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The seedsmen use the 

 names Ranuncuhis, Pseo- 

 ny, and Carnation merely 

 to distinguish the types 

 of certain flowers ; thus, 

 one flower bears a resem- 

 blance to the garden ra- 

 nunculus, another to the 

 pseony. and another to 

 the carnation. That these types are 

 very distinct, an examination of the 

 petals will abundantly prove. My 

 drawing of the poppy called Rosy 

 Morn is an example of a pseony- 

 shaped flower ; the daintier Mikado 

 and Fairy Blush are examples of 

 carnation-shaped flowers. The Shir- 

 ley and the Double French 

 poppies belong to the Eanun- 

 culus division. 



The poppy is an extraor- 

 dinarily beautiful flower ; it 

 would be partial for me to 

 recommend any particular vari- 

 ety ; but if I were asked which 

 one seemed to be the most 

 beautiful, I think I should be 



Rosy Morn Poppy. 



