ORIENTAL POPPIES 
ARVISTA Gardens 
care should he taken immediately after the blooming season to see that exposed 
crowns are well covered with fresh earth. 
The plants like full sun, but do well in partial shade, especially certain of the 
darker colored varieties. Plant about two feet apart. 
With careful attention, spring planting of Oriental Poppies up to May 1 usually 
proves successful. 
Oriental Poppies may be raised from seeds, but almost 100 per cent of seedlings 
usually show flowers in some tone of orange scarlet. 
SIZE OF PLANTS 
Prices except as noted are for LARGE, FIELD GROWN PLANTS, AT LEAST 
TWO YEARS FROM PROPAGATION. Some nurseries claim pot-grown plants 
give entirely satisfactory results. Other extensive nurseries agree with us that they 
are much inferior, and that large, field-grown plants not only are much more likely, 
to live and grow* well, but also that in the great majority of cases they bloom earlier, 
and more generously. Some varieties make only about half the root growth made 
by other varieties in t'wo years. 
The wonderful blooms make excellent cut flowers if the freshly cut stems 
are immediately singed at the cut surface, or plunged at once into boiling water for 
a moment or two, and then placed in cold water. 
Capital initials of color names in description of Oriental Poppies indicate that 
the color values are those found in Color Standards and ‘ Nomenclature, ’' by 
Ridgway. 
In addition to the numerous varieties listed, we always have at Arvista Gardens 
numbers of other varieties, named and unnamed, which either are on trial or are not 
yet in sufficient quantity to warrant listing. This applies to all four of the groups 
in which we specialize. 
Orange-scarlet to Scarlet Group 
Brightness 
Duke of Teck 
Excelsior 
Giant 
Goliath 
Any one at 50 cents each; 
Goldschmidt 
Grand Mogul 
Menelik 
Orange Beauty 
Orange Queen 
3 for $1.00. 
Orientale 
Oriflamme 
Rembrandt 
Royal Scarlet 
Sunny Jim 
Geranium Pink, R. varieties, the old favorite Salmon Pink 
of which Mrs. Perry is the type. 
Any in this group at 50 cents each; 3 for $1.00. 
Edna Peri^ Pink Beauty 
Gerald Perry Prinzess Viktoria Luise 
ARVISTA HONOR ROLL of Oriental Poppies 
As yet there is no organization that has made a definite Honor Roll of Oriental 
Poppies. As a result of our study of Poppies covering a period of ten years, we feel 
that such a list is fully justified. The varieties indicated with a star (^) in our list 
have proven themselves so outstanding as to merit a place in this list. As better 
ones prove themselves they will find their place in the Honor Roll. 
AMUN RA— A new red-orange of outstanding quality .$1.00 
APRICOT QUEEN —True apricot with large silky petals... 50c 
APRICOT QUEEN IMPROVED (Ashley, 1937)—A better color and much 
larger than Apricot Queen. Grenadine red shading to orange chrome, no base 
spot. A good performer . $2.50 
ATROSANGUINEA MAXIMA —Large, dark red; fine breeder. $2.00 
AUSTRALIA —A new, massive ox blood or, deep spectrum red, 36 in. $1.50 
BARR’S WHITE —A splendid satin wffiite with sheen. Good weather resist¬ 
ance. Purple base spots.. $1.50 
BEAUTY OP LIVERMORE —Deep ox-blood, velvety red. Scarlet Red. The 
earliest deep red, 38 in... 75e 
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