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Bread. Thefe grow very large, 

 and require a good Summer, other- 

 wife they will not ripen in this 

 Country. The Seeds of thefe Kinds 

 fhould be fown the Latter-end of 

 March, or the Beginning of April, 

 on a Bed of light rich Earth, in a 

 warm Situation. They fhould be 

 fown in Drills about three Feet 

 afunder ; and when the Plants come 

 up, they Draft be kept clear from 

 Weed?, and thinned where they are 

 too clofe. When the Plants are 

 grown pretty tall, they mould be 

 fupported by Stake?, otherwife the 

 Winds will break them down : and 

 when the Corn begins to ripen, the 

 Birds muft be kept from it, other- 

 wife they will foon deftroy it. Thefe 

 Sorts are prefcrved in fome curious 

 Gardens for the fake of Variety ; 

 but they are not worth cultivating 

 for Ufe in Er. gland. 

 PAPAVER, Poppy. 



The Characters are ; 

 The Flower, for the mofl part, 

 tariffs of four Leaves^ which are 

 -placed orbicularly, and expand in form 

 of a Rofe ; cut of whofe Flower- cup 

 ( which confjls of two Leaves J rifes 

 the Pointal, which afterward be- 

 comes the Fruit or Pod, which is oval 

 cr oblong, and adorned with a little 

 Head ; under which, in feme Species, 

 is opend a Series of Holes quite round, 

 into the Ca vity of the Fruit, which is 

 defended lengthwife with various 

 heaves or Plates ; to which a great 

 Number of very J mall Seeds adhere. 



The Species are ; 



1. Papaver hortenfe, femine al- 

 bo, fativum Dio/coridis, album Pli- 

 nio. C. B. P. Garden Poppy, with 

 white Seed-. 



2. Papauer. hortenfe, femine r.i- 

 gro,flvefre Dio/coridis, nigrum Pli- 

 nio. C. B. P. Garden Poppy, with 

 black Seeds. 



3. Pap aver fere pUno, ruhrum. 



Hort. Ef. Double rt d Poppy. 



4. Pap aver fore pleno, album. 

 C. B. P. Double white Peppy. 



5. Pa paver fiore pleno purpurco. 

 C. B. P. Double purple Poppy. 



6. Pa paver pleno fore, nigrum. 

 C. B. P. Black double - flower'd 

 Poppy. 



7. Pa paver laciniatis for thus. 

 C B. P. Peppy with jagged Flowers. 



8. Pa paver fore pleno laciniato 

 eleganter firiato. Hort. Ed. Double 

 jagged Poppy, with beautiful Uriped 

 Flowers. 



9. Pap aver Orient ale hirfutijp- 

 mum, fore magno. Tourn. Cor. Very 

 rough oriental Poppy, with a large 

 Flower. 



10. Papaver erraticum mo] us, 

 po:d( Diofcoridi, Plinio, Thcophi afo. 

 C. B. P. Red Peppy, or Corn- 

 rofe. 



11. Pa Paver erraticum majus, 

 foliis forum varicgatis. H, R. Par. 

 Great wild Poppy, whofe Flower- 

 leaves are variegated. 



12. Pa paver erraticum, fore fle- 

 vo. C. B. P. Double wild Poppy, 

 commonly called, The Dwarf Poppy. 



I 3. Papaver erraticum, fore ple- 

 no miniato. H. R. Par. Wikl Peppy, 

 with a double vermilion - coloured 

 Flower. 



1 4 . P a P a V E R erraticum , fore p lev» 

 igneo. H. R. Par. Wild Poppy, with 

 a double firy Flower. 



15. Papaevr erraticum, fore ple- 

 no igneo, marginibus candidis. H. L. 

 Wild Poppy, with a double firy 

 Flower, edged with Whice. 



16. Papaver erraticum, fore pie. 

 xc fhaeniceo, unguibus albis. H. R. 

 Par. Wild Poppy, with a double 

 parpie Flower, and white Bottom. 



17. Papaver erraticum minus. C. 

 B. P. Leffer wild Poppy, or Dwarf 

 Poppy. 



18. Papaver lutcum perenne, la- 

 ciniato fclio, Gambro - Britannicum. 



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