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PAPAVER—The Poppies 
Papauer nudicaule Thibet — Thibet Poppy 
A deeply-colored strain of the golden 
Iceland poppy. 
P. orientate —Oriental Poppy. The showy 
orange-scarlet oriental poppy. 
P. oriental seedlings —Some of our own. 
Not good enough to name or too much 
like many other named sorts.$ .35 
P. orientate — 
E. A. Bowles, shell pink and apricot$ .50 
Enfield Beauty, salmon with ma¬ 
roon base, late . .50 
Feltham, without the black blotch .50 
King George, bright scarlet. .50 
Mrs. Perry, robust pink.50 
Olympia, semi-double scarlet .75 
Orange Queen, deep orange early , .50 
Princess Victoria Louise, lilac rose .50 
Wurtemburgia, beautiful red, rich 
and large . 1.00 
Pardanthus chinensis — Blackberry lily. 
Old-fashioned orange flower with black¬ 
berry like seeds. For hardy border. 
Penstemon Barbatus Torreyi — Brilliant 
scarlet beard’s tongue from July on. 
Makes wonderful grouping with Miss 
Lingard Phlox. 
P. glaber — A clear blue, attaining two 
feet. Blooms July to October $ .30 
P. pubescens —Violet flowers shading to 
flesh pink. Good for a hot dry place. 
P. secundiflorus —A Wyoming native blue 
penstemon attaining about two feet $.35 
PHLOX 
Phlox amoena —Four inches. Good ground 
carpet. Rosy pink. Early. 
P. divaricata canadensis — Creeper with 
lavender blue flowers on ten-inch stems 
in April and May. 
P. subulata — Moss pink. Rose colored. 
thrives in hot dry places. 
P. subulata —Fairy. Pale blue with pur¬ 
ple eye .$ .30 
P. decussata —Named varieties— 
Albert Leo Schlaegeter, NEW, 
bright scarlet, carmine, rain and 
sun resistant .$ .50 
B. Compte, brilliant, rich, satiny, 
amaranth. 
Beacon, tall, brilliant, cherry red .30 
Bridesmaid, white with pink eye. 
Blue Hill, NEW, nearest to blue in 
phlox . .50 
Commander, deep crimson red. .35 
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Count Zeppelin, white, with red eye .30 
Elizabeth Campbell, light salmon pink 
Enchantress, bright salmon pink. 
Firebrand, brilliant orange scarlet 
Frau von Lassburg, late white 
Gustave Lind, NEW, dwarf salmon 
red, 18 to 24 inches. .50 
Jules Sandeau, dwarf watermelon pink. 
Lord Raleigh, dark mauve.30 
Milly van Hoboken, large flowers 
of soft pink.30 
Mrs. Jenkins, pure white, late. 
Mrs. Ethel Pritchard, lavender 
blue, large .35 
Maid Marian, very soft lavender, 
fades in sun. 
Mia Ruys, dwarf white .30 
Miss Lingard, early white. 
Mrs. Scholten, dark salmon pink. 
Traviata, NEW, carmine red, blood 
red eye. Heat resistant. .50 
Widar, reddish lavender with white 
eye .30 
Platycodon Mariesi —A lovely dwarf bal¬ 
loon flower with deep violet blue flowers 
on twelve-inch stems. 
Polemonium coeruleum — Jacob’s ladder. 
Finely foliaged plant with showy spikes 
of blue in June and July. Partial shade. 
PRIMROSES 
Primula auricula — Mealy leaves in ro¬ 
settes, six to eight-inch stalks with yel¬ 
low-eyed clusters of blooms of various 
colors .$ .35 
P. auricula —Large flowered hybrids. A 
highly selected strain. Available in 
fall .$ .35 
P. cortusoides — Siberian primrose. Deep 
rose-colored bloom in early summer on 
ten-inch stems. Foliage soft-wrinkled. 
P. japonica —Long spikes of crimson to 
rose bloom. Need moist ground. $ .35 
P. moerheimi hybrids — Lovely pastel 
shades of yellow, pink, rose, orange 
purple, lilac and crimson. The finest 
primroses we have ever seen. Available 
in fall .$ .35 
P. pulverulenta —Bartley strain. Beautiful 
shades of rose and pink on three-foot 
stems. Available in fall.$ .35 
P. veris — This strain includes various 
shades of red, cream, orange and white 
forms of common primrose. 
P. veris — Blue. A bluish form of the 
above .$ .35 
Potentilla nepalensis —Mixed. Strawberry¬ 
like foliaged plants with a large range 
of single and double flowers in many 
colors. 
Pyrethrum roseum —The pink daisy in 
various shades. 
P. roseum —James Kelway. Dark blood 
red. 
P. roseum rubrum —A large ruby red. 
Rudbeckia newmanni ( speciosa ) — Or¬ 
ange-yellow daisy-like bloom with pur¬ 
ple cone. Two feet. Blooms in July and 
August. 
R. purpurea —The purple cone flower has 
purplish-pink ray flowers and very dark 
cone. 
Sagina filifera —Spergula. A tufted little 
grasslike evergreen for carpeting cracks 
in rocks or for use in flagged walks. 
