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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 16. 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Shirley Poppies. —The attractive pic¬ 
ture on page 487, Fig. 198. is reproduced 
from an English photograph of Shirley 
poppies, and brings out something of the 
charm of these dainty blossoms. Shirley 
poppies originated by long and careful 
selection from Papaver Rhoeas, the scarlet 
cornflower or field poppy of Great P>ritain 
and Europe generally. The strain was 
bred for a long time before reaching the 
public by Rev. W. Wilks, for many years 
secretary of the British Royal Horticul¬ 
tural Society. He found in 1880 a wild 
plant bearing a solitary flower of the 
ordinary scarlet, black-centered char¬ 
acter, but with a narrow edge of white. 
The seeds were carefully saved, and pro¬ 
duced next year about 200 plants, of 
which only four or five had white-edged 
blooms. The seeds of the best of these 
were sown the following year, producing 
a larger percentage of white-marked 
flowers and so on, from year to year 
until the color broke to pale pink and 
even pure white, while in time the black 
center or basal blotch was permanently 
changed to white and pale yellow. They 
come now in all shades from the most 
brilliant scarlet to delicate flesh color, 
cream white and pearl white, without a 
trace of black, and all possess the peculiar 
crinkled texture of petal that distinguish¬ 
es them from other varieties. Shirley pop¬ 
pies are now cheap and are easily grown ; 
the seeds can be readily obtained, and 
should be liberally sown in ordinary 
garden soil, thinning the plants to six 
inches apart. They are among the most 
desirable of all annual flowering plants. 
Tt is said the Shirley poppy is one of the 
finest contributions to floriculture ever 
made by an amateur grower. 
kinds have been raised from it. Pear' 
of Kent is announced as one of the very 
best, exceeding the parent in si/e while 
retaining the refined form and coloring. 
Pearl of Kent is still a pearl without 
price, as none is yet commercially pro¬ 
curable. Prices of these fancy new sorts 
frequently exceed $100 the bulb, while 
stocks are still small. The only other 
novelty we have tested is Mrs. J. B. 
Camm. a very dwarf white variety with 
yellow trumpet. It is very desirable, but 
not equal to Mme. de Graaff. and is no\y 
offered at the moderate ^nce of $6 the 
hundred. For best results the bulbs 
of these choice Narcissi should be lifted, 
divided and replanted in fresh soil at 
least every alternate year, but we wanted 
a test of their staying powers in sod, and 
are gratified at the result. While the 
above are very desirable for those who 
demand the best. Emperor and Empress, 
yellow and white trumpets respectively, 
now so common and cheap that everyone 
may plant them, will give essentially as 
good results as ( the novelties in every 
feature except actual size of bloom. 
Daffodil Experience. —Will von give the 
result of your experience on the Rural 
Grounds with the daffodils Glory of Leiden, 
Mme. de Graaff and others you have experi¬ 
mented with. s. G. 
Ilillman, Wash. 
We think most highly of the varieties 
named, after four years’ trial. A dozen 
small bulbs of each were planted in good 
soil deeply dug, somewhat under the 
shade of a high trimmed apple tree, and 
have not since been disturbed. They 
have received no culture except pulling 
out grass and chance weeds during their 
short Spring growing season, the sod be¬ 
ing allowed to close over them after the 
leaves die down. The second Winter 
they were favored with a mulcfi, two 
inches thick, of stable manure, but other¬ 
wise have had no fertilizer except that 
naturally contained in the soil. We were 
rewarded with a bloom from each bulb 
for the two first seasons, since then from 
25 to 30 magnificent blooms have been 
borne to each original clump of 12 bulbs. 
Glory of Leiden still remains the best 
yellow trumpet in general commerce, and 
is now freely offered abroad at from $7 
to $8 the hundred. It is exceeded in size 
only by Van Waveren’s Giant, the largest 
daffodil in the trade, held last year at 
$36 each. Mme. de Graaff is. on the 
other hand, the most elegant white trum¬ 
pet variety procurable. For vigor, size 
and general finish it leads all others, and 
is yet priced as high as $30 the hundred. 
The perianth or outer portion of the 
flowers is pure ivory white, the very 
graceful trumpet at first pale primrose, 
soon passing to white. Mme. de Graaff 
seeds more freely than most highly-bred 
varieties, and some verv choice new 
Hyacinths and Tulips From Seed.— Can 
hyacinths and tulips* be propagated from the 
seed, and if so, how is it done? r. h. 
Spring City. Tenu. 
Hyacinths and tulips may both be 
grown from seeds, as that is the way 
new varieties arc obtained, but the pro¬ 
cess is slow, requiring from four to 
seven years’ time to produce flowering 
bulbs. Tulip seeds ripen about the first 
of July. When the pods or capsules 
split apart at the top they should be cut 
and stored in a dry place until October 
without removing the seeds, as the curing 
process appears to heighten their matur¬ 
ity and cause them to germinate better. 
They may be sown in a carefully pre¬ 
pared bed or frame in a sheltered part 
of the garden, but the growth is so slen¬ 
der for the first two years that it is safer 
to plant in well-drained boxes, six inches 
or more deep, filled with very light, mod¬ 
erately rich. soil. The seeds should only 
be lightly covered, hut the soil well 
pressed and watered. The boxes would 
better be covered with fine wire netting 
to keep out vermin, and may be kept over 
Winter in a frame or buried level in the 
garden and covered with a mulch of litter 
during hard freezing weather. Seeds begin 
to germinate in April, when the boxes 
should be carefully watered and weeded. 
The leaves are at first very small, look¬ 
ing more like fine grass than tulips 
Growth ceases in June, but the lnilbs are 
so small that it is usually best to allow 
the boxes to partially dry out without 
disturbing them, keeping them under ob¬ 
servation throughout the season, and en¬ 
tirely free from weeds. They should be 
more thickly covered to avoid sharp 
frosts the following Winter, as the tiny 
bulbs are not quite as hardy as the seeds. 
At the end of the second year’s growth 
the bulbs should be sifted out and re¬ 
planted in beds in the garden, placing 
them two inches deep, and the same dis¬ 
tance apart each way. It is well to mulch 
during Winter. At the end of two years' 
growth in the beds they should again be 
lifted and replanted like blooming bulbs, 
four or five inches apart and as many 
deep. They may be allowed to remain 
for several seasons in this bed. but it is 
better to lift and replant every year just 
as we do with regular blooming sizes. 
Tulip flowers^ from seedlings are often 
small and insignificant at first, but 
eventually grow into much beauty. Most 
seedlings bloom at first in solid colors, 
but after an uncertain number of years 
they may “break” in many splendid 
markings or featherings that afterward 
permanently remain. Self-colored seed¬ 
lings are usually termed “breeders” until 
the colors have broken or permanently 
changed. 
Hyacinth seeds may be treated in the 
same manner, except that they may be 
sown at once as soon as the fruits are 
ripe, though they keep well when dried 
until the following Spring, when they 
may be sown in beds out of doors. The 
bulbs should not he disturbed or taken 
up for two or three years, when they 
may be planted in flowering bed five 
inches deep and six to seven inches apart. 
Always select seeds from the finest plants 
or varieties. Seeds of-semi-double hya¬ 
cinths are likely to produce the largest 
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