AND THE WILDERNESS BLOSSOMED 



is termed glaucous, that is, covered with a fine 

 white wax-like powder that will rub off on the 

 hand, as is the case with the skin of the fresh 

 plum or the leaf of a cabbage. The seed-pod 

 is very large, sometimes nearly as big as an ordi- 

 nary hen's egg, and is short oblong in shape. 

 The seeds themselves are much larger than those 

 of any other species. The flowers are large, 

 with a great variety in color, and are single, 

 double, or semi-double. There are two forms of 

 the double Opium Poppy, P. Murselli and P. 

 paony-flowered. P. Murselli is almost invariably 

 referred to in America as the Carnation-flowered 

 Poppy, which is erroneous, the name having been 

 previously applied to the double form of P. 

 Rhceas. P. Murselli — or Carnation-flowered, if 

 you will — has very double flowers with fringed 

 petals. The dealers advertise endless named 

 varieties. In this class we find such names as 

 Eiderdown, White-Swan, and Snow-Drift. 

 Now all of these are actually the same flower, a 

 double white Somniferum Poppy with fringed 

 petals. What possible object can there be in 

 giving it three distinct names ? The advertiser 

 of a large general store was once requested by 

 the head of a department to write a paragraph 



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