A Santa Rosa Shirley 



A flower with such tendency to vary as the Shirley poppy 



has manifested naturally appealed to Mr. Burbank. He has ex- 



perimented very widely with this variety of poppy, and has modified 



it very markedly, particularly with reference to the texture of 



its petals. By rigid selection among many thousands of 



specimens, conducted year after year, Mr. Burbank 



has so modified and improved the Shirley 



that seedsmen usually sell his varieties 



as the Improved Shirley poppy, 



or the Santa Rosa strain of 



the Shirley poppy. 



