



A Shirley Poppy Variation 



The Shirley poppy is a flower developed within recent 

 years by an English clergyman, who found a solitary flower of 

 the scarlet corn poppy that had a very narrow edge of white. By 

 selective breeding he produced the poppies of many colors 

 now familiar under the name of Shirley. The speci- 

 men here shown illustrates the tendency of the 

 flower to take on new color variations. 



