ORIENTAL POPPIES 
ARVISTA Gardens 
Customers wtio are willing to pay transportation on sMpments 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 an 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 Morganstown, W. Va.; Mr. H. T. Beckmann, of Van Wert, Ohio; Mr. Earl Jordan, 
of Ashland, Ohio, and Mr. Robert Schreiner, of St. Paul, Minn. 
The Committee is preparing a check list of Oriental Poppies. It is felt that many 
varieties now in commerce are no longer needed. Descriptions of these varieties 
are to be given, followed by the names of varieties which we consider similar but 
superior. The better varieties will be carefully described and scientific color 
descriptions given that can be easily rechecked. Other material from our records 
including those started by the late Dr. Neeley in 1932 will be added. Copies of this 
report will be offered at a cost estimated at not more than $1.00 each. Subscribers 
to this check list will become associate members of the committee and can then obtain 
reports on new varieties as issued. If interested, please file your name with one, 
but only one, member of the committee and further information will be sent you when 
ready. Send no money for this at present. 
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. 
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