188 GARDENING WITH BRAINS 'i? 



The other morning I was moved to tears by 

 the indescribable glory of my bed of Burbank's 

 Shirley Art poppies — Art poppies, indeed! for 

 no genius among the great painters ever con- 

 ceived anything more delicate in varied loveli- 

 ness of color and texture. Look at the marvelous 

 color pictures in the ninth volume of Burbank's 

 works — ^there is nothing equal to them in all the 

 illustrated books I have ever seen — and if you 

 don't have a bed of Santa Rosa Art Shirleys in 

 your garden next summer you are not a flower 

 epicure. I shall have more to say about them 

 later on. 



