one finger. So many are disappointed at the small size. SIZE IS A MATTER 
OF TIME; any delphinium will grow large, but very few have quality bred 
into them. You are paying not for size but for quality. If after receiving my 
seedlings you decide that they are too small to set out in the garden, you may 
first transplant them to small pots and keep in a cold frame until established. 
Also please remember that cutworms, rabbits, birds, etc. will attack and des¬ 
troy delphinium seedlings, and don’t hold me responsible if not all of them 
survive. My responsibility ends with the delivery of the package at the post 
office. 
PRICES 
All seeds $2.50 per packet of one hundred seeds. 
All seedlings $2.50 per dozen. 
My prices never change. Through depression and through prosperity they 
have remained the same. I do not sell half packets, and I do not sell half 
dozen seedlings. Please do not ask me to make exceptions. 
ORIENTAL POPPIES 
SEEDS CROSS POLLINATED BY HAND; SEEDLINGS FROM SUCH SEEDS 
The beauty of pink poppies at once dominates and glorifies the spring 
garden. In comparison all other flowers pale into insignificance. Either as 
garden display or as cut flowers there is nothing that can compare with them. 
By pink poppies I do not mean the puny, weak stemmed things usually found 
in commerce, but the newer and rare creations which proudly and lavishly 
unfold dazzling vistas of color rhapsodies. 
My delphinium friends know that I like big things. I have given them 
large flowered delphiniums; now I am giving them large flowered and tall 
stemmed, proud poppies in all shades of pink. I do not brag about my del¬ 
phiniums, but I do brag about my poppies. I am proud of them and tickled to 
death with them. Imagine for yourself a true apple blossom pink poppy seven 
inches across and three feet tall; have a vision of a light rose colored poppy 
eight inches across on stems forty inches long; think of a glowing, sparkling 
salmon rose poppy with flowers seven and a half inches across; picture the 
loveliness of silvery pink poppies without any spots or blemishes, or huge 
salmon poppies with jet black spots most arrestingly displayed; whites with 
a trace of blush, cherry shades of most unusual tones, large, robust lavenders, 
even smokies, and pale oranges bordering strongly on yellow. Such are the 
parents of my seeds; and my own trials have shown that many of their pro¬ 
genies equal knd often surpass the parents. One packet of seeds, and two 
years later you will have a riot of colors. 
Seeds may be sown either at the end of August when they break their 
dormancy, or late in winter. Seedlings may be safely transplanted early in 
the spring when it is cool and there is an abundant rainfall; or in September. 
Rich soil and sharp drainage will give you wonders. You will dream of pink 
poppies long after their beauty is gone; and every spring they will come up 
more gloriously than ever. 
Please don’t expect all the seedlings to be good, or even pink. 
Seeds two dollars per packet; seedlings two dollars per dozen. 
TERMS 
Cash with order. Please do not ask for credit. I do not have the time 
or the taste for bookkeeping. 
C. O. D. orders not accepted. 
VISITORS 
Before visiting please get in touch with me for the best time to come. 
There is nothing so discouraging and disappointing as a field of delphinium 
which is nearly through blooming. Many wropg impressions have been gained 
by visiting delphiniums at the wrong time. 
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