IS'* MJce 



the dewy beauty of the silken flowers swaying in the 

 morning breeze. 



If picked before the lover-bees have sapped their 

 strength and loosened their petals, and the stems 

 placed at once in water, the Shirleys will last for two 

 or three days indoors. 



Manure is generally fatal to members of the poppy 

 family, should they come in immediate contact ; 

 therefore it is best to enrich by trenching the spots 

 which are to hold poppies, lining the bottom of the 

 excavation with manure ; then for future fertilization 

 use commercial fertilizer worked in cautiously be- 

 tween the plants. 



All bores can prove things, so I am content 

 merely to disprove. I take particular delight in 

 having shattered the truth of the statement made that 

 poppies cannot be transplanted. We transplant the 

 majority of our poppies, both Shirley and opium, 

 and thereby have them just where we want them, and 

 also assure their having plenty of space to spread 

 their branches. The secret lies in taking them up 

 when they are young, on a cloudy day or late in the 

 afternoon, digging so deep beneath that not one of 

 the tender hairlike roots is maimed. At first we re- 

 moved them in small clumps, then, when firmly estab- 

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