ORIENTAL POPPIES 
ARVISTA Gardens 
Customers who are willing to pay transportation on shipments ordinarily sent 
prepaid, will receive more than the transportation cost either in larger roots or 
free varieties or both at our discretion. 
WHY NOT A SPECIALTY? May we suggest that you add definite distinction 
and charm to your garden by making something of a specialty of some worthy peren¬ 
nial. There are many such, but we find nothing finer for such a purpose than Irises, 
Oriental Poppies, Hybrid Daylilies, or the old favorite Peonies. You may start with a 
modest collection of good varieties of the chosen perennial, and add a few newer ones 
each year, or perhaps only one or two very choice sorts, and it won’t be long before 
your garden will be the talk of the town and perhaps of the country for miles around. 
Try it! 
SPECIAL 
Send us, with your order of $1.00 or more, the names and addresses of only 8 
(more if you wish) friends who make flower gardens, and we will send you a fine 
named Iris of our own selection. 
ORIENTAL POPPIES AND HOW TO GROW THEM, by Roy V. Ashley. 
This is a new 8 page leaflet, well illustrated, No. GF 1, published by Better 
Homes and Gardens, Des Moines, Iowa, or may be ordered from us. Price 
6c. Their “Gardening Guide” for 1940 contains the gist of this article but in 
error credits it to another author. 
ORIENTAL POPPIES 
We have the honor to be a member of the National Oriental Poppy Committee, 
organized in 1932, for the classification and scoring of named Oriental Poppies. The 
original committee consisted of the late Dr. J. H. Neeley, for many years the peer of 
American poppy hybridizers, Mr. Karl K. Lorenz and Mr. John D. Siebenthaler, of 
Dayton, Ohio, and the writer. Recently there have been added to the committee, Roy 
M. Burke, of Paulding, Ohio; A. E. Curtis, of Cincinnati, Ohio, Dr. Leon A. Leonian, 
of Morgantown, W. Va.; Mr. H. T. Beckmann, of Van Wert, Ohio; Mrs. Thos. Ne¬ 
smith, of Lowell, Mass.; Mr. Earl Jordan, of Ashland, Ohio, and Mr. Robert Schreiner, 
of St. Paul, Minn. 
The results of the committee’s work will appear from time to time in various 
gardening publications. 
We believe that the vogue of the Oriental Poppy is just beginning; that when its 
ease of culture, its wide color range and striking charm are better appreciated, the 
demand will far exceed any commercial supply that now exists. We believe that our 
list of more than 225 named varieties of Oriental Poppies is the largest collection of 
any in this country. 
Plant Oriental Poppies in your garden and enjoy a thrill that, perhaps, you have 
never before experienced. 
“For dazzling barbaric splendor, the great Oriental Poppies are absolutely unri¬ 
valed.” The stamens of Poppies are said to be the most beautiful stamens of all 
flowers. The gigantic flowers sometimes reach a diameter of 12 inches or more, while 
a diameter of 9 to 10 inches is common. 
Says Dr. Neeley: “Varying from red to orange, salmon to pink, mulberry to white, 
this barbaric flower offers a wide range of colors, is free from disease, very hardy and 
easy to transplant. Among the family as a whole, there is none so regal as the 
Oriental Poppy.” 
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