A Double White Shirley 



One thinks of red as the characteristic poppy color, por- 



ticularly if one has seen the poppy growing in an English 



grain field. But the modified Shirley has been caused to give up its 



red color, as we have seen; and this picture shows that the 



white ones, no less than the red, have been induced to 



produce a multiplicity of petals of greatly modified 



form and texture. The modification was 



brought about through selections made 



in connection with the other 



lines of improvement of 



the Shirley poppy. 



