908 FLORA HISTORICA. 



their minute dimensions as to contain all the es- 

 sentials necessary to form a plant on the follow- 

 ing year, which is destined to produce at least 

 twenty capsules, we must exclaim with Pope, 



How wuudrous are thy wayt 



How far above our knowledg-e and our praise !" 



We were so much attracted by the beauty of 

 the Carnation Poppy in the gardens oi the Tuil- 

 leries, at Paris, during the summer of 1813, 

 that we procured some of the seed and brought 

 it to England, which on sowing in the following 

 spring produced the gay variety of double flow- 

 ers that had so much pleased us in the royal 

 gardens of France. From these plants we ob- 

 tained a good supply of seed, but perceiving 

 abundance of young plants springing up from 

 the self-sown seed, we omitted to sow seeds, 

 excepting in a small spot at a distant part of the 

 garden, which again produced the same beautiful 

 double flowers, whilst all the plants from the self- 

 sown seed blossomed with single flowers, except 

 a few plants with semi-double, but the beautiful 

 edging and varieties in colour were the same. 

 These plants were again permitted to scatter 

 their seed, and the plants were on the succeeding 

 summer so far returned to their natural state as 

 not to be distinguishable from the common Red 



