206 THE SCHOOL GARDEN BOOK 



The pure white Shirley Poppies are certainly among the most 

 divine of garden blossoms. They are types of that serene 

 and simple beauty which is its own excuse for being, before 



which the pen hesitates in token 

 of the hopelessness of ade- 

 quate portrayal. "If I wished 

 to paint a gloriously simple 

 flower/' writes Schuyler Math- 

 ews, "I should choose one of 

 these simple white poppies." 

 To attempt to describe a sunset, 

 a beautiful woman, or a white 

 Shirley Poppy to one who had 

 never seen any of them would 

 be a hopeless " escalade of heav- 

 en," but, fortunately, every one 

 has seen each of these, and 

 words may serve to bring to 



remembrance the beauty of the 



white Shirley Poppies. vision. "What is a poet? Why 



a poet is as much as one should 



say a poet." So with this poppy: it is a Shirley White 

 surely that is enough. 



SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS 



There are three important bulbous flowering plants which 

 may be planted to advantage in spring in order to get the 

 development of the flowers in summer. These are the 

 gladiolus, the tuberose, and the dahlia. The flowers of 

 each are very different from those of either of the others, yet 

 each in its way is well worthy of cultivation. 



