GG :^1ET)ICINAL HERBS AND l^OISOXOUS PLAN'JVS 



are removed from the clump. If needed, a dressing of 

 soot or some fertilizer is applied. 



Field Poppy {Papaver Ehieas) (fig. 34). 



1. Scarlet flowers. 



2. Smooth round fruit. 



3. Hairs on stalk of fruit of a spreading character. 



The frosli petals are 

 used in the making of a 

 certain syrup; the flowers 

 can only be utilized in 

 this way if they are 

 collected and packed off" 

 to their destination on 



tlie same day. 



Greatek Celandine 



(Chelidoniu'in majus) is 

 easily recognized by its 

 exudation, when bruised, 

 of an orange -red juice. 

 It has further a yellow 

 flower, and a leaf of the 

 shape shown in fig. 35. 



This is an interesting 

 herb, because it was a 

 familiar medicinal plant 

 of the Middle Ages, and 

 its reputation as a heal- 

 Fjy. 34.— Fieia Poppy (/'ai>rt?7e*' /?AfiPrtfi) ing agent was the cause 



of its introduction into 

 tills country, for it is not strictly a native plant. Tlie 



old name was Swallow-wort. The acrid juice is still 



an old country remedy for the curing of warts. Inter- 

 nally it acts as a purgative, but one that is not without 

 risk, as a juice which can produce an effect on warts is 



