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PANICUM PAP AVER. 



sheaths, and narrower leaves. Native 



of S. America. Soil, positions, etc. 



the same as those for the preceding 

 kind. 



Panicum virgatum (Twiggy P.) A 

 very ornamental grass, growing in 

 large, handsome, lively-green tufts ; 

 upwards of 3 ft. high, in good soil. 

 Flowers, from late in summer, up to 

 the first frosts ; in panicles, which are 

 at first narrow and slender, and after- 

 wards spread and branch very exten- 

 sively. Leaves, linear, flat, 1 ft. or 



more in length. North America. 



The same positions and treatment as 

 for P. altissimum. 



Papaver alpinum (Alpine Poppy). 

 A beautiful mountain Poppy ; 3 to 

 6 in. high, or more. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; white, with yellow centres, 

 solitary, on stalks springing from the 

 roots ; sepals pilose ; capsule roundish, 

 prickly. Leaves, smooth or hairy, 

 bipinnate; segments finely cut into 

 acute lobes. This plant varies a good 

 deal, there being white, scarlet, and 

 yellow forms in cultivation. P. a. albi- 

 florum is a variety with white flowers 

 spotted at the base, and P. a. flaviflo- 

 ru,m is one with showy orange flowers, 

 and hairy leaves and stem, growing 

 about 4 in. high. The higher Alps of 



Europe. The rock-garden, in moist 



sandy soil, and in cool spots. Seed. 



Papaver croceum (Golden P.) Re- 

 sembles Meconopsis cambrica in habit, 

 but is not so hardy ; 8 to 1 5 in. high. 

 Floviers, in summer ; large, orange - 

 yellow, sometimes saffron ; petals 

 slightly waved at the margin. Leaves, 

 all radical, erect, of a delicate green 

 on the upper side, glaucous under- 

 neath, rough, as is the stem, with 

 spreading hairs ; sepals equally hairy. 

 Altai mountains in Siberia. Bor- 

 ders, and the rougher parts of the 

 rock-garden in sandy loam. Seed. 



Papaver lateritium (Orange Poppy). 

 A handsome and large kind, densely 



clothed with rigid white hairs, lg to 

 2 ft. high. Flowers, in May ; bright 

 orange ; rather more than 2 in. across ; 

 petals obovate, sepals covered on the 

 back with long yellow hairs. Leaven, 

 linear-elliptical, pinnatifid at the base ; 

 those of the root densely crowded 

 together, 6 to 12 in. long (including 

 the leaf -stalk), and from 4 i n - to 

 nearly 1 in. broad ; lower segments 

 much divided; upper ones few and 

 coarsely serrated ; stem-leaves much 

 smaller and nearly sessile. Valley of 

 the river Tscharuck, which separates 

 Armenia from the mountains of Pon 



tus. Borders, or naturalization, in 



ordinary soil. Division or seed. 



Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy). 

 Allied to P. alpinum, 12 to 15 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; rich yel- 

 low, scented somewhat like those of 

 the Jonquil, especially in the morning 

 and evening ; solitary on naked stems 

 springing from the root; sepals 2, 

 beset with bristles; petals 4, two 

 inner ones rather smaller than the 

 outer ones ; capsules roundish or ob- 

 long, hairy. Leaves, pinnately-lobed ; 

 lobes cut or toothed, acute. There 

 are several varieties. Siberia and the 



northern parts of America. The 



rock-garden, in cool moist spots, in 

 sandy loam or peat. Seed. 



Papaver orientale (Oriental Poppy}. 

 The most showy of all perennials, 

 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in early 

 summer ; 6 in. or more across, one on 

 each stem, deep scarlet, usually with 

 a dark purple spot at the base of each 

 petal ; calyx of 3 sepals (not 2, as in 

 other Papavers); capsules smooth, 

 somewhat globose. Leaves, pinnately- 

 parted, about 1 ft. long, clothed with 

 white bristly hairs ; stem rough and 

 leafy. P. bracteatum, from the Cau- 

 casus, by some considered a distinct 

 species, is a variety of this differing 

 by the hairs of the calyx and flower- 

 stalks being adpressed and not spread- 



