CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS—Deposit Seed Co., Deposit, N. Y. 
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Poppies while considered “Old Fashioned” Flowers are nevertheless very showy. Seeding themselves they 
come on year after year. A bed of them makes a gorgeous sight. Give plants at least 6 inches of room. 
Sow seeds where plants are to remain. They make handsome bouquets but do not last well. 
Annual Poppy (Papaver) 
All varieties 4c a pkt.; 3 pkta. for 10c. 
637—GAIETY. Very showy gay flowers in 
most delicate colors. Pkt. 8c. 
638 — AMERICAN FLAG. Flowdrs very 
large, snow white, scarlet bordered, very double. 
639—WHITE SWAN. Immense double flow¬ 
ers. beautifully fringed and of purest white, 
of dwarf habit. 
640 — DOUBLE CARDINAL. Large, full, 
double scarlet blossoms which last longer than 
many others. 
641 — FLANDERS FIELD. Single scarlet. 
Immortalized by the late World War. Official 
•flower of American Legion. 
642— MIKADO. Flowers brilliant scarlet and 
white with elegant curled petals, like Japan¬ 
ese Chrysanthemums, double. 
643— ART SHADES. Most delicate, artistic, 
soft blending shades. Pkt. 8c. 
644— SUTTON’S SELECTED. Especially se¬ 
lected varieties by a great English grower from 
the "Rhoeas Poppies.” Pkt. 8c. 
645— SHIRLEY MIXED. The most delicate 
and beautiful class, vivid colors of silk-like 
blossoms which give them the name of Silk 
Poppies. Colors run through all shades from 
purest white to deepest crimson, many being 
delicately and handsomely striped, tipped and 
zoned. Pkt. 4c; 3 pkts. lOc. 
646— DOUBLE SHIRLEY. The gaudy color¬ 
ings of the beautiful single "silk or Shirley" 
Poppy are well known. These beautiful 
forms and satiny textures are manifest in 
the double sorts. 
647— AMERICAN LEGION. A beautiful 
orange-scarlet Poppy with yellow antlers. 
648 — CARNATION FLOWERED. Very 
showy class with double blossoms of all 
colors, stripings, etc. Blossoms larger than 
Carnations and somewhat resemble them. 
Pkt. 3c; 4 pkts. 10c. 
649— PEONY, FLOWERED MIXED. A 
mixture of very large flowering fringed 
sorts with distinct silvery foliage. 
650— RYBURGH HYBRID. The flowers 
are double and resemble a Giant Carnation, . 
with flat petals overlapping like a Double 
Begonia. The colors embrace all shades 
of pink, salmon, orange, etc., all self col¬ 
ors. 'The flowers, if gathered young, will 
last for days in water and are valuable 
as decorative flowers. 
651 — RIVERDALE MIXTURE. Grown 
and sold hy us for years. Contains every¬ 
thing choice in hundreds of varieties, from 
the massive Peony sorts to the delicate 
Shirley strains. It affords an endless va¬ 
riety of all and cannot be surpassed. 
Oz. 25c. 
Any of above Poppies 4c a pkt.; 3 pkts. 
for 10c or the 15 for 45c. 
Ricinus (Castor Oil Bean) 
681 — ZANZIBARIENSIS. Immense, 
palm-like leaves, 2 to 3 feet across. Plants 
form a compact, tropical looking bush, 4 
to 6 feet high, in two to three months 
from seed. Fine for lawn or background. 
Surpasses in size and beauty all varieties. 
Our mixture has light and dark green 
leaves and some of coppery-bronze. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 15c. 
Rudbeckia 
682 — PURPUREA (Giant Purple Cone- 
flower). Peculiar reddish purple flowers, 
with a very large, brown, cone-shaped cen¬ 
ter. Blooms from July to October. 3 feet. 
Pkt. 5c. 
Plants of Rudebeckia Gulden Glow in 
Spring 2 for 25c; 5 for 50c; 15 for $1.00. 
Plants of Cone Flower varieties 2 for 30c; 
4 for 50c; 10 for $1.00. 
Saponaria (Soapwort) 
691 — OCYMOIDES {Perennial!. Very 
fine plant for Rock Gardens, etc. Produces 
an abundance of rose colored flowers. 
Pkt. 8c. 
