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excluded. Such are common in almost all the larger nur- 

 series. Sometimes they come from buds, sometimes from 

 seeds. A case of the latter belonged to a hybrid between 

 the oriental and the opium-poppy, of which he showed us 

 three large specimens with the foliage of the oriental parent, 

 but with beautiful pale yellow borders and streaks on the 



Fig. 72. A. The variety of the Bride of the Opium Poppy. B. The wild 

 species Papaver pilosum. C. The hybrid of these two poppies. 



leaves. It scarcely flowers and is wholly sterile, but may 

 easily be multiplied by division. 



Whether the thornless brambles, previously alluded to, 

 constitute a mutation remains to be investigated. During 

 the days of my last visit, they flowered for the first time; 

 their long stems and numerous leaves being as smooth as 

 when the plants were selected from the seed boxes. 



