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Raii Syn. Weljb, or Yellow wild 

 Baftard Popny. 



The firltSort is cultivated in Gar- 

 dens for medicinal Ufe, and is by 

 fome fuppofed to be the Plant from 

 whence the Opium is procured : of 

 this there are feveral Varieties, which 

 chiefly differ in the Colour of their 

 Flowers ; but they are no more than 

 feminal Variations ; and therefore 

 not worth enumerating in this Place. 



The black Poppy grows wild in 

 divers Parts of England: the Seeds 

 of this Kind are fold to feed Birds, 

 by the Name of Maw-feed. Of this 

 Sort there are a vaft Number of Va- 

 rieties ; fome of which produce ex- 

 ceeding large double Flowers of 

 various Colours, and beautifully 

 ftrip'd : but thefe are apt to vary 

 from Seed ; therefore you mould' 

 never fave the Seeds of any fuchasare 

 not very double, and well-colour'd ; 

 from which you may always expect 

 to have good Sorts produce. 



The Oriental Poppy is an abiding 

 Plant, which produces a large fingle 

 Flower in May, which makes a beau- 

 tiful Appearance : this may be pro- 

 pagated from Seeds, or by parting 

 their Roots : the beft timetotranfplant 

 them is AtMicbaeimas : this mull have 

 a light Soil, and a warm Situation. 



The red Poppy, or Corn-rofe, is 

 never propagated in Gardens ; but 

 is very common upon chalky dry 

 f«)ils in almolt every Part of Eng- 

 land, where the Plants come up 

 amongft the Corn, and are very 

 troublefome : the Flowers of this 

 Kind are brought into the Markets 

 for medicinal Ufe. There are many 

 Varieties of this Plant with double 

 Flowers, which are cultivated in the 

 Flower garden ; but efpscially the 

 Dwarf Sort, of which there are fome 

 wi h very double Flowers, which are 

 beautifully edged with White : thefe 

 are by many Perfons fown for Edg- 



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ings to the large Borders of the Plea- 

 fure-garden ; tho' I think them no- 

 ways proper for this, fince their 

 Flowers are but of a fhort Duration; 

 and the Plants, when their Seeds are 

 perfected, immediately decay ; fo 

 that they appear unfightly : befides, 

 where they grow very clofe, the 

 Flowers are generally fmall : but if 

 they are fown in Patches upon the 

 Borders, and, when the Plants come 

 up, are thinned out, fo as to leave 

 but three or four in each Place, they 

 will flower very well, and look very 

 beautifully. 



All the Sorts of Poppies mould 

 be fown in Autumn ; for, when they 

 are fown in the Spring, the Plants 

 have not time enough to get Strength 

 before the hot Weather caufes them 

 to run up to flower ; fo that their 

 Flowers are never fo large or double 

 as thofe fown in Autumn. When 

 the Plants come up, they mould be 

 carefully cleared from Weeds, which 

 is all the Culture they require, ex- 

 cept to pull them up where they are 

 too thick; for they thrive better 

 when they are fuffered to remain 

 where they were fown, than if they 

 were tranfplanted : but you fhould 

 obferve to let them have room in 

 proportion to the Growth of the 

 Plants. The Sort firit- mentioned 

 grows very large and tall; therefore 

 lhould be not clofer than eight or 

 ten Inches : but the black Sort may 

 ftand fomeu hat nearer ; tho' this ap- 

 pears handfomer when the Plants 

 ltand fingle; therefore it is the bet- 

 ter way to flatter the Seeds of thofe 

 which havt beautiful Flowers very 

 thin over the Borders of the Flower- 

 garden : and, when the Plants come 

 up, they may be pulled out where 

 they are not well fituated, leaving 

 here-and there a Plant, as the other 

 Flowers in the Borders will admit ; 

 where, at the Scafonof their Flower- 



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