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climates. And as our red flowers are generally to 

 be found in corn-fields, (the Pheasant's-eye, only 

 there) they were probably first introduced into this 

 country, from the same fields abroad, that the corn- 

 seed was procured from. The scent of the Poppy 

 partakes of its poisonous qualities, and Poppies are 

 called ' headaches/ in some parts of England, on that 

 account. How beautifully the petals are crumpled, 

 and puckered in the bud ! The way in which the 

 petals or sepals of a flower are folded, is often a 

 characteristic of the Genus. This would be described 

 as ' ' crumpled in aestivation," 



THE WHITE POPPY, (P. Somniferum) is the species 

 cultivated for the sake of its opium, which is collected 

 from the unripe capsule. It is only found wild where 

 it was formerly cultivated. 



" From the Poppy, I have ta'en 

 Mortal balm, and mortal bane, 

 Juice, that creeping through the heart, 

 Deadens every sense of smart ; 

 Doomed to heal, or doomed to kill, 

 Fraught with good, or fraught with ill. 



MRS. R. ROBINSON. 



THE WELSH POPPY. Meconopsis Cambrica is 

 separated from the other Poppies, from its capsule 



