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hcatls. Poppy seeds were frcqiieiuly mlxeJ in tlie 

 food of the ancients, strewed over their bread, and 

 also sent to table mixed with honey. 



The Persians still continue to sprinkle the seeds 

 of Poppies on their rice and wheaten cakes, which 

 is also frequently practised in Germany, where the 

 seeds are given as a cooling diet to singino'-birds. 



The Carnation Poppy will thrive in any soil or 

 situation ; but M. Pirolle tells us that the seeds 

 should only be gathered from the most double 

 kinds, and that the capsules should be taken from 

 the centre stalk of the plant only. 



This kind of Poppy is well adapted to ornament 

 newly-planted shrubberies, or the foreground of 

 larger flowering shrubs, as also to give a gaiety to 

 those parts of the parterre where the early flowers 

 have decayed. 



The eastern POPPY. Papaver Orientale. 



This splendid Poppy was discovered by Tourne- 

 fort, in Armenia, from whence he sent the seed to 

 the royal garden of plants at Paris, from which 

 place it was distributed to other parts of Europe, 

 and was cultivated in this country prior to ITU, 

 by Mr. George Loudon. 



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