Dreer's garden book 1930 (1930) Dreer's garden book 1930 dreersgardenbook1930henr Year: 1930 POPPIES Annual Poppies should be sown as early in the spring as possible where they are to remain, as they do not stand transplanting. Sow very thinly, preferably in cloudy weather or after a shower, barely cover the seed, press down firmly and they will come up in a few days. If they come up too thickty they must be thinned out to stand 3 to 4 inches or more apart if you wish best results. It is well to make several sowings at intervals to keep up a succession of bloom. If picked just before expandin
Dreer's garden book 1930 (1930) Dreer's garden book 1930 dreersgardenbook1930henr Year: 1930 POPPIES Annual Poppies should be sown as early in the spring as possible where they are to remain, as they do not stand transplanting. Sow very thinly, preferably in cloudy weather or after a shower, barely cover the seed, press down firmly and they will come up in a few days. If they come up too thickty they must be thinned out to stand 3 to 4 inches or more apart if you wish best results. It is well to make several sowings at intervals to keep up a succession of bloom. If picked just before expanding the flowers will last several days. It is also advisable to pick the old flowers as soon as fallen, which will lengthen the blooming season quite a while. Single Annual Poppies PER 3696 Dreer's Select Shirley. This is an unusually choice strain of these charming Poppies, and is, we feel sure, better than any heretofore sent out. The artistic flowers are mostly single, but occasion- ally semi-double, and range in color from the purest snow-white through all the delicate tints of pink, rose and carmine to the deepest crimson and blood-red, with a liberal sprinkling of the newest salmony shades, while many flowers are daintily edged and striped; in fact, so varied are they that scarcely any two flowers are exactly alike. 30 inches. \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 cts. .SO 10 Dreer's Select Shirley Poppies per PKT. 3684 American Legion. A greatly improved English Scarlet or Flanders Poppy with very large flowers of dazzling orange scarlet; 2 feet. 30 cts. per \ oz SO 10 3686 Charles Darwin. Remarkable for the unique color of its large, smooth-edged flowers, being a striking rich dark purple; with a velvety black spot at the base of each petal. A dense wreath of white anthers produces a fine contrast with the extraordinary color of the flower; 3 feet. J oz., 20 cts. 3687 Dainty Lady. Immense flowers 4 to 5 inches across, of a charming mode shade of rosy mauve, with a large dark meta
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