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find some convenient place for devouring the pulpy 

 seed-vessel, and then drop the stone, with the seed 

 which it contains, upon the ground. 



Where the seed itself is liable to be totally de- 

 stroyed, provision is made for the propagation of 

 the plant by other contrivances. Thus in the 

 strawberry, the seeds of which are eaten along 

 with the pulp, and often devoured by vermin, 

 the plant is easily made to grow from suckers, or 

 young shoots ; much in the same manner as the 

 stoloniferous grasses which I described to you the 

 other day. 



EDWARD. 



Shall we try now to find out what species of 

 Poppy this is ? 



MOTHER. 



There are six or seven native species of Papa'- 

 ver ; two of which, du'bium and Rhce'as, resemble 

 each other in their general appearance, and are 

 both very common. As yours is one of these, I 

 will read the characters of both, and you shall de- 

 cide for yourself. 



In the species du'bium, " the capsules are smooth 

 " and oblong," that is, of an oval shape, or some- 

 what like an egg; "the stem bears several flowers; 

 " and the stalks are covered with a bristly sort of 

 " hair, which lies close down upon them." 

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