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tection rather from drought and heat, than cold and 

 moisture. It will survive the coldest and the wettest sea- 

 sons. The Polyanthus, like all of the genus, is an early 

 blower : one of the first flowers which announce spring. 



" Fair-handed Spring unbosoms every grace ; 

 Throws out the snow-drop and the crocus first ; 

 The daisy, primrose, violet darkly blue. 

 And polyanthus of unnumbered dyes ; 

 The yellow wallflower stained with iron brown. 

 And lavish stock that scents the garden round." 



Flood of Tiiessalv, page 3. 



POPPY. 



PAPAVER. 



PAPAVERACE.E. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Papaver is said to be derived from papa, or pap, because the juice 

 of the flowers was used in pap to produce sleep. — French, pavot. — 

 Italian, papevero, or papavero, rosoni. 



The red-flowered species, confounded under the name 

 of Corn-poppy, are natives of every part of Europe, the 

 Levant, Japan, &c. ; these are with us the most common of 

 all the species, growing in corn-fields, on walls, and on dry 

 banks. They blow in June and July. They are likewise 

 called Red-poppy, Corn-rose, Wind-rose ; in Yorkshire, 

 Cup-rose ; and in some of the eastern counties. Canker- 

 rose ; Red-weed ; Head-wark. Gerarde says the country 

 people call them Cheese-bowls. In France, la pavot 

 rouge des champs ; le pavot sauvage ; coquelicot ; coqueli- 

 coq; coque ; pionceau ; corif'amm ; matidiii ; graonselle ; rouzele; 

 and in the village dialect, cabosseta. In Italy, papevero 

 erratico ; papevero salvatico ; rosolaccio. 



The petals of this Poppy give out a fine colour when in- 



