

SELECT FLOWER SEEDS 61 
Poppies 
Annual Poppies have a wonderful range of color 
from brightest scarlet to most delicate pink and 
white. Their exquisite crinkled silk-like texture is 
admired in the garden or as cut flowers. Sow thinly 
in early Spring where they are to remain. 
American Legion. (Shirley). Brilliant orange 
scarlet, good size, borne on long, stout stems. 
Highly commended, R. H. S. Pkt., 10c.; 0z., 60c. 
Shirley, Finest Mixed. A beautiful type and.a 
great variety of colors, from pure white and deli- 
cate pink to deep crimson and beautifully striped. 
A most charming variety. Two feet. Per pkt., 
10c.; special pkt., 25c.; oz., 60c. 
Double Shirley. All double. Beautiful type dou- 
ble and semi-double flowers. Pkt., 10c.; 0z., 75c. 
Sweet Briar. New double-begonia-flowered Shir- 
ley in popular wild - rose - pink shade. Per pkt., 
10¢..0z., $1.25. 
Poppy Double Shirley 

HARDY PERENNIAL VARIETIES 
Oriental Crimson. Beauty of Livermore. 
crimson with black blotch, fine large flowers. 
pkt., 25c.; oz., $6.00. 
Oriental Mrs. Perry. Immense flowers of orange 
apricot. Best of the pink shades. Per pkt., 25c.; 
oz., $6.00. 
Oriental, The Feltham. A new departure in 
Oriental Poppies. A strain with nearly all the 
various shades of the type, but with no black 
De at the base of petals. Per pkt., 25c.; oz., 
$6.00. 
Oriental Hybrids, Mixed. A fine new mixture 
ranging from delicate salmon to deep crimson. Per 
pkt5> 25); 902,055.00: 
Nudicaule Coonara Pinks. A new outstanding 
strain with large flowers of lovely pink shades. Per 
pkt., 15c.; %-oz., $1.25. 
Nudicaule Sanford’s Giants, Mixed. New strain. 
(Iceland Poppy). If sown in March will flower the 
same year and thereafter throughout the entire 
season. The delicate and bright colors make them 
especially desirable as border plants. Hardy peren- 
nial. One foot. Per pkt., 10c.; %4-oz., $1.25. 
Deep 
Per 
Physalis Franchetii 
Chinese Lantern Plant or Winter Cherry 
Fruit is deep red in color, edible and enclosed in 
large, balloon-shaped husks of brilliant orange red. 
Popular for winter bouquets. Hardy perennial. Out 
1948, 
Portulaca (Sunplant) 
These brilliant and popular hardy annuals are of 
the easiest culture, luxuriant in an exposed sunny 
situation, and producing throughout the summer 
a carpet of various colored flowers in the greatest 
profusion. Sow broadcast in May when ground 
is thoroughly warm. 
Rose. Coppery rose shades. Single. Out 1948. 
Alba, Single. Clear white. Out 1948. 
Splendens. Single, crimson. Out 1948. 
Single Choice Mixed. Per pkt., 10c.; special 
pkte2berroz,, $2.00: 
Double Mixed, Large Flowering. Largest per- 
centage of flowers perfectly double, making a gor- 
geous display, remaining open all day. Per pkt., 
15esrspecial pkt., 25c.; oz., $6.00. 
Primula Primula Chinensis 
A beautiful flowering plant for winter or spring 
decorations in the home or conservatory; 3%-oz. 
contains about 1,000 seeds. The following are new 
giant flowering, a wonderful advance on the old 
type. 
Giant Pink. A most striking-shade of delicate 
carmine pink. The finest of all giant fringed pri- 
mulas; petals extremely large and of great sub- 
stance. Out 1948. 
Queen Alexandra. 
in existence; a great advance on the old type. 
pkt., 50c. 
Excelsior Giant Mixed. A magnificent strain of 
the giant fringed primula, includes the new and 
finest procurable. Per pkt., 50c. 
The largest, fringed, white 
Per 
PRIMULA MALACOIDES 
Pink Beauty. <A graceful type of primula for 
conservatory or house decoration. Numerous 
flower spikes in bloom over a long season are 
borne well above the mat foliage. Pink Beauty 
is one of the most beautiful in this class; rose 
pink with rich cream colored eye. Award of Merit 
Reelin seeker pkt..35cs 
PRIMULA OBCONICA 
The greatly improved form of this splendid plant 
makes it invaluable for pot culture. The many tall, 
stout stems bear large clusters of flowers well 
above the neat, ornamental foliage. Plants from 
seed sown early in the year commence flowering 
in Autumn and continue throughout the Winter. 
A temperature around 60 degrees seems to suit them 
best. In growing seedlings avoid peat or leaf-mold. 
Obconica Gigantea. Chenie’s Giant Hybrids. A 
new very fine, large flowered strain. Per pkt., 35c. 
Polyanthus 
Primula Elatior 
Showy, early spring, free-flowering plants, fine 
for either pot or outdoor culture; hardy perennials. 
Give slight winter protection. Nine inches. 
Polyanthus, English. An extra choice strain bed- 
ding hybrids. Per pkt., 35c. 
