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A PLEA FOR THE HARDY POPPY. 
[Written expressly for The Flower Grower. ] 
T HE VOICES of the floral John the 
Baptists have at last been heard. 
The Plea For Hardy Plants, is 
being heeded, and we are no 
longer content to have merely a hardy 
border. The foundation 
walls, the walks, the 
driveways and even the 
garden areas themselves, 
are calling for more and 
more of the perennials in 
bulbs, herbs and shrubs. 
We are awake to their 
separate and individual 
beauties and turn where 
we will, we meet those 
able to converse enthusi- 
astically regarding their 
garden plantings and its 
succession of blooms. 
They know, in their 
separate varieties, the 
Crocus, the Squill, the 
Daffodil, the Tulip, the 
Iris, the Peony and the 
Rose. They know the 
flowering shrubs, and 
more ; their season of 
bloom, their colors of 
leaf and flower and their 
harmonious arrange- 
ment and planting. Many 
school and play grounds 
are becoming areas of 
beauty and we are slowly 
learning that to know 
and name the flowers at 
our feet, is as much an 
education, as to know the 
stars and to describe 
their courses. We are 
trying to close up the 
floral gaps, so that from 
the beginning of the 
blooming season, to its 
end, we may have an un- 
fa r o k e n succession of 
flowers. Landscape artists and cata- 
logue makers are giving the matter 
much thought, and many of the plans 
advanced seem to be almost harmo- 
niously perfect. 
BY DR. J. H. NEELEY. 
As I study them and note the em- 
phasis placed on this and that variety 
of flower, I cannot but wonder why so 
little attention is given to the “Oriental 
Poppy.” Most people who know it, 
seem to have merely a picture of the 
flaming brick red flower of the Type, 
never having seen the newer and finer 
sorts. Why so few varieties are listed 
by our dealers is also a puzzle to me 
and often when I try to~find some spe- 
cial variety, few, if any, are interested 
enough to help me to it. Press the 
question, “ Why ?” and I am told that 
their colors are harsh, that among 
other and more delicate 
shades, they fairly 
scream. Some even ac- 
cuse them of quarreling 
among themselves, but 
can one not say the same 
of the Darwin Tulips? 
and who would be will- 
ing to do without them ? 
Coming into bloom at 
the time the latter are 
passing, they make a 
royal leader for that 
triple succession, the 
Iris, the Peony and the 
Rose. With me, the va- 
riety Goliath is the first 
to bloom. Of the choicer 
sorts, Beauty of Liver- 
mere, a deep ox blood red, 
is the earliest, followed 
closely by Proserpine, a 
lively cerise scarlet, flow- 
ers very large, with 
splendid stems ; Master- 
piece, a monster flower 
and the best in salmon 
pink, Wu rt ember gia , 
cerise scarlet, the queen 
of them all and very rare; 
Mrs. Perry, orange apri- 
cot; Perry’s White, pure 
white with large crimson 
blotch; Silver Queen, 
silvery white, without 
blotch ; Rose Queen, a 
delicate rose pink ; Queen 
Alexandra, rosy salmon ; 
Mahony, chocolate 
brown, the darkest of all; 
Psyche, light old rose ; 
Mrs. Jno. Haivkins, soft 
rose ; Princess Ena, light pink ; Prin- 
cess Victoria Louise, delicate pink ; 
Grand Mogul, deep red, and last but by 
no means the least, is Tribly, tall of 
stem, monster flower, of a deep dark 
