PAPAVER PERENNIAL 
Poppies these, the hardy, more or less 
perennial kinds. Easy, tolerant of adversity, 
gorgeous in coloring, no flower can be more 
satisfactory for brilliant effects than they. 
21 PAPAVER BORDER HYBRIDS—ecbx (2) 
36. Giant flowers in flame, scarlet, crimson 
maroon, white, salmon pink and rose. This 
is a particularly varied strain of the so- 
called Oriental Poppy. It includes the 
double Olympia. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 35c; ^ 
oz. 60c. (Plants, mixed only, but good as¬ 
sortment, 3 for 65c ; 10 for $1.90. Shipment 
only during August and September.) 
11 PAPAVER HYOSCYAMIFOLIUM — erx 
(2)16. Blossoms of daintiest apricot-toned 
pink. Foliage rosettes like silver filigree. 
Formerly listed as P. caucasicum. Pkt. 15c. 
21 PAPAVER FLORIBUNDUM—*ebx(2-3) 
36. Silken flowers of roseate salmon in an 
enormous profusion that earns well its 
name. Pkt. 15c. 
21 PAPAVER LATERITIUM — rbdkt(2)20. 
Immense flowers of terra cotta with salmon 
suffusion. Long-lived, distinctive. Armenia. 
Sow seed very early spring or latest au¬ 
tumn. Pkt. 20c. 
21 PAPAVER NUDICAULE BEAUTY OF 
BELVEDERE—A new strain of Iceland 
Poppy, rich in reds. See page 2. Pkt. 25c. 
21 PAPAVER NUDICAULE CROCEUM—*erbx(2-4)28. 
Great cup-like flowers of rich orange that bears yet an 
odd hint of buff-tawniness. Vigorous. Pkt. 10c. 
21 PAPAVER NUDICAULE EMPRESS — erx(2-4)26. 
Creamy pink to melting salmon rose. Large flowers with 
fluted, crinkled petals. Pkt. 15c. 
21 PAPAVER NUDICAULE RUBRO-AURANTIACUM— 
erbdx(2-4)35. Big nodding flowers of golden silk. For¬ 
merly listed as P. amurense. It is a highly distinct Nudi- 
caule variety, thriving in hottest, driest places, pretty 
much ever-blooming, flowering first year, but soundly per¬ 
ennial. Pkt. 15c. 
21 PAPAVER PILOSUM — *erbdx(8)30. The Olympian 
Poppy. Loose blossom-showers of an exhilarating apricot- 
orange appear all summer long. Rather feathery foliage. 
Pkt. 10c; % oz. 26c; % oz. 40c. 
21 PAPAVER ORIENTALS-IN-PINK — Varied exquisite 
pinks and satiny salmons should show here, along, experi¬ 
ence tells us, with other more usual Oriental Poppy hues. 
Seeds saved altogether from named pink and salmon vari¬ 
eties. Pkt. 15c. 
OFFER 121A40—One pkt. each of above for $1.25. 
HARDY PAPAVER SPECIES—Atlanticum 10c, Bractea- 
tum 10c; Heldreichi 15c ; Macrostomum 10c ; Hybrida Olym¬ 
pia 20c; Orientale 5c; Paucifoliatum 15c; Schinzianum 
20c; Spicatum 15c; Triniaefolium 35c; Pinnatifida 15c; 
Colosseum 25c. 
21 PAPAVER BLEND—All above, with others: color-rich, 
pleasure rich. Pkt. 10c; % oz. 25c. 
PAPAVER ANNUAL—See Poppy, page 56. 
21 PEROWSKIA ATRIPLICIFOLIA—cofbx(2-4)50. Silver 
is here dominant, a silver that at times may be almost 
a snowy downiness, or again may hint of olive shadings, but 
an enveloping felted silveriness always. The flowers, and 
they show in midget multitudes, would be a bright blue- 
lavender were it not for a silvery haziness. A very lovely 
species. Afghanistan. Pkt. 15c. (Small plants, each 30c.) 
*PHACELIA BLEND—ANNUAL BLUEBELLS—erbx( 1-2) 
15. Gaudy flowers of blue to purple, colorings laid on 
with intensity, but varying to white or lavender. Blos¬ 
soms are wide saucer-bells that unroll in crosier-sprays. 
Remarkably quick in making a bright showing from seed. 
Recommended. Pkt. 10c. 
21 PHLOMIS SPECIES—ebx(3)50. Showy, easy robust, 
hardy. Purple flowers. Per pkt. 10c. Alpina, Sarnia, Tube- 
rosa, Fruticosa, Cashmiriana. 
21 PHYTEUMA BLEND—ercbx(2-3). Bell-flowers, Cam- 
panulads, but with the bells changed by some strange 
magic, to little, clustered, long-necked flasks of lucent, 
glassy beauty, or again, to wide and careless stars. De¬ 
lightful hardy perennials for rock garden or lower border. 
Amethystine lavender, blue or cream. Pkt. 16c. 
21 PETALOSTEMON VILLOSUM — cbyt(3)20. Graceful 
wands. Elongated flowerheads of silky lavender. Pkt. 10c. 
