34 Poppies—Both Annual and Perennial Varieties of Stunning Beauty 

Poppies 
SINGLE SHIRLEY VARIETIES 
For hardiness and easy culture these showy plants 
cannot be surpassed. They are very free flowering 
and make a gorgeous display. 
5855 Shirley Selected Mixed. A much improved 
strain, with flowers of large size and the most 
distinct and charming colors, with shining silky 
texture. 2 ft. %4 oz. 25c; oz. 75c; pkt. 10c. 
5860 American Legion. Brilliant scarlet with 
white maltese cross. Pkt. 10c. 
5870 Salmon Shades. Pkt. 10c. 
5875 Picotee. White edged scarlet. Pkt. 10c. 
5880 The Bride. Pure white. Pkt. 10c. 
5885 Wild-Rose-Pink. Pkt. 10c. 
Separate colors, 14 oz. 30c. 
SHIRLEY, DOUBLE BEGONIA-FLOWERED 
5890 Cavalcade. New double begonia-flowered. 
Orange-scarlet. % oz. 40c; pkt. 15c. 
5895 Sweet Briar. New double begonia-flowered 
Shirley poppy. Deep rose-pink. Pkt. l5c. 
5900 Salmoneum. Double Shirley, salmon. Pkt. 
l5c. 
5905 Exquisite Mixed. Beautiful shades and ex- 
tremely double. Pkt. 5c. 
HARDY): PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
5915 Iceland (Nudicaule). (Giant Strain Mixed.) 
Beautiful border plant with bright, delicate col- 
ors, and if sown early will bloom the first year. 
1 ft. %4 oz. 75c; pkt. 20c. 
5920 Beauty of Belvedere. Flowers of largest 
size on long stems. The color range runs to the 
deeper shades: cherry, flame, carmine and crim- 
son; also tones of pink, rose, salmon and apricot. 
Pkt. 25c. 
5925 Iceland, Pastel Tints. This new strain of 
large flowered daintily ruffled Iceland poppies has 
a harmonious blend of the following soft shades: 
salmon-pink, lemon, orange, golden shades, bis- 
cuit, white and pink. Picked in the bud and 
placed in water over night, they make dainty 
flowers for table decorations. Pkt. 25c. 
5930 Iceland, Coonara Pinks. Mixed hybrids 
in various shades of pink and yellow. Introduced 
from Australia; will bloom the ‘same season from 
early spring sown seed. Pkt. 25c. 
5940 Red Cardinal. Large, silky petals of a rich 
deep cardinal hue. Pkt. 20c. . 
5945 White Emperor. Pkt. 25c. 

