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rarely met with in England, its claim to a place in our 

 flora at all being even contested, that it is needless to dwell 

 at any greater length upon it. 



In speaking of the subject of our illustration, it must 

 always be referred to, not only as the yellow, but also as 

 the horned-poppy, as we have another yellow poppy, the 

 Meconopsis Cambrica, or Welsh poppy. Its generic name 

 is derived from two Greek words, signifying poppy and 

 resemblance. The flowers are large and of a brilliant yellow. 

 It is one of our rarer plants, and is chiefly to be looked for 

 in mountainous districts. It is, however, a curious fact 

 that within a mile or two of where we write these lines, full 

 fifty miles from the coast, and with only such an approach 

 to mountains as the great chalk downs of Wiltshire present, 

 fine plants of both these yellow poppies flourish year after 

 year. They are, we need hardly add, in the gardens of 

 friends of botanical tastes, where they are duly appreciated 

 and cared for. The yellow Welsh poppy is a perennial. 



