The new Iceland Poppies are daintily beautiful 
Oriental Poppy 
Platycodon grandiflorum 
Physalis • Chinese Lantern Plant 
Francheti. An ornamental variety of the 
Winter Cherry, forming dense bushes 
about 2 feet high, producing freely its 
bright orange-scarlet, lantern-Iike fruits. 
Highly interesting. 30c. each; 3 for 85c.; 
$3.00 per doz.; 25 for $5.50. 
Physostegia 
False Dragonhead 
One of the most beautiful of our mid¬ 
summer flowering perennials, forming 
dense bushes 4 to 6 feet high, bearing 
spikes of delicate tubular flowers, not 
unlike a gigantic heather. 
Grandiflora, Vivid. A new variety growing 
from \}/^to2 feet high, bearing a profusion 
of bright violet-mauve flowers. 30c. each; 
3 for 85c.; $3.00 per doz.; 25 for $5.50. 
Platycodon • Balloon Flower 
The Platycodons are closely allied to the 
campanulas, and form neat, branched bushes 
of upright habit. Mrs. Ely says of them: 
“Do best if planted in early spring. They 
grow from 2 to 2^4 feet high, and after the 
third season each plant will have from ten 
to twelve stalks covered with the lovely blue 
or white blossoms during July and August.” 
Grandiflorum. Deep blue, cupped, star¬ 
shaped flowers. 30c. each; 3 for 85c.; $3.00 
per doz.; 25 for $5.50. 
^Plumbago • Leadwort 
Larpentae. One of the most desirable border 
and rock-plants. It is of dwarf, spreading 
habit, growing 6 to 8 inches high, covered 
with deep blue flowers during the summer 
and fall months. 35c. each; 3 for $1.00; 
$3.50 per doz.; 25 for $6.50. 
Papaver Alpinum 
Like a small and more delicate Iceland 
Poppy, having flowers of white, pink, orange, 
or yellow, often delicately fringed. Grows 
about 4 inches high. 30c. each; 3 for 85c.; 
$3.00 per doz.; 25 for $5.50. 
Oriental Poppies 
Papaver orientale 
These are the royal representatives of this 
popular genus, growing about 3 feet high and 
far surpassing in magnificence of bloom all 
the other types. 
Beauty of Livermore. The finest dark 
crimson with jet-black blotch. Excellent 
flowers borne in great profusion. 
Mrs. Perry. Beautiful large flowers in a soft 
shade of salmon-rose. This variety should 
be in every garden. 
Olympia. New double variety. Brilliant 
scarlet flowers overlaid with golden salmon 
—a most beautiful combination. 
Perry’s White. Pure satiny white with a 
bold crimson blotch at the base of each 
petal. 
Wurtembergia. One of the finest rich 
orange-red varieties. 
All Oriental Poppies, 35c. each; 3 for $1.00; 
$3.50 per doz.; 25 for $6.50 
Sec pages 94 to 99 for 
Michell’s Hardy Garden Roses 
Iceland Poppies 
Papaver nudicaule 
The graceful foliage is surmounted with a 
mass of stems a foot high, which terminate 
in a beautiful cup-shaped flower. 
Amurensis. Something new in Iceland 
Poppies. Its flowers are about 3 inches in 
diameter, clear bright yellow, with lighter 
centers. The foliage has a bluish cast. 
Grows 3 feet high. 
Coonara Pink. A charming warm rose-pink 
faintly suffused with salmon-pink. Flowers 
are freely produced on long, slender stems 
throughout the season. 
Iceland Poppies, 35c. each; 3 for $1.00; 
$3.50 per doz.; 25 for $6.50 
^Primula • Hardy Primrose 
One of the first of the early spring flowers. 
They delight in a rich soil, preferably in a 
semi-shaded location. Some of the varieties 
are richly colored, and are worthy of a place 
in every hardy garden. As a hardy border 
edging, as well as for rockery planting, it can 
be highly recommended. See color illustra¬ 
tion facing page 105. 
Acaulis fl.-pl., Lavender Queen. A very 
free-flowering variety with double, laven¬ 
der flowers on 6 to 8-inch stems in spring 
and often again in the fall. 50c. each; 
3 for $1.35; $5.00 per doz.; 25 for $9.50. 
Auricula. Relatively rare plants which 
enjoy moist conditions and some shade. 
The leathery leaves are particularly at¬ 
tractive and the large, round flowers come 
in appealing shades of many colors, all of 
them marked with a distinctly clear con¬ 
trasting eye. 
Bulleyana. One of the loveliest of the 
Chinese section, with heads of terra-cotta 
to orange-yellow flowers produced in tiers. 
Best in a little shade and moisture. 50c. 
each; 3 for $1.35; $5.00 per doz.; 25 for 
$9.00. 
Beesiana. This Asiatic species belongs to 
the Candelabra group, having several tiers 
of flowers on a single stem 2 feet high. 
Whorls of velvety purple flowers during 
late May, June, and July. They are strik¬ 
ingly effective in a bog-garden where they 
naturalize easily. 50c. each; 3 for $1.35; 
$5.00 per doz.; 25 for $9.00. 
Primulas continued on next page 
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