146 FAMILIAR FLOWERS OF FIELD AND GARDEN. 



ihense single white California variety. ... As for 

 the Shirleys, they are children of the dawn, and in- 

 herit all its delicate, vivid, delicious suffu- 

 sions of rose-color in every conceivable 

 shade. The Thorn Poppy {Argemone) is a 

 fascinating variety, most quaint in method 

 of growth and most decorative." 



It seems as though there was nothing 

 left to say about the color of poppies af- 

 ter this; yet we see the Fairy Blush and 

 the New Cardinal are not mentioned ! So 

 great is the variety of individual types that 

 it -^vould be nearly impossible for one to be- 

 come well acquainted with them all. Some 

 specimens of the pretty little globe-shaped 

 \ariety, called Japanese Pom- 

 pon, look as if they were spun 

 from the most delicate, soft 



seed "pod. 



China silk. The single Shirley 

 is a variety from which every bit of black 

 blood has been eliminated ; so they possess 

 the daintiest and palest tints. The Ice- 

 land poppies are glorious in yellow and 

 orange, and Umbrosum is a rich scarlet ^seedpo§!'^ 

 with a black cross at the base. Argemone 

 (a Mexican variety) is a dainty white flower Avitli a 

 golden center, and the most delicate transparent flower 



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