THE YELLOW OE 

 MOUNTAIN POPPY. 



Mecotiopsls Cambrica. Nat. Ord., 

 Papavcracece. 



OME of our readers may be 

 possibly somewhat startled at 

 the idea of a yellow poppy, 

 having- all their lives asso- 

 ciated the very name of the 

 poppy with a mass of flaunting 

 flaming scarlet ; but the facts 

 are, nevertheless, strictly as 

 we have represented them. 

 Though the comparative rarity 

 of the yellow flower makes it 

 appear strange to us, it is 

 common enough if we can 

 only see it in its chosen 

 habitat. It is a plant of the 

 rocky solitudes, and should be 

 looked for amidst woods and shady nooks in hilly dis- 

 tricts: hence we find it on the grand rocks of Cheddar, 

 amongst the mountains of Westmoreland, the highlands 

 of Devon, and abundantly in many parts of North Wales. 

 The plant is a perennial, and, in any case, it would have 

 little difficulty in maintaining itself, as the multitudinous 

 ripened seeds are in autumn freely shed from the numerous 



