THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN COMPANY 
PERENNIAL SEEDS 43 
Hardy Poppies 
Platycodon 
The Platycodons belong to the Campanula 
family and resemble them in many re¬ 
spects. They form neat branched bushy 
plants with attractive foliage and open 
bell-shaped flowers. Long blooming sea¬ 
son July to October. Not particular as to 
soil and like full sun. The separate col¬ 
ors are somewhat variable from seed and 
we offer the best strains available. 
Grnndiflorum Blue. Fine light blue bushy 
plants. 1% to 2 ft. high. 14 oz. 25c, oz. 
75c. 
Grand White. White flowered form. 14 
oz. 30c. oz. 90c. 
Grand. Early Flowering Blue. An extra 
early strain that comes into bloom in 
June. Seed sown in the spring will 
produce late summer blooming plants. 
14 oz. 25c, oz. 75c. 
Mariesi Dwarf Blue. Dark blue flower¬ 
ing dwarf compact strain. 15 inches. 
A oz. 30c, 14 oz. 50c. 14 oz. 90c. oz. $3.00. 
Maries! Dwarf White. A oz. 30c. Va oz. 
55c, 14 oz. $1.00, oz. $3.60. 
Excellent New Strain 
Mammoth Early Flowering (Giganten 
Praecox). This new strain has flowers 
3% to 4 inches across and starts flow¬ 
ering in June. Seed started in spring 
will produce plants that bloom from 
August on. Plants bushy, growing to a 
height of 2% ft. but bloom starts when 
plants are still very small. Not perfect¬ 
ly true as to type and color when grown 
from seed, but true eonugh to give you 
excellent stock for further propaga¬ 
tion. Seed is very scarce. 
Mammoth White. Mammoth Blue. 
Mammoth Mixed. 
Either color or mixed — Ya oz. 35c, 14 oz. 
65c, oz. $2.00. 
Polemonium—Jacobs Ladder 
Easily grown border perennial with flow¬ 
ers borne in terminal corymbs. 
Coeruleum Grnndiflorum Blue. Large deep 
blue flowers in May and June. 2 ft. 14 
oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Grnndiflorum White. White flowered 
form of above. 14 oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Grnndiflorum Primn Donna. Dwarfer va¬ 
riety with more compact plants, and 
flowers of very pretty delicate blue. 
1% ft. % oz. 30c, oz. $1.00. 
Richardson!. Excellent early flowering 
dwarf variety with large bright blue 
flowers. 1% ft. Va oz. 25c, 14 oz. 40c, oz. 
$ 1 . 20 . 
Reptans (R). Small rock garden or low 
border form growing only 6-8 inches 
tall, with deep blue flowers. Tr. Pkt. 
35c, 14 oz. $1.00. 
Potentilla 
Nice border plants with brilliant showy 
flowers, in June, July and August. 
Atrosanguinea. Deep blood red flowers, 
1 % ft. Va oz. 30c, % oz. 55c, oz. $1.S0. 
Appennina Aurea (It), Alpine species with 
yellow flowers. 6 inches. Yu oz. 30c, oz. 
90c. 
Nepaiensis (Formosa) (R). Excellent va¬ 
riety for borders and for cutting as well 
as rock garden. Light cherry red flow¬ 
ers. 1 ft. Va OZ. 30c, V* OZ. 50e, oz. $1.50. 
IV ep. Roxana (R). Brilliant salmon with 
darker veins. A oz. 35c, Va oz. 65c, 14 
oz. $1.25. 
Oriental Poppies 
We know of nothing more brilliant when 
massed in the border than Oreitnal Pop¬ 
pies when in full bloom. They are easily 
grown from seed, though the separate 
varieties with the exception of the Scar¬ 
let do not come 100% true. Our strains 
have been selected with care and they are 
true enough to be of great value to the 
florist and nurseryman. 
Oriental Scarlet. The enormous bright 
scarlet shows the contrasting black at 
the base of the petals. We have an ex¬ 
cellent stock of seed and will be glad 
to quote on pound or larger quantities. 
V* oz. 20c, oz. 60c, Vi II*. $2.00. 
Beauty of Lherinere. Rich deep ox blood 
red. Va oz. 40o. Vi oz. 70c, oz. $2.40. 
Bracteatum. Botanically not an Oriental 
but similar in growth. 3 ft. tall with 
enormous blood red flowers. 14 oz. 30c. 
oz. 90c. 
Mahoney. Very tall crimson maroon. A 
oz. 25c, Va oz. 45c, Vi oz. 80c, oz. $2.80. 
Mrs. Perry. Salmon rose. A oz. 40c, Va oz. 
75c, Yi oz. $1.40, oz. $4.50. 
Perry’s White. Large white blushed pink. 
Tr. Pkt. 50c, A oz. 80c, Va oz. $1.50. 
