HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 
1912 
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a profusion of spring blossoms as blue as 
the bluest spring sky. From August sown 
seed, the Anchusa barrelieri will bloom 
the following spring. 
There is no spring-flowering perennial, 
however, so brilliantly showy as the ori¬ 
ental poppy. A large bed of it. or better, 
a mass planting in the border, paints a 
garden picture not to be forgotten. The 
huge, flaming blooms, with a black blotch 
in the center, are carried on stout stems 
three and sometimes four feet in height 
above splendid, fern-like foliage. There 
are now beautiful hybrids of this poppy, 
the most distinct of which are Blush 
Queen, pale pink; Princess Victoria 
Louise, salmon pink; and Beauty of Liv- 
ermere, immense, deep blood-red. Poppy 
seed should he sown on finely sifted soil 
and barely covered. Do not allow the soil 
to dry out. It is best to cover the box 
or bed in which it is sown with a piece 
of thin cotton cloth or a newspaper until 
the little plants are up; then air and light 
must be given them. If the seed is sown 
in spring or early summer the oriental 
poppy will bloom the following spring. 
Each plant eventually forms a large clump, 
carrying thirty to forty flowers. A bed 
of scarlet oriental poppies during a spring 
rain certainly lightens the dreariest land¬ 
scape and makes positively cheerful the 
most sullen and lowering day. The new 
householder should certainly plan for 
fifty or a hundred of these. Two ten- 
cent packets of seed will meet the demand. 
When oriental poppy seedlings are plant¬ 
ed in their permanent location, they should 
be associated with plants that bloom later, 
for the foliage of the hardy poppy dies 
down after the plants have bloomed and 
does not reappear until August. I have 
tried various cover-plants, forget-me-nots, 
pentstemons, snapdragons, and phloxes. 
Of these I have found snapdragons and 
phloxes the best. If phlox is chosen, the 
plants should he set every few feet 
throughout the mass planting of poppies. 
If snapdragons are selected, it is better 
to alternate them with the poppies. In¬ 
stead of setting the poppies two feet 
apart (to provide for future growth), 
allow two and a half, and in the center of 
these spaces plant, each spring, the little 
snapdragons. 
Snapdragons are tender perennials, but 
they are very easy to raise and charming 
in flower. They come in a wide range of 
color from creamy white and yellow to 
salmon-orange, and from pure white, 
through beautiful pinks to I'ose, crimson, 
and maroon. Seeds of the tall snap¬ 
dragon, Antirrhinum major, should be 
sown very early in boxes indoors. The 
plants begin to blossom in midsummer 
and flower until frost. 
One of the most reliable tenants of our 
gardens is the great family Campanula. 
From the tallest, pyramidalis (chimney 
bell-flower), to the dwarf Carpatica much 
used for edgings, all are good. Perhaps 
the best of all are the Persicifalias, single 
and double, and the well-known Canter¬ 
bury bell, Campanula Media, with its even 
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