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grower if planted thickly. The tls. are of an intense 

 cardinal color, without black blotch; the outer petals 

 much larger than the inner, overlapping at the edges, 

 giving it the appearance of a tulip. P. a re iiur I urn, in the 

 writer's experience, is scarcely worth growing. 



R. B. Whtte. 



1207 



DD. Pl.-i. icttJt laiye, leafy 



bracts 



Filaments not dilated at 



1. somniferum 



2. orientale 



3. bracteatum 



."st";,-. 



D. II.. 



lUdUj 



E. .S7/.;„i..^V r.nix S-10. i. Khoeas 

 EE. iiti.jin.jtic nijjsGS.. 5. rupifragTim, 



var. Atlanticum 

 EEE. Stigmatic rays S-6. . 6. Caueasicum 

 DH. Herbage sparingly 

 bristly or merely 

 pilose-pubescent. 

 E. Petals purple, spotted 

 dark. 

 F. Lvs. bipinnalisect. 7. arenarlum 

 FP. it's, p i nn ately 



parted 8. laevigatum 



EE. Petals brick- red, 



spotted green 9. Califomioum 



EEE. Petals orange- red, 



unspotted 10. rupifragum 



CC. Stem-lvs. clasping 11. glaucum 



D. Herbage bristlif 12. aculeatum 



DD. Herbage soft-huirii i:i. pilosum 



AA. Capsule bristly 



B. stems leafless 14. nudicaule 



15. alpinum 

 BB. Stems leafy. 



c. Sepals appendaged: cap- 

 sule minute 16. FaToninum 



CC. Sepals not appendaged: 



capsule large 17. Persicum 



1. somniferum, Linn. Opium Poppy. Fig. 1630. Ro- 

 bust, glaucous and glabrous plant, 3-4 ft. high, with fls. 

 4-5 in. across, much larger than those of any annual 

 kind. Lvs. oblong, unequally toothed at the base; stem- 

 lvs. cordate at the base: petals orbiculate, every shade 

 from white through pink and red to purple, but not yel- 

 low or blue: capsule obovate, stalked, with a flat disk. 

 Greece, Orient. Gn. 9, p. 197. Gt. 40, p. 609; 44, p. 

 593. R.H. 1893. p. 349. S.H. 2:272. 



Among the double forms there are two main strains 

 or types, the carnation-fld. and the pteony-fld. (the lat- 

 ter P. piJEonio'fldrum, Hort. ). The former has fringed 



petals; tin- lattiT m.t. B..tli iiii'hulc- a wide range of 

 color, :iim1 .\rii :, M'll.iu- i.u'iii I-. ;i(l\ ,-i'i i-->l, l.iit this 

 form 1- . ^ ■:.. ,i , ;: : ii':. ■ . ■ . / ' V , is an- 



other -I ■ ..: M.,, . .!■_.;•.• ., Mikado 



is a fax.. I,:- . /', . ., ,..,-! . - :,■;„,, name for 



doublr 1,11,^, M >.„,■.. ^ /■ , , ■ !- n..i u j.olanical 

 nanu'. h i- lii- Ii.-im i, ii:.i,m ..i i ,,i<:,iial. another strain 



of d..nlil- Irin-. .! iK. I bi-.. -. I'..: ; :. ^ an- a double-fld. 



ties and ,a.ini.i-ixiii- .Iwari'.r iliau -trains previously 

 known. R.H. 1WI3, y. 349. An exceptionally interesting 

 monstrosity has occurred in which there are no petals, 

 and the stamens are supposed to be transformed into 

 pistils which actually ripen seed. It was figured as long 

 ago as 1851 in F.S. 6, p. 242 and again in R.H. 1893, 

 p. 349. It seems to be no longer advertised, but it was 

 considered constant. 



Among the single varieties. Danebrog is one of the 

 most -^frikii:- "v.,\ i.nymlar. The white spots at the base 



1 Cross. Of the 

 Bride are favor- 

 About a dozen 



her van.ti.s an- advertised 

 Var. setigerum (P. scligcm 

 1 longer advertised, but acco 



idkei 



1, DC). P. setigerum is 

 ding to Nicholson numer- 

 li from it. P. setigerum 

 of P. .<sonniiferum. It is 

 sica and Hy^res. It dif- 

 h are incised-toothed, the 

 •e pointed; also the cap- 

 mes is in P. somniferum. 



2. orientale, Linn. Oriental Poppy. Fig. 1637-8. This 

 and the next are the most robust and large-fld. Poppies; 

 also the best. eoTiiiiiiMi.st and hum.-t lived of the per- 

 ennials. Plants i^Vi.w ::-4 l"r. !ii::ti .uhI bear fls. 6 in. or 

 more across. Lv~. Iiis|,i,i. pinnat.iv j.arted; lobes ob- 

 long-lancenlatf. -.-nai.': rap^il.- ni„,vate, with a flat 

 disk: «tiu-TTiati.- i;i. - I1-i:. In /•. ..>-.. i.t.ilc the petals 

 are .n-i l- m,:, I ! , .,■, .', i l •, \.\ ,, k ~\;~\. It «-a~ m.t until 

 late in :,.._■. ^ i, ■ ii - -i.r,nn^ ma.ln a .leoided 

 break n . .- i • ,... . . ', . ki-> .if l,\lirid- vith P. 



nge 



through several shades of red to orange, salmon and 

 pale pink. Some are unspotted, some are adapted to 

 cutting, and doubling has made some progress. Among 

 the Latin names of varieties belonging to this class are 

 grandiflorum, hybridum, immaculatum, nanum, spl6n- 

 dens, Parkmanni, plenum, semiplenum, and Sintenisii. 



■Or 



ntal 



done in the summer time.' 



l.-<l alTiT l>l<M.niing, ill late July 

 un.w in I In- antiimn, and these 

 rt a\\-a\" and make good growth. 

 ■y w.uld n.it recover in time to 

 variety can be increased largely 

 ' short pieces. This also is best 



tha 



dl. (P. oricntAle, var. braeteAtum). 

 ■■Im:,' 111 having large, leafy bracts. 



I ihr . .,|.,r of this species in the 

 1 .1 /'. /nil ^n?e scarlet. Also the 

 ar.. ^aid tu be earlier, the lvs. con- 

 m1 tlie stigmatic rays 16-18 instead 

 Irrsia. B.R. 8:658. G.C. 1860:647. 



s more or less united into one was 



II F.S. l.'i, p. 186, but it seems to be 

 hybridum, Parkmanni, preecox and 

 !. See also species No. 2. P. ih- 



'iiiium, Haage & Schmidt, seems 

 -'■ribed kind. The name suggests 



Rhoeas, 



Corn Poppy. This is typically 

 a dwarf, green, bristly plant, with pinnately parted 

 foliage and lis. about 2 in. across, two of the petals 

 smaller than the others, all scarlet and spotted black. 

 Height 2 ft. or less. In cultivation every shade known 

 to the Opium Poppy has been reproduced in the Corn 

 Poppy, but the fis. are always smaller. In the wild it 

 varies greatly, the foliage once or twice pinnately 



