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Far East. It has been under cultivation iri 

 Europe to a greater or less extent for several 

 centuries, and flowers have been greatly im- 

 proved by the European growers, the varieties 

 developed being of almost every shade of color, 

 some flowers being single and others double. 



From time to time charming varieties have 

 been sent out in recent years, including an inter- 

 esting single one known as the Miss Sherwood, 

 a variety having blossoms with a white center 

 and crimson edge, the petals being beautifully 

 fringed. 



There are other varieties of this poppy known 

 as Pasonia and Carnation Flower poppies that 

 are double and are exceedingly handsome in 

 color. 



The oriental poppy has very large flowers, 

 always single and crimson with shadings of 

 scarlet in color in a state of nature, and in 

 almost all cultivated varieties — the color being 

 unusually well fixed. The plant is a perennial 

 wdth rough, hairy leaves, and stems. The flowers 

 are borne on single stems, instead of branching 

 from a main stalk as in the opium and most 

 other poppies. The oriental species has prob- 

 ably not been under cultivation as long as the 

 other, but some varieties have been developed, 

 some of them semidouble, and the colors have 



