. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. lil FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. inclined to answer, Fairy Blush; but then would come a feeling of regret at the injustice done Rosy Morn, Eider Down, Bride, and New Cardinal. Still, the Fairy Blush is a most perfect beauty, whose creamy white delicately penciled with the purest strong pink is transcendently lovely. I have grown specimens in my gar- den which measured four inches across.* The Rosy Morn grows even larger, and possesses a wealth of warm pink which rivals many a rose. But I could not exceed Celia Thaxter in her admira- tio
. Familiar flowers of field and garden;. Botany. lil FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. inclined to answer, Fairy Blush; but then would come a feeling of regret at the injustice done Rosy Morn, Eider Down, Bride, and New Cardinal. Still, the Fairy Blush is a most perfect beauty, whose creamy white delicately penciled with the purest strong pink is transcendently lovely. I have grown specimens in my gar- den which measured four inches across.* The Rosy Morn grows even larger, and possesses a wealth of warm pink which rivals many a rose. But I could not exceed Celia Thaxter in her admira- tion for the glorious poppy, and I can not do better than quote what she says in An Island Garden: "I think for wondrous variety, for certain pictur- esque qualities, for color and form, and a subtile mystery of character, poppies seem . . the most satisfac- tory ilowers among the annuals. . They are the tenderest lilac, richest scarlet, white with softest suffusion of rose—all shades of rose—. Mikado Poppy. * This Fairy Blush poppy was raised irom seed obtained from Mr. W. Atlee Burpee, of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mathews, F. Schuyler (Ferdinand Schuyler), 1854-1938. New York, D. Appleton and Co
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