THE SPLENDID PENSTEMONS 
You have missed much if you have not 
grown them, for among them are many 
glorious things for rock garden, hardy 
border, or the cutting garden. Seeds should 
be sown in open ground seed-beds or un¬ 
heated frames in latest autumn or earliest 
spring, while soil is cool. Easy enough 
then, they will sulk for months if sown in 
late spring or summer. 
21 PENSTEMON ACUMINATUM—cbkt(8) 
36. Opaline lavender flowers, intensely blue 
without. Showy. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 
25c; 3 for 70c.) 
21 PENSTEMON AUSTRALIS — crbkt(2-4) 
25. A most attractive Penstemon, red- 
stemmed and slenderly sturdy, with blossoms 
in that effect of pink-toned pearl that 
might perhaps color-analyze to lilac. Pkt. 
15c; A oz. 75c. 
21 PENSTEMON CAMPANULATUS— 
*ecrbx(8)30. Great handsome flower-sprays 
that range from carmine, through rose, to 
lilac. Easy, often blooming first year. Pkt. 
15c. 
21 PENSTEMON COBAEA — ecbkt(3)28. 
Blossoms of great size, larger than ^ in any 
other Penstemon, softest lavender with pur¬ 
ple markings. Glossy sparkling foliage. 
Each plant eventually a spectacular bouquet. 
Illustrated, page 38. Pkt. 15c; oz. 40c. (Plants, each 
25c; 3 for 65c; 10 for $1,90.) 
21 PENSTEMON CONFERTUS BLUE—cbkt(3)28. High 
above the foliage are great showy blossom-clusters. Effect 
is of a brilliant blue, the tubes touched with violet. A 
particularly good species. Pkt. 15c; ^ oz. 36c. (Plants, 
each 25c ; 3 for 70c ; 10 for $2.00.) 
21 PENSTEMON EATONI — *cbkt(2-3)28. Splendid red 
bugles of flowers in many long, sturdy racemes. Hand¬ 
some foliage. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 30c; 3 for 85c.) 
21 PENSTEMON GLABER BLUE—crbkt(3)20. Attractive 
trumpet clusters in a deep blue-sapphire. Glaucous foliage. 
Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 30c ; 3 for 85c.) 
21 PENSTEMON GRANDIFLORUS — ecbkt(3)40. Well- 
called King of Penstemons. Immense flower trumpets, 
pure blue to orchid lavender, are carried in many towering 
spires of serried clusters. Blue-glaucous leaves, thick 
and crispy, in perfoliate effect. A sure and easy species 
of great hardiness in well-drained soils. Superbly showy. 
Cuts well. Illustrated above. Pkt. 16c; % oz. 40c; % 
oz. 65c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00; 25 
for $4.50.) 
21 PENSTEMON HETEROPHYLLUS—*ecrbkt(2-4)20. A 
delightful and easy species, in bloom for many months. 
Exquisitely formed trumpets, lilac, amethyst or purest 
sapphire. Pkt. 15c; I'g oz. 40c. (Plants, each 30c.) 
21 PENSTEMON IMBERBUS — »ecbx(8)45. Blossoms, 
loosely carried, of lovely coral pink, filled with silky 
yellow down. Excellent in border, or cuts wonderfully. 
Sometimes considered a well-marked variety of P, bar- 
batus. Pkt. 15c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 65c; 10 for $1.90.) 
21 PENSTEMON LAEVIGATUS AVALON VARIETY — 
cbnkt(3)25. A splendid dwarf variant of a splendid 
species. Dense panicles of trumpet blossoms, pearl-white 
to quaker lavender. Fullest recommendation. Pkt. 16c; 
oz. 40c; % oz. 75c. (Plants, each 25c; 3 for 70c.) 
21 PENSTEMON MENZIESI—rkt(l-2)8. Evergreen mounds, 
low, mat-tending, filled with big, handsome purple flowers. 
Early. Pkt. 15c. 
21 PENSTEMON MONTANUS — rbkt(2-3)20. Excellent 
trumpets of brightest blue-lavender, carried closely in one¬ 
sided racemes. Pkt. 20c. (Plants, each 25c.) 
21 PENSTEMON MURRAYANUS — cbkt(2-4)50. Showy 
flowers of brilliant scarlet in loose, high panicles. Long 
in bloom. Pkt. 25c. (Plants, each 35c; 3 for $1.00.) 
21 PENSTEMON NEW PURPLE SEEDLINGS—rcbkt(2-3) 
20. Magnificent hybrid strain of English origin. Wide, 
bushy plants that carry well above them, very many, very 
showy flowers in variable rich purples, closely clustered. 
Of fullest hardiness, and long-lived. Pkt. 20c. (Plants, 
each 25c ; 3 for 70c; 10 for $2.00.) 
21 PENSTEMON NITIDUS—erkt(l-2)6. Earliest flowering 
and dwarfest of all our Penstemons at Old Orchard. Foliage 
crispy-succulent, blue-glaucous, semi-perfoliate. Blossoms 
of brightest blue. It’s a gem. Pkt. 20c; ^ oz. 60c. 
