FIELD OF SHIRLEY POPPIES ON OUR DESPATCH SEED FARM 
VICK’S POPPIES PERENNIAL 
Within the past few years many developments in the Poppy family have brought them again into deserved popularity, and now good annual varieties are 
numerous, ranging in size from the little Ranunculus-flowered, two inches in diameter, to the large Peony-flowered. The plants have strong tap-roots, and 
are difficult to transplant; it is better to sow the seed early in the spring where ti»e plants are to flower. 
ANNUAL VARIETIES 
Vick’s Brilliant is a superior variety, of strong, robust growth, two to 
three feet high. The flowers have a variety of bright colors; pure white 
with a pink tinge, scarlet, rose, purple, and other shades, and are so 
beautiful and bright as to be almost dazzling to the eye. Round as a ball; 
perfectly double. . 
Shirley. Flowers exceedingly graceful and elegant; single; colors rang¬ 
ing irotn blush-white, delicate pink, rose, and carmine, to bright sparkling 
crimson, occasionally blotched and streaked with white. The best and 
most showy of all the single Poppies. 5 
Mikado. Mowers large and loose, resembling the Japanese Chrysanthe¬ 
mum; petals cut and fringed in the most fantastic manner; color pure 
white, edged with purple. 5 
One packet of each of the above three for 15 cents ; I 
Danish Flag. Flowers brilliant scarlet, large silvery white blotch at the 
base of each petal, forming a white cross on scarlet ground. 5 
Peony-flowered. A splendid class of large double flowers, with broad 
petals, resembling a Peony; colors range from white to pink, carmine, 
scarlet, crimson, and maroon. 5 
Ranunculus-flowered. Plants two feet high; free bloomers. Flowers 
double, two inches across. All shades of color, from white to deep crimson • 5 
Scarlet single. 1 he single Scarlet Corn or Field Poppy of Europe. Very 
gorgeous. 5 
Umbrosum. Of dwarf habit; branching. Flowers bright vermilion, with 
a shining black spot on each petal. Very showy. 5 
Carnation-flowered (somniferum fl. pi.) (Double Opium Poppy). 
Splendid large double flowers. Deeply fringed; same style as Vick’s 
Brilliant. Mixed colors, ounce, 20 cents. 5 
Opium Poppy. I"rue, single. Pound 90 cents ; ounce, 10 cents. 5 
One packet of each of the above seven, 25 cents. 
All Annual i 9 oppies listed on this puf/e (1.5 Varieties' 
Mixed,, in one 1Packet, 5 Cents. 
60 
American Flag. Mowers snow white, bordered with scarlet, large, double. 5 
White Swan. Large double flowers, elegantly fringed, pure white ... 5 
Golden Gate. Single, semi-double, and double flowers, in a great variety 
of colors. . < ^ 
The Tulip. An elegant and distinct variety. Plants from twelve to four¬ 
teen inches high, producing well above the foliage fifty to sixty large 
splendid flowers of the most vivid scarlet imaginable. From a mere de¬ 
scription no adequate idea can be gained of its strikingly beautiful effect. 
It commences blooming early' in June, and flowers abundantly for a period 
of from six to eight weeks.. ... 5 
Qardinal Poppy New hybrids). About eighteen inches high ; habit erect 
/ an( l compact. Foliage dark green, deeply laciniated. Flowers chamois 
and brilliant rose on light ground; purple, crimson, brick rose on black, 
brown, or violet ground. 5 
One packet of each of the above five for 20 cents 
PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
ICELAND POPPY- Papaver nudicaule. 
I he Iceland Poppies are perennials, blooming the first season from seed. 
1 he fragrant, elegant crushed-satin-like flowers are produced continuously from 
June to October. 1 he flowers last fully a week, if cut as soon as open. 
Pure White, Yellow, and Orange. Separate or mixed, each.10 
Collection of the three Iceland Poppies for 25 cents. 
ORIENTAL POPPIES. 
All the perennial Poppies are perfectly' hardy, and seeds may be sown in the 
open ground. J he single, large, oriental Poppies are a great addition to the 
herbaceous border, and are of greater value among shrubbery, as they tend to 
relieve and lighten up the usually dark and somber character of clumps of 
shrubs, blowers very' large, five or six inches across. 
Bracteatum. Scarlet. Three feet high. 5 
Orientale. \ ery large ; red One of the finest. Three feet. 5 
Ijivolucratum maximum. Fine large flowers.’ | 5 
