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smell, this being a serious fault with the 

 more showy kinds. Other distinct varie- 

 ties are Grenadier and semi-plenum with 

 duplicate petals ; Fringed Beauty, in 

 which the crimson-scarlet petals are deeply 

 cut ; Tulip, with long taperirg buds of 

 lasting character ; and Mrs Marsh, a fine 

 flower with a showy blending of scarlet 

 and white. Dividing is best done after 

 flowering in autumn, and the choicer 



flowers are borne very freely, several 

 together upon a stem ; they are about 

 3 inches across, and of a pretty soft shade 

 of reddish-buff, with a pale spot at the 

 base of the petals. A good kind for group- 

 ing on dry banks. 



P. RH^EAS (Field Poppy). Annual 

 flowers raised from the scarlet Poppy of 

 our fields, in varied colours ; single and 

 double forms, some self-coloured, and 



White Poppies. 



kinds may be raised from root-cuttings, 

 which come quite true. 



P. PAVONINUM (Peacock Poppy). An 

 annual from the sandy plains of Turkestan, 

 where it makes neat little tufts of about 

 12 inches, free in flowers of crimson- 

 scarlet with an inside ring of black. The 

 flowers are peculiar in bearing two horns 

 upon the sepals ; the brilliant flowers 

 and compact growth of the plants make 

 this one of the best of annual Poppies. 



P. PILOSUM. A perennial Poppy from 

 the mountains of Greece, with tall much- 

 branched stems and hoary leaves. The 



others variegated or fringed. A well- 

 known strain is that of the " Shirley 

 Poppy," now much varied as to colour, 

 the latest gains being pretty salmon tints. 

 These little plants should be sown thinly 

 in light rich soil, and thinned to pre- 

 vent crowding. There are several double- 

 flowered strains, known as French, Ger- 

 man, and Ranunculus flowered Poppies. 

 A new variety, japonicum, from Japanese 

 gardens, has smaller and fuller flowers, 

 more varied as to shape 



P. RUPIFRAGUM. Little hairy plants like 

 a perennial Shirley Poppy, of delicate 



