J. J. BUTZER, PORTLAND, OREGON 
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POPPIES PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
Perennial poppies do best in rows one and one-half 
feet apart and one foot apart in the row. Seed may 
be sown outdoors either in spring or fall. 
Alpine Mixed —6 in. A charming miniature poppy 
with brilliantly colored flowers including white, pink, 
apricot, yellow or orange-scarlet, etc. Useful for rock- 
work. Per pkt. 35c 
Orientale Hybrids Mixed—A choice mixture of Ori- 
entale Poppies in shades of white, salmon, orange, 
scarlet and crimson. Per pkt. 10c 
Oriental Scarlet—Pkt. 10c. 
We do not furnish seed of the opium poppy. 
Nudicaule (Iceland Poppy) —15 in. Mixed. Elegant 
free flowering plants bearing flowers in abundance 
all summer. Pkt. 10c 
Nudicaule Yellow, Orange, White —Any color. 
Mixed, pkt. 10c 
Coonara Pink —A charming warm rose-pink, faintly 
suffused with salmon-pink, combining the pink and 
salmon shadings in wonderful delicacy. The plants 
are more vigorous than is usual in Iceland Poppies, 
and the flowers are much more freely produced on 
long, slender stems throughout the season. They will 
keep well if cut in bud and the end of stems seared 
for a moment. If sown in the hot-bed in March or 
April, plants will bloom the same year. Pkt. 25c 
SINGLE ANNUAL POPPIES 
Eldorado Salmon Shades —The introducer made a 
selection of these most popular shades and these will 
especially appeal to those admiring pastel shades in 
flowers. Pkt. 10c 
Eldorado Pink Shades—Pkt. 10c. 
Eldorado Mixed —The flowers are large, single, semi¬ 
double and double, and contain magnificent shades of 
soft salmon, orange, orange-scarlet, pink, rose and 
white, without any dark markings whatever. The sub¬ 
stance of the petals in some of the lighter shades is as 
delicate as China silk. Pkt. 10c 
Flanders Poppy —Vivid scarlet-red. This flower has 
in the minds of men been associated for ov^r two 
hundred years with the battlefields of Flanders. Was 
the first official flower of the American Legion. 
Pkt. 10c; V-z oz. 35c; 1 oz. 60c; % A lb. $2.00 
Glaucum —Large tulip-shaped flowers of dazzling 
scarlet; not unlike a Scarlet von Thol Tulip. Pkt. 10c 
DOUBLE ANNUAL POPPIES 
American Flag—Flowers very large, snow white, 
scarlet bordered. Pkt. 5c 
Double Cherry Red—Pkt. 5c. 
Double Heliotrope—Pkt. 5c. 
Mikado (The Striped Japanese Poppy) —This beau¬ 
tiful Poppy is very distinct in character and color. The 
flowers are brilliant scarlet and white, with elegantly 
curved petals, like a Japanese Chrysanthemum. Pkt. 5c 
Salmon Pink—Pkt. 5c. 
Cardinal—A splendid dwarf variety of the carna¬ 
tion-flowered type, growing about two feet high and 
bearing large globular, fringed flowers of an intense 
cardinal red. Pkt. 5c 
Shell-pink —Similar in every way to Cardinal and 
White Swan, except color, which is a soft sea-shell or 
chamois-pink. Very dainty. Pkt. 5c 
White Swan —Immense double flowers, beautifully 
fringed and of purest white, of the same dwarf habit 
as Cardinal and Shell-pink. Pkt. 5c 
Double Carnation-Flowered, Mixed —Of dazzling 
richness and in a great variety of colors. A remark¬ 
ably pretty Poppy. Pkt. 5c; oz. 35c 
POPPIES—SHIRLEY 
Shirley Poppies —Silk or Ghost; have beautiful 
satiny flowers of various colors, all with white centers, 
which make the plants very attractive. Foliage is 
hairy and finely cut. 
American Legion— Brilliant orange scarlet. Pkt. 5c 
Blue Shirley —Various shades of blue. Pkt. 10c. 
Rose Shirley —Shades of rose and pink. Pkt. 10c. 
White Shirley —Pure white. Pkt. 10c. 
Shirley Mixed —Beautiful shades in delicate shades 
of rose, apricot, salmon-pink, and blush to glowing 
crimson with a sprinkling of blues. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c 
BUTZER’S SPECIAL POPPY MIXTURE 
Double and Single —Comprises not only all the 
Double and Single Poppies described, but also a num¬ 
ber of other sorts specially purchased for this mix¬ 
ture, including some entirely now ones. Will make a 
grand display. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; oz. 30c 
PORTULACA—Rose Moss 
Will grow and bloom abundantly all summer in a 
dry, hot location, where most other plants will soon 
die. The flowers are of the richest colors and make a 
beautiful border. 
Culture for Portulaca —Sow in open ground when 
danger from frost is past. Cover the seeds to a depth 
of four times their size and press the surface firmly 
with a board. Water with fine spray. Thin out so 
that the plants will not become crowded. For early 
flowering sow in hot-bed or shallow boxes in the house 
in March; transferring to the open ground in May 
and June. 
Single —Mixed colors. Pkt. 5c. 
Double —Mixed colors. Pkt. 10c. 
Double and Single —Mixed. Pkt. 5c. 
*POTENTILLA (Cinquefoil) 
Potentillas greatly resemble the Strawberry plant, 
especially in the manner of growth and the foliage. 
This is a trailing plant which covers the ground rap¬ 
idly and sends out roots as it goes along. The flowers 
are very showy, the colors are very bright. 
Willmottium Flowers —Salmon pink, very freely 
produced. Pkt. 25c 
Those Marked * are Perennials 
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