692 — VACCARIA (Annual). Sometimes 
called Glorified Gypsophila. Bears masses 
of pink and white flowers. Fine for bou¬ 
quets. Blooms quickly from seed. Pkt. 4c: 
3 pkts. for 10c: oz. 20c. 
White Swan Poppy 
Sutton’s Selectetl 
Fancy Fringed Prinirose 
Hardy or Perennial Poppies 
Iceland Poppy 
652— MIXED. While these are hardy peren¬ 
nials, they flower the first year fhom seed, 
blooming almost as quickly as the annual sorts. 
They are of graceful, neat habit, with bright 
green, fern-like foliage, formed in tufts, from 
which issue slender stalks about 12 inches high, 
bearing their brilliant flowers in endless pro¬ 
fusion ; most useful for cutting, for which pur¬ 
pose pick wh(en in pods, and if the seed pods 
are picked off, continue in flower the entire 
season. They remain evergreen throughout the 
winter, coming into bloom early the following 
spring. Pkt. 5c; 3 pkts. 10c. 
653— NEW DOUBLE ICELAND POPPY. In 
color they resemble the single Iceland Poppies 
but the flowers are like small roses, double and 
freely produced on long stems. Handsome cut 
flowers early in season. Pkt. 10c. 
'654—NEW SUNBEAMS. Resembles the Ice¬ 
land Poppies but has longer, finer stems, larger 
flowers and more robust habits. Blooms from 
May till October. Pkt. 10c: 3 pkts. 23c. 
Oriental Poppies 
A distinct race of hardy perenni.-*! Poppies 
with blossoms about as large as Peonies and 
colors much brighter. A charming summer 
flowering, hardy plant, producing numerous 
leafy stems about 21'i feet high, with large 
deep flowers, having a conspicuous black blotch 
on each petal, exceedingly showy. 
655—ORIENTAL SCARLET. The well- 
known dazzling orange-scarlet. Pkt. 6c: 
2 pkts. lOc. 
65^NEW SORTS MIXED. Many fine 
new and rare varieties. Pkt. 10c: 3 pkts. 
25c. 
657— BRACTEATUM. Very large flpw- 
ered scarlet somewhat resembling the Ori¬ 
ental Poppies. Hardy. Pkt. 10c. 
Alpine Poppies 
658— ALPINUM POPPIES MIXED. Like 
a small and more delicate Iceland Poppy 
having flowers of white, pink, orange or 
yellow and often delicately fringed. 'Trans- 
plants best when quite small. Pkt. 10c. 
JAPANESE IRIS are extremely showy 
and easily grown (usually preferring a 
moist soil). Good flowering bulbs. 2 for 
30c; 5 for 50c; 12 for $1.00. 
On page 61 is a list of plants which we 
mail at prices quoted anywhere in the 
United States but cannot send them to 
Canada. 
If you want showy flowers which will 
last for years send $1.00 for 12 Assorted 
Phlox plants. 
Schizanthus (Annual) 
705— WISETONENSIS. A charming an¬ 
nual with graceful, fern-like foliage and a 
profusion of flowers varying from almost 
white with yellow eye to a brilliant rose 
with bronzy brown center. A really beau¬ 
tiful subject for the flower border of win¬ 
ter decorations in greenhouse. Sow out¬ 
doors from April till July. They commence 
blooming in two months or less and con¬ 
tinue blooming profusely till late in fall. 
For bouquets, cutting or florist's work they 
have few equals. They are especially desir¬ 
able for biding or borders. Pkt. 6c; 2 
pkts. 10c. 
706— DR. BADGER’S HYBRIDS. A giant 
strain of extra fine colors, the result of 
years of improving and crossing. The fin¬ 
est strains of this desirable flower which 
have ever been introduced. Pkt. 10c; 3 
pkts. 23c. 
True Irish Shamrock 
707 — Very pretty and desirable plant 
easily grown from seed. Pkt. 10c. 
Sidalcea (Perennial) 
708— ROSE QUEEN. Handsome spikes of 
rose colored blossoms 2 to 3 ft. high. Good 
border plant. Pkt. 5c. 
Silene (Perennial) 
709— SCHAFTA (Autumn Catchfly). _ A 
charming border or rock plant, growing 
from 4 to 6 inches high, with masses of 
bright pink flowers from July to October. 
Pkt. 10c. 
