POPPY. Sil 



The eastern POPPY. Papcwer Orientale. 



This splendid Poppy was discovered by Tour- 

 ncfort, 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 1714, 

 by Mr. George London. 



This is a perennial plant which is easily pro- 

 pagated by dividing its creeping roots in the 

 autumn, and although it is a native of the East, 

 it bears the severity of our winters without in- 

 jury, particularly when planted in a dry soil. The 

 seeds of this species of Poppy should be sown 

 as soon as ripe, in pots filled with a rich and 

 fresh loam. These pots require the protection 

 of a greenhouse or frame for the winter months, 

 and in the following spring the young plants may 

 be transplanted into a bed or other pots and re- 

 moved again in the autumn. This Poppy rather 

 belongs to the spring than the summer, since it 

 generally flowers in May. From its magnificence 

 both in size and colour, it belongs rather to the 

 foreground of the shrubbery than to the borders 

 of choice flowers. The petals are generally of 



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