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same peculiar bluish green as the sea which washes the British cliffs. They abound in a copper-coloured acrid 
juice, which is poisonous, and is said to occasion madness. 
1.—GLAUCIUM LUTEUM, Smith. THE YELLOW HORNED POPPY. 
Engravings _Eng. Bot. t. 8 ; 2nd. edit. vol. v. t. 748 ; and our j Crantz. G. glaucuro. Mcencli. G. littorale. Sal. 
ficr. 2 in Plate 5. ; Specific Character. — Stem glabrous. Stem-leaves repand. Cap- 
Synonymes. —Chelidonium Glaucium. Lin. Glaueium flavum. I sules scabrous, with tubercles— (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —Every one who has travelled from Brighton to Shoreham must have been struck with the 
splendid flowers of the yellow horned poppy, which grows on the cliffs almost into the sea, and the leaves of 
which look, as Dr. Bindley remarks, as though they were encrusted with the salt spray. The horned poppy, 
in favourable situations, forms a large plant from two feet to three feet high, and spreading widely in proportion. 
The flowers are very large, and of a most brilliant golden yellow; and though they do not last long, they are 
produced in such abundance that there is a constant succession of them. When the petals fall they are succeeded 
by immensely long pods, which stick out like horns, and which are, in fact, elongated capsules. These liorn-like 
pods, which are often above a foot in length, consist each of two valves, and contain the seeds arranged along the 
sides like peas in their shells. The leaves and calyx are both rough and prickly; and the leaves, which are 
of a very bluish green, are covered witli a kind of glaucous bloom, which makes them look as though they were 
powdered, or covered over with very fine salt. 
The Culture of the horned poppy requires very little care. It will grow in any common garden soil, but it 
prefers sand, as it is always on sandy shores that it is found. Its root is very long, so that it should have a soil 
sufficiently loose to enable it to penetrate it. It will not bear transplanting, and consequently, when the seeds 
are sown, it should be sparingly, as the plants will require to be at a considerable distance from each other to look 
well when in flower, and those that are taken up in thinning must be thrown away. As the plants ripen 
abundance of seeds, they are quite common, and to be procured at every seed-shop. The specimen figured in 
our plate is much less than the ordinary size of the flower. 
2.—GLAUCIUM PIKENICEUM, Smith 
Engravings —Eng. Bot. t. 1433 ; 2nd edit. v. t. 749 ; and our 
Jig. 3, in Plate 5. 
Synonymes. —Chelidonium corniculatum. Lin. C. Phoeniceum. 
Lam. C. aurantiacum. Sal. Glaucium corniculatum, var. pliceni- 
Description, &c. —A pretty little flower with bright scarlet oblong petals, each of which has a black spot 
at its base. It closely resembles the yellow horned poppy both in its habits and culture, but it is a much 
smaller plant. It is a native of the south of Europe, but it has been found wild in the Isle of Portland and in 
the county of Norfolk, in sandy places. Its culture is the same as that of the yellow horned poppy, and seeds 
of it may be procured at any seed-shop. 
There is a variety of this species with yellow flowers ; and another species called G. tricolor , which closely 
resembles it. Both are said to have been introduced into England, but we have never seen either of them, and 
do not know where they are to be procured. 
THE SCARLET HORNED POPPY. 
cium. Dec. 
Specific Character. —Stem pilose. Stem-leaves pinnatifid. Cap¬ 
sules setose.—(G. Don.) 
