POPPY, OR MAW. 6-: 9 



u In Germany and Flanders, a mode of obtaining the first 

 crop is to spread sheets by the side of the row, into which the 

 seeds are shaken by bending over the tops of the plants : 

 these are then pulled, tied in bundles, and removed ; when 

 the sheets are drawn forward to the next row, and so on, 

 until the harvesting is completed." Law. 



Use. Maw-seed is imported to some extent from differ- 

 ent parts of Europe, and is principally used in this country 

 for feeding birds. 



Stem three feet high, smooth and branching ; Oil-Poppy. 

 flowers dull red, or grayish: capsules very GRAY POPPY. 



J PAPAVEK SOMNI- 



large, oblong ; seeds of a brownish color, and FEEUH OMFEB. 

 produced in great abundance. 



It is chiefly cultivated in Italy, the south of France, Ger- 

 many, and Flanders. 



Use. u The oil of the seeds of the Poppy is of an agree- 

 able flavor, and in Europe is chiefly applied to domestic 

 purposes, for which it is esteemed nearly equal to that of the 

 olive. Its consumption in this country is comparatively tri- 

 fling, being principally used for the finer kinds of oil-paint- 

 ing and by druggists." 



Plant strong and vigorous. the stem, in fa- Opium, or 



White Pop- 

 vorable situations, reaching a height of five or py- LOW. 



P. SOMNIFERUM, 



six feet ; flowers large, white, and of short du- ALB 



ration ; seed-pods globular, of large size, often 



measuring upwards of two inches in diameter ; seeds small, 



white, ripening in August and September. 



Sowing and Cultivation. " Being an annual plant, the 

 Poppy, when sown in spring, matures its seed the last of 

 summer or early in autumn. It is of easy culture, and can 

 be successfully grown in any section of the Northern or Mid- 



