THE JOSEPH F. MARTIN COMPANY 
PERENNIAL SEEDS 43 
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. 
Grandiflorum Blue. Fine bright blue. 1% 
to 2 ft. high. Vi oz. 25c, oz. 75c. 
Grand White. White flowered form. Vs 
oz. 25c. Vi oz. 40c, «>z. .$1.40. 
Early Flowering Blue. An extra early 
strain that comes into bloom in June. 
Seed sown in the spring will produce 
late summer blooming plants. Vt oz, 25c, 
oz. 75c. 
Early Flowering- White White form of 
of above. Vi oz. 25c. oz. 75c. 
Maries! Dwarf Blue. Dark blue flower¬ 
ing dwarf compact strain. 15 inches. 
1*5 oz. 25c, Vs oz. 45c, Vi oz. SOc. oz. $2.40. 
Mariesi Dwarf White. ^ oz. 25c, % oz. 
45c, 14 oz. SOc. oz. $2.40. 
Excellent New Strain 
Mammoth Early Flow T ering (Gigantea 
Praecox). This new strain has flowers 
3 l A 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. 
Mammoth White. Mammoth Blue. 
Mammoth Mixed. 
Either color or mixed— Vs oz. SOc, 14 oz. 
55c, oz. $1.80. 
Polemonium—Jacobs Ladder 
Easily grown border perennial with flow¬ 
ers borne in terminal corymbs. 
Coeruleuin Grandifloruin Blue. Large deep 
blue flowers in May and June. 2 ft. 14 
oz. 15c, oz. SOc. 
Grandifloruin White. White flowered 
form of above. 14 oz. 20c, oz. 60c. 
Grandifloruin Prima Donna. Dwarfer va¬ 
riety with more compact plants, and 
flowers of very pretty delicate blue. 
1V4- Vs oz. 20c, 14 oz. 35c, oz. $1.00. 
Ricliardsoni. Excellent early flowering- 
dwarf variety with large bright blue 
flowers. 1ft. % oz. 20c, 14 oz. 35c, oz. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Iteptans (R). Small rock garden or low 
border form growing only 6-8 inches 
tall, with deep blue flowers. Tr. Pkt. 
35c. 
Potentilla 
Nice border plants with brilliant showy 
flowers in June, July and August. 
Atrosanguinea. Deep blood red flowers, 
1 14 ft. Vs oz. 30c, 14 oz. 55c, oz, $1.80. 
Appennina Aurea (R). Alpine species with 
yellow flowers. 6 inches. 14 oz. 30c, oz. 
90c. 
Nepalensis (Formosa) (R). Excellent va¬ 
riety for borders and for cutting as well 
as rock garden. Light cherry red flow¬ 
ers. 1 ft. 14 oz. 30c, 14 oz. 50c, oz. $1,50. 
Nep. Miss Wiilmott (R). Free flowering- 
dwarf variety with bright carmine flow¬ 
ers. 14 oz. 30c, 14 oz. 55c, oz. $1.80. 
Nep. Roxana (R). Brilliant salmon with 
darker veins, ^ oz. 30c, 14 oz. 55c, 14 
oz. $1.00. 
Poterium 
Obtusatum. Ornamental foliage and beau¬ 
tiful plumes of rosy crimson flowers, 
about 3 ft. tall. Tr. Pkt. SOc. 
Hardy Poppies 
Oriental Poppies 
We know of nothing more brilliant when 
massed in the border than Oriental 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. 
Double Olympica 
Our seed was taken from specimen 
plants of this beautiful double Flaming 
Orange Scarlet Poppy. Very early and 
free flowering. Although there will 
undoubtedly be considerable variation 
is plants grown from seeds we expect 
you will get a fair percentage of plants 
like the parent which is wonderfully 
good. Tr. Pkt. 75c. 
Orieuftal Scarlet. The enormous bright 
scarlet shows the contrasting black at 
the base of the petals. % oz. 2rtc, oz. 
60c, Vi B*. $2.00. 
Beauty of Livermere. Rich deep ox blood 
red. Vs oz. 40c, Vi oz. 70c. oz. $2.40. 
