MICHELL’S HARDY PERENNIAL PLANTS 
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Oriental Poppy 
ORIENTAL POPPIES (Papaver Orlentale) 
These are the royal representatives of this popular genus, 
growing about 3 feet high and far surpassing in magnificence of 
bloom all the other types. 
Beauty of Livermore. Crimson with dark blotch. 
Jeannie Mawson. Beautiful large flowers of soft rose. 
May Sadler. Salmon-pink with black markings. 
Mrs. Perry. A soft shade of salmon rose; a beautiful large flower. 
This variety should be in every garden. 
Olympia. A new double variety, in color a brilliant scarlet over¬ 
laid with golden-salmon; a most beautiful combination. 
Perry’s White. Pure satiny white with a bold crimson blotch at 
the base of each petal. 
Royal Scarlet. A large flower of rich orange-red. 
Wurttembergia. One of the finest rich orange-red varieties. 
30c. each; $2.75 per doz.; $18.00 per 100. 
ICELAND POPPIES (Papaver Nudlcaule) 
The graceful foliage is surmounted with a mass of stems a 
foot high, which terminate in a beautiful cup-shaped flower. 
El Monte. This new variety is a California introduction; very 
large flowers, strong wiry stems for cutting; mixed colors. 
Orange, Yellow, White. Each color separate. 
Sanford Giant. Immense flowers on long, strong stems; a beau¬ 
tiful range of colors. Excellent for cutting. 
25c. each; $2.50 per doz.; per 100, $15.00. 
PULMONARIA (Lungwort) 
Angustifolia Azurea. (Blue Cowslip.) The prettiest of the blue 
Cowslips; grows, about one foot high and one of the first to bloom 
in the early Soring. The attractive funnel-shaped flowers are a 
deep gentian-blue; very desirable. 35c. each; $3.50 per dozen. 
♦PLUMBAGO (Lead-Wort) 
Larpentae. One of the most desirable border and rock plants; 
it is of dwarf, spreading habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, 
covered with deep blue flowers during the Summer and Fall 
months. 30c. each; $3.00 per doz.; $20.00 per 100. 
♦PRIMULA (Hardy Primrose) 
One of the first of the early Spring flowers. They delight in a 
rich soil, preferably in a semi-shaded location. Some of the varie¬ 
ties are richly colored, and are worthy of a place in every hardy 
garden. As a hardy border edging, as well as for rockery planting, 
it can be highly recommended. 
TWO NEW PRIMULAS 
Double Lavender. A very free flowering variety, with beauti¬ 
ful double lavender flowers. 
Veris, Queen of Heaven Blue. Nice bushy plants, bearing 
flowers of exceptionally nice blue shades. 
50c. each; $5.00 per doz. 
Auricula. Relatively rare plants which enjoy moist conditions 
and some shade. The leathery leaves are particularly attractive 
and the large round flowers come in appealing shades of many 
colors, all of them marked with a distinctly clear contrasting eye. 
Japonica Hybrids. A fine mixture of colors; rose, white, carmine 
with yellow center. Very fine for large plantings. Blooms 
July and August; height about 20 inches. 
Veris (English Cowslip). A mixture comprising the various shades of 
red and yellow; a splendid plant for the Spring blooming garden. 
Vulgaris (English Primrose). Beautiful light canary yellow; long 
flower stems with trusses. 
30c. each; $3.00 per doz.; per 100, $20.00. 
Hardy Primroses 
Please see pages 100 to 105 for a list of the well tried out Roses 
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