5950 Yellow Wonder. Flowers 4 to 6 inches 
across of bright buttercup-yellow. 3 ft. Pkt. 35c. 
5055 The Emperor. Extremely large  fluted- 
petaled flowers of deep orange. Pkt. 25c. 
5970 Orientale. Very large, brilliant scarlet with 
black blotch. 3 ft. Pkt. 15c. 
5975 Livermore. Deep crimson. Pkt. 25c. 
5980 Mrs. Perry. Orange-apricot. Pkt. 25c. 
5985 Salmon Queen. Salmon-yellow. Pkt. 25c. 
5990 White. New large white. Pkt. 25c. 
5995 Hybrids. Choice shades. Pkt. l5c. 
Portulaca 
One of our finest hardy annuals, specially adapted 
to light soils, dry, sunny situations and exposed 
rockeries. Flowers freely during the hottest weath- 
er. 6 in. 
6000 Double-Flowered, Mixed. Perfectly dou- 
ble flowers in brilliant and striking colors. Pkt. 
20c. 
6005 Single Large Flowered, Mixed. Pkt. l5c. 
Primula or Primrose 
Hardy and half-hardy sorts. The following Prim- 
ulas are exceedingly charming and useful plants 
for growing under glass or in the open air. Most 
of the hardy sorts require, in our climate, protec- 
tion during winter. 
6010 Auricula. Saved from a large and varied 
collection of choice colors. Pkt. 25c. 
6015 Garden Primrose, New Hybrids (Acau- 
lis). An excellent, large flowering strain of bright 
colors. Pkt. 25c. 
6020 Blue. Clear blue color. Pkt. 25c. 
6025 Yellow. English Primrose. Pkt. 25c. 
6030 Polyanthus, Giant Mixed. New large flow- 
ering strain of the brightest colors. Pkt. 25c. 
6040 Large-Flowered Bedding Hybrids. Dwarf 
upright. Pkt. 25c. 
Primula Chinensis 
(Chinese Primrose) 
All chinensis and stellata primroses are grown 
for us by an English specialist who grows nothing 
but primulas. For excellence in every point they 
cannot be equalled. 
6045 Grey’s Giant Mixture. A mixture of giant 
primroses. Pkt. $1.00. 
6050 Grey’s Giant Salmon. Massive trusses of 
salmon-pink flowers well above the foliage. Pkt. 
$1.00. 
6055 Grey’s Orange King. A beautiful orange 
color in bud and when open of a terra cotta 
shade with orange-salmon around the edge. Pkt. 
$1.00. 
6060 Dazzler. About 20 blooms open at one time. 
Pkt. $1.00. 
PRIMULA STELLATA, or STAR PRIMROSE 
This valuable and very distinct variety should be 
extensively grown for greenhouse and table decora- 
tion. The innumerable star-shaped flowers make an 
effective contrast to the attractive dark foliage. 
6070 Mixed Star. A special mixture. Pkt. $1.00. 
PRIMULA OBCONICA 
A beautiful and continuous blooming variety with 
handsome spikes of flowers and pretty foliage. For 
winter blooming, seed should be sown in April or 
May. 
GIGANTEA TYPE 
6075 Mixed. Pkt. 75c. 
6080 Apple Blossom. Pkt. 75c. 
6085 Coerulea, New Blue. Pkt. 75c. 
6090 Blood Red. Pkt. 75c. 
6095 Dark Rose. Pkt. 75c. 
6098 Mueller’s Rose. Pkt. 75c. 
6105 Salmon. Pkt. 75c. 
6110 White. Pkt. 75c. 
6112 Wyaston Wonder. 
Pkt. $1.00. 
6115 Japonica, Choice Hybrids, Mixed. A fine 
hardy primrose growing about 18 inches high. 
Flowers are born in whorls 6 to 9 inches long. 
Pkt. 50c. 
Giant rosy crimson. 
PRIMULA, GIANT MALACOIDES 
The strong robust growing plants make excellent 
pot plants, with extremely large, well-formed, 
rounded flowers: produced in abundance on heavy 
wiry stems rising from rich green foliage. Well 
grown plants will have from 30 to 50 spikes of © 
lovely blooms. 
6130 Enchantress. Soft salmon-rose. Pkt. $1.00. 
6135 Lavender Glory. Beautiful mauve-lavender. 
Pkt. 75c. 
6140 Salmon Queen. Pkt. $1.00. 
6145 Snowflake. Pure glistening white. Pkt. 75c. 
6150 Sweetheart. Bright salmon-pink, bordered 
with white flushed flesh-pink. In the center is a 
tiny touch of golden yellow. Pkt. $1.50. 
6155 Double Twinkles. New soft flesh-pink. Pkt. 
$1.50. 
6160 Mixture. Pkt. 50c. 
PRIMULA, MALACOIDES “ERICKSSONI” 
6165 Glory of Riverside. (Improved.) True 
rose-pink, a strong grower. Pkt. $1.50. 
6170 Riverside Red Rose. Pkt. $1.50. 
6175 White Giant. (New.) An_ exceptionally 
strong grower. Pkt. $1.50. 
Pyrethrum (Painted Daisy) 
Handsome, hardy perennials, indispensable for 
herbaceous borders or for cutting. They grow 
best in cool, moist situations. 2 ft. 
6180 Roseum Hybridum. Double and single 
mixed. Pkt. 25c. 
Ranunculus 
6195 Double Mixed. Beautiful double buttercup- 
like flowers in great variety of choice colors; flow- 
ering first season from seed; hardy with protec- 
tion. %4 ft. Pkt. 15c. 
‘Rhodanthe 
(Swan River Everlasting) 
6200 Mixed. Handsome pink and white half-hardy 
annual; excellent for bouquets of dried flowers. 
1 ft. Pkt. 10c. 
Ricinus (Castor-Oil Bean) 
Large, luxuriant, rapid growing foliage plants, 
palmlike leaves, brilliant colored fruit. Plants of 
tropical appearance, succeeding in a warm, sunny 
location. Beautiful for large groups and back- 
grounds. 
6210 Borboniensis. Large, purplish green leaves. 
15 ft. Oz. 40c; pkt. 10c. 
Red stalks and fruit. 8 ft. 
6215 Sanguineus. 
Oz. 30c; pkt. 10c. 
6220 Zanzibariensis, Mixed. Enormous leaves 
varying in color from pale green to brownish 
purple. Oz. 25c; %4 lb. 75c; pkt. 10c. 

+ = A: 
Ricinus—Castor Oil Bean 