Bracteatum. Botanically not an Oriental 
but similar in growth. 3 ft. tall with 
enormous blood red flowers. Vi oz. 25c, 
oz. 90c. 
Mahoney. A^ery tall crimson maroon. ^ 
oz. 30c, % oz. 50c, Vi oz. 90c, oz. $3.20. 
Mrs. Perry. Salmon rose. A oz. 40c, Vs oz. 
75c, Vi <>z. $1.40, oz. $4.50. 
Perry’s White. Large white blushed pink. 
Tr. Pkt. 50c, h oz. 70c, Vs oz. $1.25. 
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 Feltliam. A new strain in shades of 
scarlet, apricot, orange and crimson 
without the black blotch at base of 
petals. Tr. Pkt. 50c, Vs 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, 
!4 oz. SOc, oz. $2.40. 
Miniature Hybrids (R). Of dwarf growth, 
somewhat smaller flowers in various 
shades. Vs oz. 30c, Vi oz 55c. oz. $1.80. 
Various Poppies 
Alpine Poppies. Miniature little Poppies 
for rock gardens and the low part of 
the border. Only about 8 inches tali 
with small cup-shaped flowers. They 
bloom the first year from seed sown 
early and are usually grown as hardy 
biennials. 
A Ip ilium Mixed. Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vs oz. 75c. 
Iceland Poppies 
Our new strains are of great value to 
the florist for cutting. Seed started in 
January or February will make nice 
plants to set out in the field from pots 
in late spring. They will bloom practi¬ 
cally all summer. The Sandfords and 
Gartref strain give a wonderful range 
of colors, all on good stems. 
Iceland Poppy, Sandford’s Giant 
Nudicaule or Iceland Poppies 
Two New Varieties 
Sanford’s Giant Strain Mixed. The fin¬ 
est strain we have ever seen. The 
flowers are immense silken cups in 
the bolder brighter colors, scarlet, 
orange, golden yellow and white. The 
length of 'Stem is another outstand¬ 
ing feature'. Tr. Pkt. 35c, Vi «z. SOc, 
oz. $2.60. 
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 
picoteed with darker shades adding to 
the attractiveness. Tr. Pkt. 35c. Vs oz. 
$1.10, Vi oz. $2.00. 
The Empress. Large full flowers with 
broad overlapping petals giving almost 
a double effect. The color range is 
unique with lovely shades of salmon 
rose and creamy pink. Long stems, ex¬ 
cellent for cutting. Tr. Pkt. 35c, A oz. 
SOc, Vs oz. $1.50. 
The Emperor. Same forms, as Empress and 
of rich orange, same shade as El Monte 
but larser and with more substance. Tr. 
Pkt. 35c, A oz. $1.00. 
Standard Iceland Poppies 
Fakenhaiu Hybrids. Another outstanding 
strain and we judge it next to our 
strain of Sandfords for size of flower 
and brilliancy and variety of color, 
oz. 20c, Vs oz. 35c, Vi oz. 60c, oz. $2.00. 
Sunbeams Hybrids Mixed. A fine medium 
priced mixture of large flowering, yel¬ 
low and orange shades. Vs oz. 30c, Vi 
oz. 50c, oz, $1.60. 
El Monte. Large flowers of tangerine or¬ 
ange. Vs oz. 35c, Vi oz. 65c, oz. $2.20. 
Coonara Pinks. Fine selection of the pink 
shades. *4 oz. 35c, Vi oz. 65c, oz. $2.20. 
Gibson Giant Orange. Vs oz. 30c, Vi oz. 50c, 
oz. $1.50. 
Single 
$1.50. 
Yellow. 
% 
OZ. 
30c, 
% 
oz. 50c. 
OZ. 
Single 
$1.50. 
White. 
Vs 
OZ. 
30c, 
% 
oz, SOc, 
oz. 
Double 
$1.30. 
Mixed. 
Vs 
OZ. 
25c, 
Vi 
oz. 40c, 
oz. 
Single 
Mixed. 
Vs 
OZ. 
30c, 
Vi 
oz. SOc, 
oz. 
$1.50. 
