Dreer's garden book 1917 (1917) Dreer's garden book 1917 dreersgardenbook1917henr Year: 1917 New Oriental Poppy, King George Paeonia Teuuifolia Flore Pleuo. (Double Fern-leaved Paeony.) Interesting and handsome, not only on account of their rich crimson double flowers, which resemble in color the Gen. Jac- queminot Rose, but the fine, feathery foliage makes a handsome ornamental plant. 30 cts. each; $ per doz. Single Japanese P^ony PAPAVER NUDICAULE (Iceland Poppy). The plant is of neat habit, forming a tuft of bright green fern-like foliage, from which spring, throughout the entire se
Dreer's garden book 1917 (1917) Dreer's garden book 1917 dreersgardenbook1917henr Year: 1917 New Oriental Poppy, King George Paeonia Teuuifolia Flore Pleuo. (Double Fern-leaved Paeony.) Interesting and handsome, not only on account of their rich crimson double flowers, which resemble in color the Gen. Jac- queminot Rose, but the fine, feathery foliage makes a handsome ornamental plant. 30 cts. each; $ per doz. Single Japanese P^ony PAPAVER NUDICAULE (Iceland Poppy). The plant is of neat habit, forming a tuft of bright green fern-like foliage, from which spring, throughout the entire sea- son, a profusion of slender leafless stems 1 foot high, each graced with charming cup-shaped flowers. We offer them in three colors, viz., white, yellow and orange-scarlet, or in mix- ture. 20 cts. each; $ per doz.; $ per 100. NEW ORIENTAL POPPIES. King George. An entirely new form and now offered for the first time. The remarkable feature about this variety is that its petals are deeply cleft or fringed, not unlike those of the Parrot Tulip; in color it is a brilliant scarlet, with a black blotch at the base of each petal. (See cut.) $ each. Perry's White. Unquestionably the most important addition to the list of hardy perennial plants made in a number of years, we offered it for the first lime two years ago, and those who planted and flowered it were much pleased. It is the most dis- tinct break in Oriental Poppies that has yet been made, the flowers being of a pure satiny white with a crimson-maroon blotch at the base of each petal. Perry's Pigmy. Another distinct development which is un- doubtedly the forerunner of a new race of Oriental Poppies; the flowers of this novelty are no larger than those of the Ice- land Poppy, but the form is typically that of the Oriental, and in color a pleasing soft salmon-rose. Lady Frederick Moore. The flowers of this delightful variety are of a beautiful shade of clear salmon-pink with a very conspicuous black blotch at the
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