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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y 
Poppies. 
Universal garden favorites from the days of our grand¬ 
mothers. There is nothing mole graceful than the silky 
blooms of single Poppies, nodding at the apex of their long 
wirv stalks like so many tropical butterflies that a passing 
zephyr might waft from their airy perch. There is nothing 
more gorgeous than the double Poppies, bursting with full¬ 
ness, glowing with color, and like greatPeonies or Snowballs 
in size. There are few flowers easier to grow, if the precaution 
is taken to sow early, and cover lightly, and none more use¬ 
ful to light up dark masses of shrubbery, mixed borders, or 
dull bits of landscape. Do not wait for warm weather to 
sow your seed, hut sow very early in the spring, oreven in 
the late autumn before, that the plants may have their 
growth made.ready to bloom at the coming of warm weather. 
We grow an acre or more of Poppies every year, and no finer 
seed than we offer oan be procured anywhere. Per pkt. 
Shirley A lovely single Poppy with petals that seem 
stamped out of the most lustrous silk, and of the 
softest, most delicate colors, or of the most brilliant 
hues, each flower widely margined with some other 
shade. No one can help admiring these beauties ..5 a 10 
Clant Carnation Flowered— Flowers of the very largest 
size, extremely double, and of very brilliant colors. 
Many colors mixed.5 & 10 
Childs' Creat Peony-Flowered A strain selected after 
years of high cultivation and careful selection. Plants 
attain a height of three feet or more, and bear many 
flowers of most brilliant colors.:>&, 10 
Peacock (PAi'AVA Umbrosa.) Dazy.lingly beautiful. 
Fiery scarlet llowers with vivid black centers, and 
borne on long wiry stems. One of the showiest 
of all...; 5 * 10 
Double Shirley— This is a double form of the magnid- 
cent Shirlev Poppies. It does not differ from them in 
any respect, except the flowers are double instead of 
single... & 10 
Blushing Bride -The plants are of dwarf stout 
growth like Snowdrift, and belong to the Pieony- 
flowered type. The blossoms of enormous size per¬ 
fectly double to the center, and beautifully fringed, 
(folor snow-white, with lovely bright orimson 
festooning above the edges of the frilled petals. It 
Per pkt. 
is difficult to imagine a more i harming combination. # 
When sown early this Poppy is one of the earliest 
double varieties to bloom, yet if the seed is sown later, 
say during June, the plants will bloom profusely 
through the fall months, even into November, at a 
time when all other Poppies have faded and gone. 10 & 20 
Nankeen Yellow A fine novelty. Large double blos¬ 
soms of a line Nankeen yellow color.5 10 
Angel of Midnight Black. A most unusual color and 
an odd and interest ing one. It contrasts finely with 
the brighter colored sorts, its dull, sombre color being 
very conspicuous .5 & 10 
Snowdrift -This grand variety was introduced by us, 
and there is no liner Poppy grown. Flowers as pure 
as the driven snow, large, double and full, yet soft 
and loose like a great ball of snow. A mass of it in 
bloom is a grand sight. Its habit of growth is stout 
and compact, not attaining the height of most other 
large Poppies, which makes its enormous blossoms 
show to better advantage .5 & 10 
Rosebud -Some of our customers think these Poppies 
the prettiest of all. Dainty little flowers, like silken 
rosettes, cupped like Roses. Some of these are ex¬ 
quisitely mottled and shaded, while others are solid 
colors, margined with other shades. The coloring of 
these Rosebud Poppies is something wonderful, and 
must he seen to be appreciated. Intense scarlet 
crimson, pink, rose, white blush, mottled, fringed, 
etc. .5 & 10 
Nudlcaule or Iceland Popples -Perennials, but bloom 
first year. Very handsome and graceful, and partic¬ 
ularly desirable because they furnish us with a color 
hitherto lacking in these flowers. The yellow and 
orange shades are particularly fine, and the white is 
very pure..6 & 10 
Tulip Flowered - A new Poppy of great brilliancy and 
beauty, having a (lower which in shape and color re¬ 
sembles a great flaming Tulip. Its color is most in¬ 
tense scarlet, and it blooms at least two weeks earlier 
than any other Poppy. One of the most valuable 
novelties last year..5 &. 10 
SPECIAL OFFER. yr only 00c. we will send one jxicket 
each of these twelve Poppies . 
