in moist places; 3 ft; HB. 
—orientale v. Rubin. POLY-I5R. 25¢ 
Interesting cut-flower or border plant; 
pretty red fis;; warm sunny spot; 142 ALES 
HHA; C-8. 
—Species Mixed. POLY-X. 20¢ 
Only the above or other garden kinds. 
POPPY 
Papaver. ((pap-PAY-ver) Papaveraceae. 
Common name for the genus Papaver, these 
beautiful flowers come in both annual and 
perennial species and in a wide range of 
showy colors. They are easily grown but the 
seed should be either sown in the fall or 
very early in the spring; they do not take to 
transplanting. 
—alpinum. POPY-2. 25¢ 
Alpine Poppy. Nearly stemless; white or 
yellow fis; 10”; HP; C-24; LK. 
—bracteatum. POPY-10. 20¢ 
Blood-red fis; hairy stems; 3 ft; HP. 
—cardinale fl. pl. POPY-12. 20¢ 
Cardinal Poppy. Double red fis; HA. 
—glaucum. POPY-17. 25¢ 
Tulip Poppy. Deep searlet fis, 4” ac; 
2.ff; Persia; HA. 
—Marei. POPY-25. 25¢ 
Hardy Poppy from Atlas Mts; anthers 
black; rose or white fis. 
P. ORIENTALE: Hardy perennials with 
huge flowers in varied colors; seed does 
not come entirely true to variety but the 
resulting plants are extra good; seedlings, 
however, are more robust than the vegetat- 
ively increased plants; C-23. 
—Beauty of Livermore. POPY-30L. 25¢ 
Reselected huge crimson flowers. 
—Brilliant. POPY-30B. 25¢ 
Bright fiery red. 
—Princess Victoria Louise. POPY-30VL.25¢ 
A beautiful salman shade. 
—Queen Alexandra. POPY-30A. 25¢ 
Salmon with large crimson blotch. 
—Rembrandt. POPY-30R. 25¢ 
Mahogany-red flowers. 
—Victoria. POPY-30V. 25¢ 
Beautiful salmon-pink with black blotch. 
—Blend of Above. POPY-30X. 25¢ 
PRICE: Any above varieties, Oz. $1.75. 
P. NUDICAULE: Iceland Poppy. Peren- 
nials to 1 ft; blooming first year from seed; 
they rarely last over 3 years but reseed 
freely; April-June; charming in mass plant- 
ings; try them in fields or waste places; 
they are excellent border flowers; C-24. 
—amurense. JOPY-28A. 25¢ 
Showy butter-cup yellow fis; Asa le Oe\. 
—Coonara Pink. POPY-28C. 25¢ 
Gorgeous rose tints, soft pink to deep 
Tosew15 + HP. 
—E]l Monte. POPY-28E. 25¢ 
A new beautiful deep tangerine-orange, 
fringed petals; HP. 
—Gartrtford Giants. POPY-28F. 25¢ 
Crinkly petals; ideal cut-flower eC UGA 
the bud; 2-3 ft. 
—Gibson’s Giants. POPY-28G. 25¢ 
Lovely orange; huge blooms. 
—Kelmscott Strain. POPY-28K. 25¢ 
Huge blooms, 3” across; very pretty; 3 ft. 
—Sunbeam. POPY-28B. 25¢ 
Improved strain; bright yellow. 
—Sanford’s Giants- POPY-28S. 25¢ 
Trmmense flowers on stiff stems; fine color 
range. 
—The Emperor. 
Giant orange variety. 
—The Empress. 
POPY-28TM. 25¢ 
POPY-28M. 25¢ 
—Whilte. 
—Mixed. 
—Begonia Flowered. 
—_-Carnation Flowered. 
—Cavalcade. 
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Huge salmon-rose and pinks blooms. 
POPY-28W. 25¢ 
Showy satiny white; distinctive. 
POPY-28X. 20¢ 
PRICE: Any above; Oz. $1.50.; lb. $14.00. 
RHOEAS: Shirly Poppy. They have been 
very highly improved and come in many 
bright colors; petals crinkled; sow late in 
the fall in the South; HA to Sete 
—American Legion. POPY-38A. 20¢ 
Dazzling orange-scarlet with black spot. 
—All Double Fantasy. POPY-38F. 20¢ 
Double blooms in bright colors. 
POPY-38BF. 25¢ 
Large double fis in bright colors. 
POPY-38N. 20¢ 
Mixed colors in Carnation-type blooms. 
POPY-38C. 20¢ 
Double Begonia-type blooms in a rich 
orange-scarlet; huge; AE BAR 
—Dazzler. POPY-38D. 20¢ 
Double orange-scarlet; beautiful. 
—Gaity. POPY-38G. 20¢ 
White with a pink edge; very showy and 
dainty. 
—Orange King. POPY-38K. 20¢ 
A beautiful deep orange. 
—Rev. Wilk’s Strain. 
Single flowers in a 
—Sweet Briar. 
Double Begonia flowered; 
wild rose pink. 
POPY-38X. 20¢ 
—Shirley Blend. 
—Double Shirley Blend. POPY-38DX. 20¢ 
OTHER POPPY SPECIES: 
POPY-38W. 25¢ 
beautiful color range. 
POPY-38B. 25¢ 
in. a preity 
—rupifragum. POPY-39. 25¢ 
Pale red flowers 3” across; 112 ft; leer 
Spain; (VI). 
PORTULACA 
Moss Rose. Portulacaceae. (port-yew-LAY- 
kuh) Perennials that are usually treated as 
hardy annuals in the North; low growing 
fleshy stemmed plants having brilliant showy 
flowers in many bright colors; sun loving do- 
ing well in the hottest spots where other flow- 
ers would soon perish; sow in April where 
they are to grow; pretty in beds. 
—grandiflorum fl. pl. PORT-1DX. 25¢ 
Double flowered in rose, red, yellow, and 
white. W%4 Oz. 75¢. 
—-Single Jewels. PORT-1JX. 25¢ 
The best in single flowers, bright and 
glistening; all colors. %4 Oz. 60¢. 
—parana. PORT-6. 25¢ 
A South Rhodesian species; (IX). 
—Portulaca Blend. PORT-X. 25¢ 
POTENTILLA. 
Cinquefoil. Rosaceae. (poh-ten-TIL-ah). 
A very large genus most of which are hardy 
in the North; good as border or rockery 
plants; sandy soils; flowers yellow, white or 
red, solitary or in terminal cymes; C-23. 
—argyophylia. POTL-12. 25¢ 
Sprays of showy yellow fis, 1?’ across; 
Ris tte ies 
POTL-30. 25¢ 
—coccinea. ; 
Masses of red flowers in summer; 1 in; 
plies 
—climane. POTL-31. 25¢ 
Species from India. 
—fragiformis. POTL-49. 25¢ 
Golden yellow fis, 1’ across, peti. 
—fruticosa. POTL-52. 25¢ 
One of the best shrubs for the RG; yel- 
lo rose-like fis; 3 ft; HP. 
—fulgens. POTL-53. 25¢ 
salmon-rose fis: 
Silvery leaves; trailer; 
