e English cowslip,
COWSLIP | | | | |a charming garden
| | | | |flower, but more at
| | | | |home in nooks of
| | | | |grassy banks, like
| | | | |the primrose, or in
| | | | |the open.
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POPPY | H.P. |Yellow |1 ft. |Early |Poppies are very
{ Iceland poppy | |and | |Summer |difficult to
{ P. nudicale | |white | | |transplant, owing to
| | | | |their long,
| | | | |sensitive roots,
| | | | |though it can be
| | | | |done. It is easier,
| | | | |therefore, to sow
| | | | |them thinly where
| | | | |they are to remain
| | | | |and weed them out.
P. orientale | H.P. |Dazzling|2-3 ft.|June |A gorgeous flower,
| | scarlet| | |subject to damping
| | | | |off if heavy rains
| | | | |come when it is in
| | | | |full bloom. Should
| | | | |be used to fill in
| | | | |between white
| | | | |shrubs, as its
| | | | |colour is impossible
| | | | |near any of the
| | | | |pink, purple, or
| | | | |magenta June
| | | | |flowers, and a
| | | | |single plant
| | | | |misplaced will ruin
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