Battle Creek, Mich. ORIENTAL POPPIES 

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. The better varieties will be care- 
fully 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 om/y one, member of the committee. 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 the supply. We believe that our collection of more than 
225 named varieties of Oriental Poppies is the largest 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 gigantic flowers sometimes reach a diameter of 12 inches or more, while 
a diameter of 9 to 10 inches is common. 
Many new hybrid varieties have been introduced in recent years, greatly extending 
the color range and showing much improvement in habit and form. 
In large gardens, Oriental Poppies should be planted by hundreds or even thou-- 
sands, either alone or combined with other material, to achieve bold landscape effects: 
of startling originality and charm. 100 roots, mixed, by express........-...---.-------0+-++-- $10.00» 
CULTURE 
The chief requirement of this most striking plant is that it should be moved only 
after the beginning of the dormant season about the 15th of July, and from then until 
the ground freezes in the fall. It is important in transplanting that the plants be set 
deep enough to place the crown three inches below the surface. After the 
ground freezes, a light covering of straw or coarse litter should be placed over the 
ground to prevent the plants from being heaved out by alternate freezing and thaw- 
ing. Plants also may be killed by planting where water will stand over the crowns 
in winter, or by cutting off the crowns after growth starts in the spring. 
Direct contact of air or of water with the crowns are the most frequent causes 
of failure with poppies. Special care should be taken immediately after the 
blooming season to see that exposed crowns are well covered with earth. 
SIZE OF PLANTS 
Prices except as noted are for LARGE, FIELD GROWN PLANTS, AT LEAST 
TWO YEARS FROM PROPAGATION. 
Some varieties make only about half the growth of others in a given time. 
Capital initials of color names in description of Oriental Poppies indicate that the 
color values are those found in “Color Standards and Nomenclature,” by Ridgway. 
We always have at Arvista Gardens numbers of varieties, named and unnamed, 
which either are on trial or are not yet in sufficient quantity to warrant listing. 
The National Poppy Committee feel that for the best interests of both the public 
and the dealers, the number of varieties listed should be radically reduced. 
Accordingly, the Committee has agreed upon the following standard list of 34 
varieties and, as soon as present stocks can be reduced, to limit commercial lists to not 
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