TT would seem wisest for the new garden enthusiast 

 to purchase mixed seed of everything at first, for 

 this gives so much wider range from which to make 

 an eventual choice of favorites. 



Shirley Poppies 



Our greatest discovery the second season was 

 the Shirley poppy, which ever since has held our 

 hearts enslaved. If I had to make a choice between 

 owning roses and Shirleys, I'd have to choose the 

 latter. 



No day can be wholly desolate which holds a 

 Shirley poppy. From May to October a breakfast 

 without them would seem tasteless. In the early 

 morning I always go straight from my own bed 

 to that of the poppies, and there, in the midst 

 of intoxicated bees, stand as bewitched as they by 



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