PITZONKA’S PANSY FARM 
Mertensia virginica 
PAPAVER • Oriental Poppy 
Clumps of these throughout the border add 
a brilliance that no other flower can provide. 
The proper planting season for Poppies is 
from middle of August until late Fall. Set 
about 1 foot apart in rich, deep loam. 
Orientale. Tremendous, cup-shaped blooms 
of orange-scarlet, with large, purplish black 
blotches at bases of petals, creating a won¬ 
derful contrast when bloom is fully open. 
25 cts. each, $1.80 for 10, $12.00 per 100. 
Orientale, Beauty of Livermore. The fin¬ 
est dark crimson flowers, with black 
blotches; freely produced. 35 cts. each, 
$2.50 for 10, $i8.00 per 100. 
Orientale, Fairy. A lovely delicate Poppy, 
not very large, with pure pale pink blooms 
of medium size. An excellent variety for 
small beds. 35 cts. each, $2.50 for 10, 
$18.00 per 100. 
Orientale, Lula A. Neeley. Flowers of bril¬ 
liant ox-blood-red, the color holding until 
the last. 30 cts. each, $2.00 for 10, $15.00 
per 100. 
Orientale, May Sadler. Salmon-pink, with 
black markings. Large flowers and robust 
growth. 35 cts. each, $2.50 for 10, $18.00 
per 100. 
Orientale, Mrs. Perry. Beautiful, deep 
apricot-pink, a brilliant color that is needed 
to make variety with the Orientals. 30 cts. 
each, $2.00 for 10, $15.00 per 100. 
Orientale, Olympia. A double-flowering 
variety introduced several years ago. The 
earliest to come into bloom. Vigorous 
habit but of compact growth and producing 
more flowers than any other variety. Bril¬ 
liant rich flame-scarlet blooms, overlaid 
with glistening golden salmon, fully 4 inches 
in diameter when open. 2to2J/£ft. 35 cts. 
each, $2.50 for 10, $18.00 per 100. 
Papaver nudicaule 
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BRISTOL, PENN A* 
(Enothera Evening Primrose) 
Matricaria 
Papaver, continued 
Orientale, Perry’s White. The flowers are 
a fine satiny white with a crimson-maroon 
blotch at the base of each petal. 35 cts. 
each, $2.50 for 10, $18.00 per 100. 
PAPAVER NUDICAULE 
Iceland Poppy 
Sanford’s Giant Mixed. The flowers are 
immense silken cups in a great variety of 
shades from the lightest pinks and creams 
through salmon and scarlet. The length of 
stem is another outstanding feature, many 
of them becoming from 1 Yl to 2}/£ feet tall. 
One of the finest strains. 30 cts. each, 
$2.00 for 10, $15.00 per 100. 
PENTSTEMON • Beard-Tongue 
Barbatus torreyi. Spikes 2 feet long, of 
bright scarlet flowers from June till Au¬ 
gust. A very effective plant for the 
border. 
Digitalis (Foxglove Pentstemon). As its 
name implies, it has a similarity to the 
foxglove. White flowers with purple 
throats. Begins to bloom in June. 23 in. 
Grandiflorus. Not particular as to soils. 
The bluish lavender flowers grow on 
stalks from 15 to 30 inches high during 
May and June. The florets vary from 
one only at the base to six in clusters. 
® Pubescens (hirsutus). Stems 2 feet high, 
covered with violet flowers shading to a 
flesh-pink. Excellent for hot, dry place 
in the border. It is also a very fine wall- 
or rock-plant. 
All Pentstemons, 25 cts. each, $1.80 for 10, 
$12.00 per 100 
5 plants are sold at the 10 rate and 25 
plants at the 100 rate 
Oriental Poppies 
Pentstemon digitalis 
Nierembergia rivularis 
