Californian Poppy

Californian Poppy (Eschscholtzia) - Brilliant annual flowers, of easy culture in ordinary soil. To have them in all their beauty, they should be sown in August and September for early summer bloom. They may be sown later, and should then be allowed to bloom where they are sown. They get deeply and firmly rooted, and flower much longer than if sown in spring. They are very hardy, and snails and slugs do not molest them. There are some half a dozen kinds, well worth growing, viz., E. californica; E. crocea, saffron color; E. c. alba, white; E. c. Mandarin, orange and crimson, very fine; E. c. fl.-pl., double; E. c. rosea, and E. tenuifolia; and new forms are raised from time to time and given in the seed lists. They are plants that should not be used to any great extent in the select flower garden.