. Oriental. Poppy Portulaca (Sun Plant) One of our showiest annual plants, • of easy culture, thriving best in light loam or sandy soil and exposed sunny situation; the flowers are of the richest colors. Fine for massing in beds, edgings or rock-work, and frequently used to sow broadcast over sunny banks, etc. Seed should not be sown until the weather is fairly warm and it is well to mix the seed with three or four times its bulk of dry sand or soil, which per- mits an even and easy distribution of the seed; 6 inches. Hardy Perennial Oriental Poppies Oriental Poppies should be sown in early sp
. Oriental. Poppy Portulaca (Sun Plant) One of our showiest annual plants, • of easy culture, thriving best in light loam or sandy soil and exposed sunny situation; the flowers are of the richest colors. Fine for massing in beds, edgings or rock-work, and frequently used to sow broadcast over sunny banks, etc. Seed should not be sown until the weather is fairly warm and it is well to mix the seed with three or four times its bulk of dry sand or soil, which per- mits an even and easy distribution of the seed; 6 inches. Hardy Perennial Oriental Poppies Oriental Poppies should be sown in early spring in the open ground as soon as it is fit to work. 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. 3741 Orientale {The Large Oriental Poppy). A charming summer-flowering hardy plant, producing numerous leafy stems about 3 feet high, with large orange scarlet flowers; having a conspicuous black blotch on each petal, exceedingly showy. J oz., 40 cts SO 10 3743 — Oriflamme. A gorgeous orange-scar- let; very large 15 3744 — Princess Vic- toria. A beautiful salmony-pink 3750 Oriental Mixed Hybrids. Saved from a large number of named sorts, em- bracing all of the col- ors. J oz., 50 cts. .. Iceland Poppies This charming class of hardy Poppies is offered on preceding page. PER PKT. 3770 Single Mixed. A fine mixture of all colors. Per \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 75 cts SO 10 3760 Double Mixed. A good percentage of the flowers will come perfectly double, of the most brilliant colors. Any singles, which usually come into bloom first, can be pulled out and a cutting from a double flowering plant put in to fill the space. 1 oz., 75 cts.; oz., Pyrethrum P. aureum is the well-known Golden
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