ANOTHER NEW SHIRLEY 

 POPPY 



The Shirley poppy differs from its 

 wild progenitor in that it has varied 

 from the original red color to a pale 

 pink and even to a pure white; and in 

 particular in having lost the black 

 central portion of the flower that is so 

 characteristic in the wild corn poppy. 

 The true Shirleys are characterized by 

 the entire absence of black they have 

 not the smallest fleck of it about them. 

 But the mixture of color factors is 

 revealed in the striking tendency to 

 variation in unpredictable directions 

 when crossed with other species, fol- 

 lowed by rigid selection for a definite 

 purpose. 



