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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Y. 
Poppy. 
CHILDS* GRAND POPPIES. 
grower reaching a foot higher than Snowdrift, with 
flowers almost. If not quite, double its size, and of the 
same lieautiful round shape, with llinbriatcd petals, 
and ns double and perfect fn all respects as any flower 
can be. Its color is the most lovely ever scen.bein 
soft bright pink of exquisite delicacy and beauty. Its 
only fault is that all tl ' 
color. i. 
lie plants do not come true to 
This grand old flower is fast gaining the universal popular¬ 
ity which it justly merits. Having for years been crowded 
out of our gardens by the swarms of newcomers, and forgot¬ 
ten, it has nevertheless kept pace with the march of improve¬ 
ment, and now comes around and surprises us with its new 
forms, new sizes, new colors, and the dear old flower, which 
our grandmothers loved so much, again occupies one or the 
Hint places in our gardens, and we are proud of it, and well 
we may lie, for through June and duly it stands without an 
equal, the showiest of all annuals. The l’oppy is to-day occu¬ 
pying i n popularity a place beside the Chrysanthemums, and 
even the l(ose. Wo cannot wonder at this when we look upon 
their varied and brill iantcolorsand enormous double flowers, 
and see t lie ease by which they can be grown by anybody in 
any situation. Seed should bo sown in the open ground as 
carlv ill t he spring as possible. Our stock is the llnost m the 
country, as t lie Poppy is one of our favorite flowers, and we 
grow it in large quantity, usually an acre or more. 
Per pkt. 
Olant Carnation Flowered. Flowcrsaslargeasasnucer 
and perfectly double and of beautiful shape, ltisone 
of t he very liest, possessinga large range of very bright 
and beautiful colors. All colors mixed. I' 1 
African. Mixed colors. For brilliant, dazzling colors, 
these Poppiesuro equalled only by the Tulip. 1 
Childs’ Creat Poony Flowered. Mixed colors. This 
t rranil strain lias boon produced after many years of 
ligli cultivation. It grows three to four feet high 
and produces flowers which in size and colors are equal 
to Peonies. They urc perfectly grand. 10 
Peacock. (PnpnvnUmbrosa,) Thissort. is of a compact 
growth, bearing great numbers of flowerson long wiry 
stems, and presents a graceful appearance and a most 
vivid display of color. Intense llery scarlet with a 
black center. 5 
Japanese Pompon. This splendid new Poppy flowered 
lirst at Floral Park the summer of 1886, we having 
imported the stock seed, 1 1 blooms very early and 
produces a great n umber of perfect ly double blossoms, 
almost us round as a ball a.id about oue-half the size 
of ordinary Poppies. They are gems of great beauty 
and present a wklerangoor the most gorgeous colors; 
Scarlet, crimson, pink, rose, blush, lilac, white, mot¬ 
tled, ilmbriated, etc. 10 
angel of Midnight, black, an odd and novel color. 10 
'Childs’ Rosette. This is a sport from Snowdrift, and 
originated at Floral Park three years ago. Itisa rank 
Snowdrift. We introduced this grand Poppy some years 
ago, and it is now acknowledged t lie finest sort in ex¬ 
istence. 11 has a dwarf, stout habit peculiar to itself, 
flowers very large, perfectly double, and as round as a 
ball, and of the purest snow-while color. It. always 
comes perfectly double.no singleorsemi-double [low¬ 
ers a pi (oaring at all. It is really the most beautiful 
white flower one can grow in the garden. As t tie in¬ 
troducers, we have the pi ire, genuine stock. Much in¬ 
ferior stock of this grand l'onpv lias been sold by 
unscrupulous parties. We are headquarters for pure 
seed. i(i 
Shirley, a novelty put out two years ago, and it. is one of 
tlie most lovely Of all Poppies yet seen. The flowers 
seem lo have a charming graco ami delicate beauty 
peculiar to Itself. The colors are mostly light, many 
having wide margins on tlio petals. The flowers are 
, .... 10 petals. The flowers are 
large, single,and extremely showy. Itwill give great 
satisfaction. Our stock isstrietly pure and ex I ru tine. 5 
Tree Poppy, enormous single flowers; white with a pur¬ 
ple shaded center . j 
For 50 cents wo wdl send one packet each of above 10 sorts. 
