ORIENTAL POPPY 



The Iceland Poppy is a widely distributed, arctic, perenliial 

 species which is found in America as far south as the peaks of 

 the Rockies in Colorado. It is naturally variable 

 and readily doubles. The primitive is yellow, but 

 hybrids now appear in colors varying from yellow 

 through orange to scarlet and rose-pink. 



The flowers are airy and wind-blown cups sway- 

 ing on stems slender as grass and — one more virtue 

 to their credit — they are useful for cutting. For this, 

 however, they should be picked wheji in bud. 



The flowering season will be lengthened if the 

 seed pods are not permitted to mature, and as they 

 are northern plants they should be grown where 

 the hot south-western sun will not strike them. 



Closely allied to this species is Papaver Alpinum, ^^p^"'? °' 

 typically a fragrant white-flowered perennial of the 

 European Alps; of dwarf habit. It is not very easily grown. 



ORIENTAL POPPY 



Paphver orienthle. 



A magnificent perennial Poppy, a native of Persia and Asia Minor; 

 introduced into England from Armenia in 1714. May, June. 



Stem. — Stout, leafy, crowned with the flower. 



Leaves. — Hispid, pinnately parted or cut; lobes oblong-lanceolate, 

 serrate. 



Flowers. — Terminal, with a spread of six to eight inches; in the tj^pe 

 scarlet with a black eye. 



Sepals. — Three, which drop as the flower opens. 



Stamens. — Many, dark-purple. 



Capsule. — Large, obovate with flat disk'; stigmatic rays eleven to 

 fifteen. 



The Oriental Poppy is the most superb and barbaric repre- 

 sentative of the wonderful Papaver family. The blood of all the 

 Poppies runs rich and red; all in the sunshine are incarnate 

 color, but of them all the Oriental bears the palm. 



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