POPPV. 205 



POPPY. Papaver. 



"^ Sii\ira\ Order Rhoeade^. Papaveracea,J\iss: a Genus 

 of the Polyandria Monogynia Class. 



" And Poppies, which bind fast escaping: sleep." 



Columella. 



" From tlie Poppy I have ta'eii 

 Mortal's balm, and mortal's bane! 

 Juice, that creeping" through the heart. 

 Deadens ev'ry sense of smart ; 

 Doom'd to heal, or doom'd to kill. 

 Fraught with good, or fraught with ill." 



Mrs. M. Robinson. 



Having already published a history of this som- 

 niferous plant at considerable length in the His- 

 tory of Cultivated Vegetables, we have now only 

 to notice those different species and varieties 

 which are employed to embellish the parterre of 

 Flora; first observing, that as these plants are 

 made to ease the pains and to procure sleep to 

 the restless invalid, the Poppy in floral language 

 is made the symbol of consolation. 



To show that Poppies were cultivated to orna- 

 ment the royal gardens of Rome in the early 

 days of that city, we have only to call the atten- 



