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Giant Oriental Hardy Poppies 
Among hardy perennials these hold an unrivaled position for gorgeous effective¬ 
ness in gardens and hardy borders; height, 2 to 3 feet; flowers immense, often 6 
inches or more across. They are also grand, cut in bud state, for vases. 
Beauty of Livermere. Crimson with black blotch. Pkt. 15c. 
Blush Queen. Blush-pink . 15 C> 
Colosseum. Flowers 8 inches across. Color, rich, shiny, dark scarlet, with 
a black spot at the base of each petal . loc. 
Mrs. Perry. A grand, new variety with large, pure, satiny-white flowers, 
having a bold, crimson base. Extremely beautiful and rare. 15c. 
Princess Victoria Louise. Salmon-scarlet.. loc. 
Salmon Queen. Salmon-yellow. ’ ’ * * J 5 C [ 
Rembrandt. Orange-scarlet . ' ’ [ [ [ ' i 5 c [ 
Dark Scarlet .' ‘ ’ ’ ’ * ’ ’ ‘ ' i 5 C ] 
Oriental Hybrids, Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c . 10c. 
Customer’s Collection of Giant Oriental Poppies. Any two 15c. pkts. for 25c.; 
• any four selected for 50c. 
PLATYCODON 
Large-flowered Chinese Bell Flower. (P. grandiflora.) Hardy peren¬ 
nials, bearing large broad, bell-shaped white or blue flowers; very hand¬ 
some for garden decoration; \]/ 2 feet. 
Grandiflora, Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 35c. Pkt. 10c. 
Platycodon Mariesii. (Wahlenbergio grandiflora nana.) Very handsome 
dwarf compact growing "Chinese Bell-Flowers” forming dense little 
round bushes about 12 inches high and bearing abundantly, broad 
bell-shaped flowers about 3 inches across, of white and varying shades 
of blue from lavender to purple. 
Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, GOc. Pkt. 10c. 
ICELAND POPPIES (Papaver nudicaule) 
Although hardy perennials, these dwarf Poppies bloom 
the first season from spring-sown seed. The fragrant, 
elegant, crushed satin-like flowers are produced in 
never-ceasing succession from the beginning of 
June to October; fine for cutting. 
Yellow. Pkt. 10c. 
Scarlet. Pkt. 10c. 
White. Pkt. 10 c. 
Rose Color. Pkt. 10c. 
Gold. Tinged red. Pkt. 10c. 
Mixed Colors. Per 1,000 seeds, 50c. 
Pkt. 10c. 
Customer's Collection of Iceland 
Poppies. Any three 10c. pkts. 
selected for 25c. 
Storrie’s New Iceland Poppies. This 
new strain contains many new 
colors and shades, including 
blush, salmon, coral - pink, 
orange - rose, white, lemon, 
orange, striped, flecked, edged, 
blended, etc. Mixed Colors. 
Per 1,000 seeds, 75c.; Pkt. 15c. 
PORTULACA 
Brilliant garden annuals, 6 inches 
high, luxuriating in warm, dry, 
sunny situations, and blooming pro¬ 
fusely from early summer to autumn. 
For low beds and masses of color, 
from spring until frost, they are in¬ 
dispensable; colors range through in¬ 
numerable shades of red, yellow, pink, 
striped, white, etc. 
Single, Mixed Colors. Per oz. 40c., Pkt. 5c. 
Double, Mixed Colors. These make per¬ 
fectly gorgeous masses of color; the flowers 
of the double sorts are like little roses. Per 
1,000 seeds, 25c. Pkt. 10c. 
Imported Collection of Double Portulaca, 12 varieties. Pkt. 75c. 
Parana. Immense single blossomsaveraging 3 inches across; color bright ruby-red, Pkt. 10c. 
HENDERSON’S GARDEN GUIDE 
Revised for 1917—and much new and valuable gardening 
information added — no other gardening book we ever sent 
out has received as much praise. 
Free with orders of S2.00 or over if asked for when order¬ 
ing. (See page 2 .) 
& “PICTURESQUE GARDENS” 
BY CHARLES 
HENDERSON 
“This new illustrated garden book should gain a wide distribution among Q 1 .00 postpaid 
lovers of fine gardens and artistic home surroundings .” See page204, 
NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 
