11 JANUARY 1902, Page 15

(To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR. "] SIR,—In his letter to

you on morning winds which appears in the Spectator of January 4th has not Mr. Eric Wilkins over-

looked the fact that corn-poppies do not flower till Mid- summer ? In the poem referred to Wordsworth speaks of

" This sweet May morning." Moreover, papaver somni- ferum is not scarlet, but the large white variety. May I add one more quotation to those given by' your corre- spondents ? The dawn wind was first brought to my notice by the second verse of Keble's " Morning Hymn" :— " Thou rustling breeze, so fresh and gay, That dancest forth at break of day, And brushing by with joyous wing, Wakenest each little leaf to sing."

—I am, Sir, &c., MARGARET P. Roar.

7 St. George's Crescent, Pendleton.