Dreer's garden book 1931 (1931) Dreer's garden book 1931 dreersgardenbook1931henr Year: 1931 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 thickly 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 fl
Dreer's garden book 1931 (1931) Dreer's garden book 1931 dreersgardenbook1931henr Year: 1931 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 thickly 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 wLU last several days. It is also advisable to pick the old flowers as soon as fallen, which wUl lengthen the blooming season quite a while. Single Annual Poppies PER PKT. 3696 Dreer's Select Shirley. This is an unusually choice strain of these charmi'ng 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 aU 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. J oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 .$0 10 3684 3686 3687 3688 3693 3695 3699 3700 Dreer's Select Shirley Poppies PER PKT. American Legion. A greatly improved English Scarlet or Flanders Poppy with very large flowers of dazzling orange scarlet: 2 feet. 25 cts. per J oz SO 10 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 extraordinar3' color of the flower; 3 feet, j oz., 25 cts 10 Dainty Lady. Immense flowers 4 to 5 inches across, of a charming mode shade of rosy mauve, with
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