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Great Scarlet Poppy. Papaver bracteatum. Siberia. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 3 to 5 feet ; red ; early summer ; 

 seed or division. — Open spots in woods ; a splendid plant 

 in almost any position, growing well in the worst soils. 



Kaked-stemmed Poppy. Papaver nudicaule. Siberia. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 9 inches to i^ feet ; yellow ; 

 summer; seed. — Open rocky ground in moist sandy soil 

 — a very handsome plant. 



Oriental Poppy. Papaver orientate. Eastern Europe. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 2 J to 4 feet ; red ; early summer ; 

 seed or division. — Nearly allied to P. bracteatum, and 

 also a magnificent plant for naturalization. 



Opium Poppy. Papaver somniferum. Southern 

 Europe. Annual ; 3 to 4 feet ; various ; summer ; seed. — 

 The varieties of this are showy in sunny spots in open 

 parts of copses and woods, growing in any soil. 



Canadian Blood Soot. Sanguinaria canadensis. 

 North America. Tuber ; \ foot ; white ; spring or early 

 summer ; division. — Bare places in woods and copses. 



Cordate Macleya. Macleya cordata. China. Her- 

 baceous perennial; 4 to 6 feet; brownish; summer; 

 division. — ^As single specimens by half-wild pleasure- 

 ground walks, growing best in deep sandy loam. 



CaUfornian Eschscholtzia. Eschscholtzia californica. 

 North America. Annual ; i foot ; yellow ; all summer ; 

 seed. — ^Any place rather open, and amidst rather dwarf 

 vegetation. It comes up self-sown year after year. 



Californian Platystemon. Platystemon califomicum. 

 N.America. Annual; 6 to 12 inches; yellow; summer; 

 seed. — On very bare and open spots, where there is a 

 spare and minute vegetation, in light soil. 



