332 CHARLES CARDALE BABINGTON. [1859 



It corrects a slight error into which I had been led. It is curious 

 that the petals of C. semidecandrum should be so different from 

 those of the others. I need not trouble you for the descriptions of 

 the species. The making of them has been doubtless of much use 

 to you. I wish that you could persuade Newbould to do such work, 

 or, as he would say, attempt it. The foreigners say that C. immilum 

 (their C. ohscurum and C. litigiosum) has five to ten stamens. I will 

 look closely after the stamens in my plants as the flowers open. 

 The central stem is often much extended when the plant is well 

 watered. I have not specially examined the seeds, and do not 

 expect much from them. I fear that I shall hardly meet you in 

 town, as I am very unlikely to be much there at present. I have 

 nevertheless some idea of attending at the Linnaean on the 16th 

 instant. — Yours most truly, Charles C. Babington. 



To A. G. More, Esq. 

 (no date and no beginning to this letter.) 



. . . support, for I now see no chance of any nice journal being 

 put in its place. The " Phytologist " is indeed very poor, and not 

 likely to mend. As Watson told you, an " Annual " is not likely to 

 pay its expenses, and therefore, not likely to be started. Look to 

 the Pctpaver duhium. Our Cambridge plant seems to be the modestum 

 of Jordan (see Boreau), and one found near Chippenham, in this 

 county, the Lamottei (Boreau). I believe that the latter is the true 

 diihmm, and the former distinct, but am not yet quite sure. Look 

 to the petals and the juice amongst other things, such as the shape 

 of the capsule. It may be long before I get the plants from the 

 Linnaean, as I am not likely to call there soon. I thank you greatly 

 for them, and expect much pleasure and advantage from their exa- 

 mination, especially the troublesome Banunctdi. The Papavers seem 

 to establish themselves securely in hedge-banks and waste spots here 

 — not confined to the cornfields, as some say. I saw Ajyera interrupta 

 at Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, a few days since, in its old station 

 abundantly. — Yours very truly, Charles C. Babington. 



It is to Newbould I owe my attention being called to the poppies, 

 as for many other botanical observations. 



To the same. 



Cambridge, Jztlt/ 14, 1869. 



Dear More, — You will not wonder that these poppies present 

 much difficulty to mc. Notwithstanding what some people say of 

 me, I often find it very difficult to convince myself that plants are 

 distinct, and in this case have not yet quite done so. Doubtless the 

 time was when I should not have hesitated, but I have become more 

 cautious as I have got older, and had the fear of C. and Co. before 

 me. I think, however, that it is exceedingly probable that we have 



