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are very long and strong, they are neither so sharp nor so rigid as those of P. horridum. The South African 
poppy was found by Mr. Burcliell, the celebrated African traveller, on the banks of the Orange River, which is 
there called the gariep, that is the river, par eminence. In its native country this poppy grows to the height of 
four feet, but in the Glasgow botanic garden, where it flowered for the first time in May 1836, it was not above 
a foot and a half high. It appeared rather tender, and was kept under a frame. It is probable that in the open 
air its bristles would be harsher and stronger, and the colour of the flowers darker. We do not think that 
seeds can be obtained in any of the London seed-shops, but they might be procured from the botanic garden, 
Glasgow. The poppy, however, does not appear worth cultivating except as a curiosity. 
6.—PAPAVER PERSICUM, Lindl. THE PERSIAN POPPY. 
Engravings. —Bot. Reg. t. 1570, and our fig. 6, in Plate 4. I pinnatifid, hairy, the lacineated part often terminating in bristles. 
Specific Character. —Capsule hispid, oval. Sepals hairy. Leaves j Stems branched and leafy.— (Lindl.) 
Description, &c. —This very elegant poppy was sent from Persia to Berlin, and from the botanic garden of 
that city it was sent to the Horticultural Society of London, where it flowered for the first time in 1833. 
Seeds may be procured from the garden of the London Horticultural Society by the members, and they may 
be purchased at the seed-shop of Mr. Charlwood, Covent Garden. The flower is very pretty, and it would be 
highly deserving of cultivation if the petals did not fall so soon after expanding. In a botanical point of view it 
is interesting, as, from the shape and construction of its capsule, it forms a connecting link between the poppies 
and the genus Argemone , of which we shall speak in a future page. 
7.—PAPAVER NUDICALE, Lin. THE NAKED-STEMMED POPPY. 
Engravings..— Bot. Mag. t. 1633 ; Eng. Bot. 2nd edit. vol. v. t. beset with bristles. Peduncles radical, very long. Leaves pinnately 
753*, and over fig, 3, in Plate 4. lobed. Lobes toothed or cut, acute.— (Lin.) 
Specific Character _Capsules hispid, obovate-oblong. Sepals 
Description, &c. —This poppy is, properly speaking, a perennial ; but it maybe grown as an annual, by treating 
it in the same manner as will be hereinafter directed for the Hunnemania. The naked-stemmed poppy is a native 
of Siberia, but it is also found in North America, and it has been discovered in one place in Ireland. There are 
two or three varieties, one of which has yellow flowers, another white, and another purple. Seeds are to be 
bought in any seed-shop. When the plant is well grown, the flowers are nearly twice as large as that shown in 
plate 4, and they are worth cultivating on account of their colour, as yellow contrasts well with scarlet, which 
is the general colour of the corn poppy, and all its varieties and allied species. 
OTHER KINDS OF POPPY. 
Though perhaps none of the following kinds are worth growing as ornamental flowers, wo shall enumerate 
them, as they are found in the lists of annual poppies contained in botanical works. We do not think that their 
seeds can be purchased at the seed-shops, but they can generally be procured at botanic gardens, and many of the 
plants are natives of Great Britain. 
