. Dreer's mid-summer list 1922 . ORIENTAL POPPIES Oriental Poppies can be sown any time during the summer and early autumn. The plants disappear during July and August, appearing again as soon as the weather gets cool. When this fall growth starts is the time they should be transplanted to their permanent flowering quarters. It is well to mark the places they are planted with a stake to insure the roots against disturbance during their annual resting period. PER PKT 3747 Orientale {The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming summer-flow- ering hardy plant, producing numer- ous leafy stems about 2^ f
. Dreer's mid-summer list 1922 . ORIENTAL POPPIES Oriental Poppies can be sown any time during the summer and early autumn. The plants disappear during July and August, appearing again as soon as the weather gets cool. When this fall growth starts is the time they should be transplanted to their permanent flowering quarters. It is well to mark the places they are planted with a stake to insure the roots against disturbance during their annual resting period. PER PKT 3747 Orientale {The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming summer-flow- ering hardy plant, producing numer- ous leafy stems about 2^ feet high, with large deep crimson flowers; having a conspicuous black blotch on each petal, exceedingly showy, j oz., 40 cts 10 3741 — Oriflamme. A gorgeous orange-scarlet 15 3744 — Princess Victoria. A beautiful sahnony-pink. ... IS 3750 Oriental Mixed Hybrids. Saved from a large number of named sorts, embracing all of the colors. i oz., SO cts 15 ICELAND POPPIES (Papaver Nudicaule) While these are hardy perennials, they flower the first year from seed, blooming almost as quickly as the annual sorts. They are of graceful neat habit, with bright green fernlike foHage, formed in tufts, from which issue slender stalks about 12 inches high, bearing their brilliant flowers in endless profusion; most useful for cutting, for which purpose pick when in bud, and, if the seed pods are picked off, continue in flower the entire season. They remain evergreen throughout the winter, coming into bloom early the following spring. 3733 Bright Yellow 10 3734 Pure White 10 3736 Orange Scarlet 10 3740 Finest Mixed. All colors, i oz., 40 cts 10 3738 New Hybrid Iceland. The latest development in this lovely species, varying in color from sulphur yellow through different shades of orange to chamois and salmony- rose, some of which are very striking 15 Oriental Poppy For Complete List and Cultural Notes see our Garden Book for 1922
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