POPOCATEPETL 



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POPULATION 



always, entirely of silk. Modern poplins add 

 to the silk a worsted filling, which gi\ 

 cloth softness and substance. The worsted 

 weft, being much heavier than the warp, gives 

 the cloth a corded effect. Poplins are made in 

 all colors, ami are IM -:vely for dresses 



and for rich uphol-' 



POPOCATEPETL, popokat'apct 'I, a dor- 

 mant volcano in Mexico, about forty miles 

 southeast of Mexico City, one of the highest 

 mountains in North America. It reaches an 

 altitude of 17,">20 feet, which is 2,780 feet less 

 than the height of Mount McKinley, the 

 k on the continent. In the clear 

 -.i\ air the great white-topped cone, rising 



young capsule. The ncarlt t poppy grows wild 

 in the grain fields and grassy meadows of Great 

 Britain and the continent of Europe. The Ice- 

 land poppy is a hardy variety, found in North 

 America as far south as the mountain peaks of 

 Colorado. Its flowers, in various shades of yel- 

 low, rose-pink and scarlet, last longer than most 

 of these short-lived blossoms. The California 

 poppy, or "cup of gold," grows wild in pro- 

 fusion in the "Golden State." When Luther 

 Burbank saw among these yellow poppies one 

 touched with scarlet, he gave it special atten- 

 tion and by cross-pollination produced a scarlet 

 poppy. Other varieties are the deep red, Ori- 

 ental poppy, which has a black-purple center 



Bleeding heart 



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Dutchman's breeches 



SOME MEMBERS OF THE POPPY FAMILY 



above the dark green of the forests on the 

 lower slopes, appears to one in Mexico City 

 very much nearer than it is. Though Popo- 

 catepetl has not been violently active for sev- 

 eral centuries, clouds of smoke and gas, and 

 sometimes ashes and stones, pour from its 

 mouth; thus does it earn its name, which in 

 the language of the Aztec Indians means 

 smoking mountain. Mining engineers some- 

 times send Indians up to the crater to obtain 

 native sulphur, which is found there in great 

 quantities. These workmen make the descent 

 by sliding down the steep, snow-covered moun- 

 tainside. 



POPPY, pop'i, a family of flowering plants, 

 the most important representative of which is 

 the "garden hypnotist," the white sleep-pro- 

 ducing poppy of China, India and Persia, in 

 which countries it is raised extensively for 

 the opium obtained from the milky juice of the 



and is the most magnificent of the family; the 

 prickly poppy of the mesas of Colorado, and 

 the huge Matilya poppy of Southern California. 



The flowers of the poppies are admired for 

 the delicate silkiness of their petals and for 

 their graceful poise on the stem. Under culti- 

 vation numerous variations in the size and form 

 of the blossoms have been brought about. The 

 poppies are hardy plants and are easy to culti- 

 vate. The tiny seeds have no narcotic prop- 

 erties and are sold for bird food. They also 

 yield an oil which is used in preparing dishes 

 for the table and from which an oil cake is 

 made which is a valuable cattle food. 



POP'ULAR SOVEREIGNTY, sov'erinti. 

 See SQUATTER SOVEREIGNTY. 



POPULATION. "The true greatness of a 

 state consisteth essentially in population and 

 breed of men" said the famous English philoso- 

 pher Bacon. By population of a country is 



