glossy, satin- 
like, wavy surface of exquisite softness, which makes 
the flowers literally ripple with colour under the 
slightest movement ... ... ... ...10 
975 „ ,, ,, smaller pkt. 0 6 
976 POPPY— SNOWDRIFT. A valuable and beau- 
tiful variety from the United States. The plants grow 
only about two feet high, and the large, pure white, 
delicately fringed flowers may be best compared to 
Japanese Chrysanthemums. This is a very showy 
plant for the garden, whilst the flowers are first- 
class for cutting ... ... ... ... 0 6 
977 TULIP POPPY (Papaver glauemn). New and 
splendid annual from Armenia. The plant rises 
to a height of from 12 to 14 inches, and produces 
well above the bluish-green foliage fifty or sixty 
large and splendid flowers of the most vivid scarlet 
imaginable. The two outer petals of the flower bear 
a similarity to a saucer, in which are set two erect 
petals of the same colour, forming a pouch-like 
receptacle, enclosing and seemingly protecting the 
anthers. It commences blooming early in June, and 
flowers abundantly and in uninterrupted succession 
for a period of six or eight weeks. Sown where 
the plants are to bloom, the minute seeds lie several 
weeks before germinating ; sown on a hot-bed it 
comes up in about eight days ... ... ... 16 
978 CARDINAL POPPY (Papaver somniferum nanum 
Jl.pl.). This fine novelty, in the dwarf robust and 
compact habit of its growth, difi'ers entirely from all 
other Poppies. The plant attains a height of about 
18 inches, is furnished with deeply-cut dark green 
foliage, and throws up ten or twelve enormous and 
very double flowers, colour a glowing scarlet on a 
white ground. This brilliant and effective annual it 
is predicted, will, on account of its extreme showiuess, 
soon be in great request ... ... ... 10 
979 
980 
981 
982 
983 
984 
985 
98G 
Paeony-flowered, double. Scarlet ... 
,, „ ,, Pure white 
,, ,, „ Choicest mixed 
Carnation-flowered, double. Choicest 
mixed 
Dwarf Ranunculus-flowered, double. 
Choicest mixed 
per pkt. — a. 
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Danebrog. Brilliant scarlet blotched with silvery 
white ... ... ... ... ... 0 
Mikado. Double; white flowers fringed with 
crimson ; very pretty ... ... ... 0 
Loevigatum. Brilliant dark scarlet, with black 
spots; very effective ... ... ... 0 
d. 
3 
3 
3 
3 
3 
6 
6 
6 
987 
988 
989 
990 
991 
992 
993 
994 
per pkt.— s. 
Pavoilium (The Peacock Poppy). Scarlet and 
black ; very showy ... ... ... .0 
Umbrosum. Height 18 inches; glowing vermilion 
with black spots ... ... ... ... 0 
Bracteatum nanum splendens. Brilliant 
scarlet ; dwarf Perennial Poppy ... . . 0 
Nudicaule. Bright yellow ...~\ Iceland Poppies, 0 
„ album. White charming 0 
„ miniatum. Bright C h ^ y wi ^ r —' 
orange ) one foot high. 0 
,, Choicest mixed ... 0 
Orientale. Rich scarlet; a fine hardy perennial; 
two feet ... ... ... ... ... 0 
d. 
G 
6 
6 
G 
6 
G 
6 
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UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS. 
From Mr. JAMES A. BENT, Qimlener to Ills Graco THE DUKE 
OF HAMILTON. 
Oct. lOtti. 
"I can say your Dwarf Perfection Aster istiuetoitsnamo. it is very dwarf, 
the flowers are good, and the colours are very bright.” 
From Mr. W. BELL, Huddleston ltoiul, Tufnell Park. 
Aug. 10 th. 
“ Having seen your advertisement in the Ohrtitlan Million, I bent you nn order for 
Flower Seeds, and am pleased to say ihey turned out wonderfully well." 
From Mr. G. TAYLOR, Ramsbottom, Bury. 
Feb. 29th. 
■‘The Stocks I had from you last year wore something splendid. I took the First 
Prize at our Summer Show with three plants against lots of Exhibitors. The Scarlet- 
flowered plant had eighteen spikes, the white seventeen spikes, and the yellow fifteen 
spikes, all In bloom. The three plants made a finer show than all the others put together." 
From Miss CAMPBELL, Macosquin, Coleraine. 
July 29th. 
” The Seeds I received from you lint year produced spleudid flowers, also the Roses, 
Lily of the Valley, &c., gave me the most entire satisfaction, and were the admira- 
tion of all who saw them." 
From Mr. R. W. BRETT, Hertford. 
Oct. 1st. 
••I must lot you know the Chrysanthemum Seed you sent mo lias turned out 
very well indeed. 1 have one in bloom very similar to a. Morloy, a beautifully-formed 
flower, the other fixty plants 1 have promise to be good." 
From Mr. W. TREGUNNA, Redruth, Cornwall. 
Aug. 12th. 
‘•The collection of twelve varieties of Pansy Seed you sent me have turned out 
some splendid flowers. They have been much admired by a great many people who 
saw them." 