Princess Victoria Louise. Flowers tulip 
shaped, somewhat smaller than others, 
but perfectly formed and striking sal¬ 
mon orange in shade. % oz. 35c, Vi oz. 
60c, oz. $2.00. 
The Feltham. A new strain in shades of 
scarlet, apricot, orange and crimson 
without the black blotch at base of 
petals. Tr. Pkt. 50c, 14 oz. $1.00. 
Martins Excellent Hybrids. This mixture 
is far superior to ordinary Oriental Hy¬ 
brids as it really contains all shades 
known to Oriental Poppies, from blush 
white to deep purple and all intermedi¬ 
ate shades of scarlet salmon, rose, etc. 
If you do not wish to grow a large col¬ 
lection of named varieties by all means 
sow this strain and discover the really 
fine shades in it. Generous Tr. Pkt. 35c, 
Vi oz. $1.00, oz. $3.00. 
Miniature Hybrids (R). Of dwarf growth, 
somewhat smaller flowers in various 
shades. 14 oz. 30c, 14 oz. 50c, oz. $1.50. 
Various Poppies 
Alpine Poppies. Miniature little Poppies 
for rock gardens and the low part of 
the border. Only about 8 inches tall 
with small cup-shaped flowers. They 
bloom the first year from seed sown 
early and are usually grown as hardy 
biennials. The separate colors are some¬ 
what variable from seed. 
Crimson Scarlet. White. 
Rose. Yellow. 
Laciniated. Charming mixed colors with 
fringed petals. 
Any above—Tr. Pkt. 35c, Va oz. $1.25. 
Alpinum Mixed. Tr. Pkt. 30c, Va oz. 75c. 
Poppy Pilosum. Easily grown. Salmon 
shade. 1% ft. high. Tr. Pkt. 35c, !4 «z. 
$1.00. Vi OZ. $1.80. 
Prunella 
Grandif lora Blue (R). A low growing, 
shade loving plant for rockery or bor¬ 
der. Rounded heads of deep violet blue 
flowers are borne practically all sum¬ 
mer. 10 inches. Va oz. 25c. % oz. 40c, 
oz. $1.20. 
Grandif lora Alba (It). White flowering. 
A oz. 40c. Va oz. 75c. Vi oz. $1.25. 
Webbiana Rose <R>. Dark foliage and 
bright rosy or lilac pink flowers. 10 
inches. A oz. 30e, % oz. 50c, Vi oz. 90c, 
oz. $3.00. 
Iceland Poppy, Sandford’s Giant 
The finest strain existant 
Nudicaule or Iceland Poppies 
The Iceland Poppies are rapidly becoming 
popular because of their value in rock 
gardens and as cut flower material. 
Sanfords Giant Strain Mixed. The finest 
strain we have ever seen. The flowers 
are immense silken cups in a great va¬ 
riety of shades from the lightest pinks 
and creams through salmon and scar¬ 
let. The length of stem is another out¬ 
standing feature, many of them be¬ 
coming 2 to 2% ft. Tr. Pkt. 35c. 14 o*. 
75c, Vi oz. $1.25, oz. $4.00. 
Fakenham Hybrids. Another outstanding 
strain and we judge it next to our 
strain of Sandfords for size of flower 
and brilliancy and variety of color. 
Keeps very well as cut flower. A oz. 
25c, Va oz. 40c, Vi oz. 70c, oz. $2.50. 
ANOTHER BEAUTY 
Gartref Strain. A selection of delicate 
shades, such as creams, buff, amber and 
apricot, with the lighter pinks also. 
Most of the flowers have edges picoted 
with darker shades adding to the at¬ 
tractiveness. Flowers of good size 
though smaller than Sanford’s Strain. 
Tr. Pkt. 50c. A oz. $1.80. 
Sunbeams Hybrids Mixed. A fine medium 
priced mixture of large flowering, yel¬ 
low and orange shades. Va oz. 30c, Vi 
oz. 60c, oz, $2,00. 
Separate Color* 
El Monte. Large flowers of tangerine or¬ 
ange. 14 oz. 35c, Yi oz. 65c, oz, $2.20. 
Coonara Pinks. Fine selection of the pink 
shades. A oz. 25c, 14 oz. 45e. 14 oz. 80c, 
oz. $2.80. 
Gibson Giant Orange. Very bright large 
orange. 14 oz. 25c, 14 oz. 45c, oz. $1.50. 
Single Yellow'. Very bright shade. 14 oz. 
30c, 14 oz. 50c, oz. $1.50. 
Single White. Medium sized white. 14 oz. 
30c, 14 oz. 50c, oz. $1.50. 
Single Mixed. Nice mixture of yellow 
shades, some white and orange. 14 oz. 
30c, 14 oz. 50c, oz. $1.50._ 
