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AUNT MARY’S SWEET CORN FARM 
ORIEDTflL POPPICS 
1 have grown many varieties of Oriental Pop¬ 
pies, and I am offering this year the ones which 
have grown most satisfactorily for me. They should 
be planted immediately upon arrival, and watered 
every week or ten days this fall. 
FLANDERS ...;- $ -50 
A red poppy of splendid size, good substance, stiff 
stems and excellent carriage. 
LORD LAMBOURNE .. .. 50 
This new bright red poppy is distinguished by hav¬ 
ing irregular lacinations in its petals. 
LULA A. NEELEY . 75 
This poppy, originated by Dr. Neeley, of Paulding, 
Ohio, is, I believe, the best red oriental poppy in 
the world. 
MRS. PERRY . 50 
The best salmon-pink poppy 1 have ever seen. 
PROSERPINE . 50 
An early blooming red poppy with stiff stems. 
TRILBY . 2.00 
A very large and beautiful late blooming red 
poppy with fluted petals. It multiplies very slowly 
and is higher in price for this reason. 
WURTEMBERGIA . 1.00 
The largest red poppy in my collection. Color 
and size excellent. 
pconv GOSSIP 
Three years ago three individual peony growers each sent 
me a division of one of his seedlings for observation in my 
garden. All three of them bloomed this year and 1 can hardly 
believe it possible that the report I am giving you is true, for 
out of all the seedling roots which have been sent me during 
over twenty years, not one has impressed me as being so 
good that I would be willing to have it bear my own name. 
However, I believe that each of the three gentlemen who 
sent me these roots could be very proud to have his name 
permanently attached to the variety he sent me. 
The first of the three seedlings was sent me by Hans P. 
Sass of Elkhorn, Neb., and its blooms are so wonderful that 
he has given his permission to have it carry his name. You 
can see its description in this catalogue. 
The second one was sent by Myron D. Bigger, of Topeka, 
Kansas. The plant is large. Every stem stood erect or at the 
proper angle from the root and every one carried a very 
large and beautiful red bloom of a slightly different color 
from any other variety in my garden. It had a better car¬ 
riage than any of the other reds not even excepting Philippe 
Rivoire. This fact, however, may be accounted for as every 
stem had been disbudded leaving only the main bloom. 1 
cannot say that it was as good a color as Philippe Rivoire, 
