WM. ELLIOTT & SONS, SEEDSMEN, NEW YORK. 5! 
. POPPY. 
(PAPAVER.) 
Very showy, free blooming, old-fashioned flowers. Very effec¬ 
tive in mixed borders. Seed should be sown early in the 
spring where they are to stand, as they are not easily trans¬ 
planted. 
Double Flowering: Annual Poppies. 
Carnation Flowered. Large globular flowers, finely slashed 
and frilled, 2 to 2% feet high. 
White .Pkt. 5 Scarlet .Pkt. 5 
White Striped Scarlet . 5 Ash Grey . 5 
Light Yellow . 5 Dark Lilac . 5 
Rose . 5 Purple on black-brown . . 5 
Mixed, all colors, 5 cts. 
Eider-Down. Robust plants 1% to 2 feet high; the flowers 
form a great round ball of pure white, the edges of petals 
are deeply pinked and slashed .Pkt. 5 
The Mikado. Large double flowers, pure white, with 
fringed edges of crimson scarlet.5 
■Snowdrift. Pure white, extremely double flowers, perfect 
form; very large size. 5 
French Ranunculus-flowered. Double mixed, 2 ft. 5 
Paeony Flowered. Double mixed. 5 
Japanese Pompone. Flowers small but very double and 
numerous. Mixed colors. 5 
POPPY SNOWDRIFT. 
Single Flowering: Annual Poppies. 
Shirley, a strain of marvelous beauty with single and 
semi-double flowers ranging in color from pure white 
through the most delicate shades of pink, rose and carmine 
to the deepest crimson, while many are delicately edged 
and striped; there is such a wide variety among this 
class that scarcely two will be found alike. If blooms 
are cut when young they will stand several days 
•without drooping. 
Tulip Poppy. (Papaver Glaucum.) A new species, 12 to 14 
inches nigh, producing 50 to 60 vivid scarlet flowers 
The two outer petals form a sa'ucer surrounding two 
erect petais, giving the appearance of Scarlet Tulips. Pkt. iO 
SHIRLEY POPPY. 
Danebrog. Brillant scarlet, each of the four petals being 
stamped with an ivory white spot. 5 
Umbrosum. Iiich vermilion, with a shining black spot on 
each petal. 5 
Laevigatum. Gorgeous New Persian Poppy, deep scarlet, 
with black spots, white margin.Pkt. 10 
The Bride. Satiny white flowers of large dimensions ... 10 
English Scarlet. One of the commonest plants in Great 
Britain, being found growing wild there in field after 
field, producing the most gorgeous effect with its dazzling 
scarlet blooms. 5 
Hardy Poppies. 
New Hybrid Oriental. Containing charming new colors, 
including blush pink, black purple, deep blood red, etc. 
Hardy perennial.Pkt. 15 
Bracteatum. Very large orange scarlet flowers, averaging 
5 inches in diameter. Perennial variety.10 
Iceland Poppies. (Papaver Nudicaulo.) Although hardy 
perennials, this class bloom the first season from spring 
sown seed. Flowers fragrant, elegant crushed satin-like 
and produced in profusion from beginning of June to 
October. Mixed colors. . lb 
PRIMULA. 
Fringed Chinese Primrose. 
The Chinese Primrose is a great favorite for the house or 
conservatory, and one of the most important winter blooming 
pot plants. The foliage is very attractive and flowers iy t to 
2 inches in diameter; are borne in cluster and produce a 
very charming appearance. The seed which we offer is of 
the highest merit and as usual is saved from the very best 
English strains and cannot be surpassed. Sow in March, 
April or May. 
Single Fringed. Very choice mixed.Pkt. 25 
Alba. Pure white . . •.35 
Rubra. Red, very fine.35 
Fern Leaved. White.35 
Fern Leaved. Crimson.35 
Alba Magnifica. (Williams’). Pure white, with a large, 
bright yellow eye.• . •.50 
Rubra Violacea. Of robust habit, bearing flowers of an 
exceedingly peculiar violet-crimson shade ....... 50 
Chiswick Red. The most brilliant crimson-scarlet Primula; 
the foliage is very finely cut, and a deep green color . . 50 
