iORNED POPPY. 



HOW TO KNOW THE SEASIDE 

 FLOWERS— I 



By the REV. H. PUREFOY FITZGERALD, F.L.S. 



Illustrated with Photographs by HENRY IRVING 



ONE of the attractions of the sea- 

 side, to one who is botanically 

 inchned, is that a great many 

 flowers may be expected which do not 

 grow elsewhere ; it is astonishing how 

 some of them are able to grow at all, 

 as they spring up in places where there 

 would seem to be no soil. Some cliffs 

 are famous for certain rare wild flowers — 

 those in Cornwall, for instance near The 

 Lizard, are especially noteworthy — but 

 with these I do not intend to deal. The 

 plants considered here may be said to 

 be found generally round the coast, and 



most of them may be expected to turn 

 up on any ramble near the seaside. 



HORNED POPPY 



The most conspicuous plant that grows 

 on the shores and chffs around the 

 coast is the Yellow Horned Poppy 

 (Glaiicitim Inteiim). a stout growing annual 

 belonging to the Poppy family [Papavcr- 

 acecc). The foliage is somewhat large, 

 of a glaucous or pale sea-green colour; 

 the leaves which come from the root are 

 all stalked and divided, and somewhat 

 rough from bearing short, thick hairs ; 



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