Rock-Garden Plants 
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ARTHUR LEE 
PAPAVER ORIENTALE 
Oriental Poppy 
PANSIES 
Perhaps the best-known and most beloved of our spring-bloom' 
ing plants. They are indifferent to cold, often being in full bloom 
by the first of April. The plants are easy to handle, and any good 
garden loam or ordinary soil will give good results. However, the 
addition of well-rotted manure worked into the soil or a top¬ 
dressing of commercial fertilizer will produce flowers which are 
larger and of finer texture. Contrary to popular belief, they do 
not mind hot weather, but they must have plenty of moisture, 
as the combination of heat and lack of moisture causes the plants 
to stop blooming. After the plants have been in flower for several 
weeks and become straggly, cut back about half-way down. 
This will give the plants a rest and induce them to make new 
growth, so that within three weeks blooms will again appear. 
Repeat this operation as often as necessary during the summer. 
Plant in full sunlight or partial shade, 4 to 6 inches apart. 
For a gorgeous display of rich and brilliant coloring in May and 
June, no plants surpass the Oriental Poppies. Whether planted 
singly or in masses, their large flowers and freedom of bloom 
render them conspicuous in any position. Almost any kind of 
soil suits them, but they do best in deep, rich loam. Set the plants 
in fall, or early spring, before the first of May, 1 foot apart. Give 
[ them water occasionally during dry spells in the early part of the 
J season. Mulch with any litter in the fall. 
Orientale. (SL) Tremendous cup-shaped blooms of brightest 
crimson-scarlet, with large, purplish black blotches at bases of 
petals. Clumps of these throughout the border add a brilliancy 
that no other flower can provide. 25 cts. each; 3 for 70 cts.; 
$2.50 per doz.; 25 for $4.50. 
Orientale bracteatum. (S) Extremely large, blood-red flowers, 
shaded orange. 
Orientale, Brilliant. (S) Rich crimson-scarlet. Very striking. 
Orientale, Mrs. Perry. (L) Orange-apricot. The best of all the 
“Pink Poppies.” 30 cts. each; 3 for 85 cts.; $3 per doz.; 
25 for $5.50. 
Orientale, Olympia. (L) The flowers, when fully developed, are 
about 4 inches in diameter; when first opening full double, but 
show a bunch of stamens as they mature. It is a brilliant rich 
flame-scarlet overlaid with glistening golden salmon. 35 cts. 
each; 3 for $1; $3.50 per doz.; 25 for $6.50. 
Orientale, Princess Victoria Louise. (S) Bright salmon-scarlet, 
shading to apricot, with prominent purple blotch. 
Papaver nudicaule • Iceland Poppy (SL) 
A plant of neat, dwarf habit with beautiful fern-like foliage 
growing close to the ground, and slender 8-inch stems bearing 
brilliant cup-shaped flowers. When flowers unfold they seem to 
keep the appearance of a wrinkled piece of stiff tissue paper. A 
beautiful rock-garden plant that blooms nearly all summer. 
Iceland Poppies are easily established, and if the flowers are cut 
every day the plants will produce flowers all during the summer 
months. They are extremely hardy and will grow in any soil. 
*PAPAVER alpinum. (L) A small, delicate Poppy having white, 
pink, orange, or yellow flowers. Not over 4 inches high. 
PAPAVER pilosum. (SL) Large flowers of a lovely soft apricot 
tint with creamy stamens. Branching habit and very free 
flowering, blooming from late spring and early summer. 
\ l /2 ft- 15 cts. each; 3 for 40 cts.; $1.50 per doz. 
Swiss Giant Pansies 
This strain bears unusually large flowers, often measuring 
3 inches and more in diameter. They are perfectly round, with 
overlapping petals which have a rich velvety texture. The colors 
and color combinations are the distinctive features of the Swiss 
Giant strain. 
Alpenglow. Dark red. See back cover page. 
Berna. Purple-violet. See back cover page. 
Harlequin. Chrome-yellow and crimson. See back cover page. 
Mont Blanc. Nearly pure white. See back cover page. 
Sunset. Orange-chrome to flame-scarlet. See back cover page. 
Violet with Gold Eye. Rich violet with golden yellow eye. See 
back cover page. 
Swiss Giants in Mixed Colors. A splendid mixture of all these 
varieties carrying the same rich colorings and size of blooms 
as the main varieties. 
PRICES OF ALL PANSIES: Large plants, 50 cts. per doz. (not 
less than 6 of one variety); $2 per 100; $15 per 1000. 
Small plants, 35 cts. per doz. (not less than one dozen sold); $1.50 
per 100; $12 per 1000. 
For Mapleleaf Pansies, please see back cover page 
Oriental Poppy 
