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in terest in the flower-painting methods, of Mr. 

 Burbank. Even more striking a result is his blue 

 Shirley poppy, produced also solely by repeated 



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Hybrid Chestnut in Fruit, Six Months Old. 



selection from the crimson field poppy of Europe. 

 *'We have long had various shades of black and 

 crimson and white poppies, but no shade of blue. 

 Out of 200,000 seedlings I found one showing a 

 faintest trace of sky blue and planted the seed from 



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