Spring catalogue of seeds, bulbs and plants for 1890 . orm, istruly a novelty of more than ordinary merit. The flowerspossess all the rich colors of the single sorts, and are bornein profusion. Sow in the open ground early; they will sooncommence blooming, and continue all summer. It was one ofour leading novelties last year, and a colored plate of it canbe seen in our last years catalogue. Per Packet, 10 cents. Awual Ronweya, op Tree Poppy. Most of our customers have heard of the great Tree Poppyof California—Romneya Coultieri—bearing large, single blos-soms, but being a perennial it does not
Spring catalogue of seeds, bulbs and plants for 1890 . orm, istruly a novelty of more than ordinary merit. The flowerspossess all the rich colors of the single sorts, and are bornein profusion. Sow in the open ground early; they will sooncommence blooming, and continue all summer. It was one ofour leading novelties last year, and a colored plate of it canbe seen in our last years catalogue. Per Packet, 10 cents. Awual Ronweya, op Tree Poppy. Most of our customers have heard of the great Tree Poppyof California—Romneya Coultieri—bearing large, single blos-soms, but being a perennial it does not bloom until the secondseason, and as it is not hardy, it can not be cultivated exceptin the Southern and Pacific States. We are pleased to be ableto offer an annual Tree Poppy with flowers as large and fineas the perennial sort, which can be grown in any climate, as itblooms as quickly from seed as other Poppies. The flowersare very large, white, with a purple shaded centre. Per Pkt,15 cents. / B JOHN LEWIS CHILDS. FLORAL PARK, QUEENS CO., N. Euphorbia H^teropl^ylla. (Painted Leaf ot< pire-on-tne-CQountain.) Most lovers of flowers have at some time seen in green-houses, or cut flower stores, about Christmas or New Yearand later, the large flaming scarlet leaves of Euphorbia Poin-settia, a most rare and beautiful hot-house plant. Those whohave seen it can appreciate it, and when we say that thisbeautiful Painted Leaf is an annual form of the gTandPoinsettia on a smaller scale, you will rejoice. Yes, the seedof Painted Leaf, Fire-on-the-Mountain, or botanically Eu-phorbia Heterophylla, can be sown early under glass and6et in the open ground in May. By August the leaves on thetops of the branches will begin to turn scarlet and in a shorttime the whole plant will present a dazzling ray of scarlet andgTeen leaves, the effect of which is very striking. If not themost valuable, it is certainly one of the most novel and inter-esting additions to the flower garden which has
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