NATURAL illSTORY. 
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POPPY. 
HE garden poppy has a ftalk about two 
feet high, which fupports a flower diflin- 
guiflied for its delicate texture, beauty, and 
variety of colour, and its fomniierous odour : 
but although the flowers are fo agreeable in 
appearance, they are of fliort continuance. 
They ihould be fown in fpots, in order to 
afl'ord an aflemblage of colours, their varie- 
ty of hue is fo well calculated to afford. 
Ihis flower is faid to yield a fubflance 
which is generally fold by our apothecaries 
as opium. The Dutch wild poppy does not 
blow fo high as the former : The flowers are 
red ard white ffriped, and bloom during 
the months of June, July, and Auguff. 
M E Z E R E O N. 
TT' HIS plant is of two forts : the red and 
white flowering. The red is very common 
in gardens; but the white mezereon is rather 
fcarce. They are both dwarfs, and feldom 
rife higher than three feet ; their flalks are 
ornamented with flowers fo early as January, 
when the air is perfumed with their agree- ■ 
able odours. They remain a long time in 
bloflbtn, and are much adorned with the 
F f 2 beauty 
