486 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Papaver Rhoeas Group.* 
A. Single. 
(a) White, Crimson margins. 
43. Pico tee (Barr), XX July 5, 1917- — Height, 2 feet 6 inches ; flower, 4 inches ; 
June 26. True stock. 
(b) Mixed. 
46. Raynes Park Hybrids (Carter). — Height, 2 feet 3 inches ; flower, 3 to 
4 inches, white to scarlet ; June 21. Worth further selecting for smoky grey 
(blue) stock. 
47. Shirley (R. Veitch). — Height, 2 feet 6 inches ; flower, 3^ to 4 inches, white 
pinkish white, purplish cerise, vermilion with white margins ; June 26. 
48. Shirley (Dobbie). — Height, 2 feet 6 inches ; flower, 3 to 4 inches, white, 
pink, blush, cerise, purple-mauve with crimson margin ; June 20. True Shirley 
Poppy. 
42. Shirley Picotee (R. Veitch). — Height, 2 feet; flower, 4 inches, pico tee 
narrow and broad margins, some white ; June 26. Dwarf. 
45. Shirley (Barr). — Height, 2 feet 6 inches ; flower, 3^ to 4inches, pink with 
white margin, cerise, deep pink streaked darker, mauve with crimson margins ; 
June 21. One rogue, scarlet with black blotch. 
49. The Shirley (Sydenham). — Height, 2 feet 6 inches; flower, 3 to 4 inches, 
white to scarlet, some with white base and margin ; June 26, 
B. Semi-Double and Double. 
(a) Cerise. 
39. Begonia-flowered (Stark). — Height, 2 feet ; flower, 3^ to 4 inches ; June 
26, Nice flower, good stock. Dwarf. 
(&) Mixed. 
34. The Shirley (Simpson). — Height, 2 leet 6 inches ; flower, 4 inches, pinkish 
to scarlet, some with white base and margin ; June 20. One rogue with black 
blotch. 
(C) Single and Double. 
35. French Dwarf Double or Ranunculus-flowered (Barr). — Height, 2 feet 
6 inches ; flower, 4! inches, vermilion with white edges, deep scarlet, and deep 
shining scarlet with black blotch and white edges ; June 21. Tall, not dwarf. 
36. Hybrids Salmon and Orange (Stark). — Height, 2 feet to 2 feet 6 inches ; 
flower, 3 to 4 inches ; pinkish white, some suffused salmon, cerise, very light 
mauve, vermilion ; June 18. Requires further selecting, contains rose. 
37. 38. New Double Queen (Barr, R. Veitch), XXX July 5, 191 7.— Height, 
2 feet to 2 feet 6 inches ; flower, 3J to 4 inches, white, salmon, scarlet, some 
with scarlet and purple margins and lighter centres ; June 18. Good flower, 
some frilled. 
32. No. 1 White, rose-edged (Lansdell). — Height, 2 feet 3 inches ; flower, 
4 inches, deep scarlet, crimson with whitish base, deep pink whitish base ; 
June 26. Very mixed, requires selecting. 
27. Japanese Pompon (R. Veitch). — Height, 2 feet 3 inches ; flower, 4 inches, 
scarlet with white margin, white with light purplish centre and margin, scarlet 
with mauvy margin ; June 21. Paeony-flowered Shirley. 
44. Rose and Pink Shades (Stark). — Height, 2 feet 3 inches ; flower, 3 to 3! 
inches, light flesh pink white margins, cerise, salmon, white flushed salmon ; 
June 21. 
33. Shirley Strain (Lansdell). — Height, 2 feet 3 inches ; flower, 4 inches, white 
with light crimson edges, scarlet with white edges, white heavily suffused salmon ; 
June 26. Many single, 
* To this group belong the beautiful Shirley Poppies, selected with such care 
and distributed with such generosity by the Society's Secretary, Rev. W. Wilks. 
His strain received F.C.C. July 2, 1901. 
Since they readily cross with the wild form they need constant roguing and 
isolation if they are to be kept true. 
