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SPRING CATALOGUE OF SEEDS BULBS AND PLANTS FOR 1899. 
CHILDS 1 GREAT PEONY-FLOWERED POPPY. 
Poppies. 
Universal garden favorites from the days of our grand¬ 
mothers. There is nothing more graceful than the silky 
blooms of single Poppies, nodding at the apex of their long 
wiry 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 great Peonies or Snowballs 
in size. There are few flowers easier to grow, if the precau¬ 
tion is taken to sow early, and cover lightly, and none more 
useful to light up dark masses of shrubbery, mixed borders, 
or dull bits of landscape. Do not wait for warm weather 
to sow your seed, but sow very early in the spring, that the 
plants may have their growth made, ready to bloom at the 
coming of warm weather. Per pkt. 
Giant Carnation Flowered —Flowers of the very largest 
size, extremely double, and of very brilliant colors. 
Many colors mixed.5 & 10 
Childs’ Great Peony-Flowered— A strain selected after 
years of high cultivation and careful selection. 
Plants attain a height of three feet ormore, and bear 
many flowers of most brilliant colors.10 & 30 
Peacock - (Papaya Umbrosa.) Dazzlingly beautiful. 
Fiery scarlet flowers with vivid black centers, and 
borne on long wiry stems.5 & 10 
Nankeen Yellow -A fine novelty. Large double blos¬ 
soms of a fine Nankeen yellow color..5 & 10 
Angel of Midnight- Black. A most unusual color and 
an odd and interesting one.5 & 10 
Snowdrift -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 Dainty flowers, like silken rosettes, cupped 
like Roses. Some of these are exquisite y mottled 
and shaded, while others are solid colors, margined 
with other shades. The coloring is something wonder¬ 
ful, and must be.seen to be appreciated. Intense 
scarlet crimson, pink, rose, white, blush, mottled, 
frifiged. etc...5 & 10 
Nudicaule or Iceland Poppies -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 suadesare particularly fine.5 & 10 
Tufp Flowered — A new Poppy of great brilliancy and 
beauty, having a. flower whi- h 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.;...5&10 
SPECIAL OFFER-—Nor- only 50 c. we will send one packet 
each of the eleven Poppies on thcS page. 
Blushing B’lde- 1 The plants are of dwarf, stout growth, 
like Snowdrift, and belong to the Paeony-flowered 
tvpe. The blossoms of enormous size perfectly 
double to the centei, and beautifully fringed. Color, 
snow-white, with lovely bright crimson festooning 
above the edges of the frilled petals. It is difflcultto 
imagine a more charming combination. This Poppy 
is one of the earliest double varieties to bloom, yet if 
the seed is sown late, say during June, the plants 
will bloom profusely through the fall months.10 & 30 
Improved Shirley— No better flower seed novelty was 
offered last year than this new strain of Shirley 
Poppy, grown, selected and improved by Mr. Wilks, 
the original introducer of the Shirleys. Habit of 
plant dwarf and stout: blossoms of enormous size, 
and of the most charming colors to be found in any 
flower. No display can surpass a bed of these Pop¬ 
pies, no matter what it is. A great improvement. .10&30 
