Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers . bber, and the bread-fruit tree. About forty million pounds weight of hops are annuallyemployed in brewing in England. Kent and Surrey are thechief means of supply, though those grown in the rich soil ofthe Vale of Severn, in the neighbourhood of Worcester, are byno means inferior to the best Kentish. The crop is a very specu-lative one, the dangers which surround it being legion ; theprofits are, however, so great that the grower is reimbursed if 62 ART-STUDIES FROM NATURE. one crop in thr
Art-studies from nature, as applied to design : for the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers . bber, and the bread-fruit tree. About forty million pounds weight of hops are annuallyemployed in brewing in England. Kent and Surrey are thechief means of supply, though those grown in the rich soil ofthe Vale of Severn, in the neighbourhood of Worcester, are byno means inferior to the best Kentish. The crop is a very specu-lative one, the dangers which surround it being legion ; theprofits are, however, so great that the grower is reimbursed if 62 ART-STUDIES FROM NATURE. one crop in three should turn out well. The hops grown in theneighbourhood of Farnham command the highest prices. Theetymology of the word is unknown ; the Germans term it have been cultivated in Germany from time immemorial,and it is from thence that we derive both the plant and its of the natural growth will be found in E. B. 1284,S. C. 41 ; T. N. O. 125 ; and P. F. 4. The Yellow-Horned Poppy (Glaucium luteinn) will no doubthave attracted the attention of many from the peculiarity of its. Yellow-homed Poppy. habitat,- growing and flourishing as it does by the seashore,where little else appears to thrive, and by the delicate green ofits foliage, the brilliant yellow of its blossom, and its spreadinggrowth, covering large expanses of the shingly beach with a verystriking and beautiful carpet. The pods, a highly ornamentalfeature, may occasionally be found almost a foot in length, and,together with the form of leaf and locality of growth, effectuallydistinguish it from the yellow Welsh poppy {Meconoftsis Cambrica).The scarlet-horned and the violet-horned poppies, allied species, THE ADAPTABILITY OF OUR NATIVE PLANTS. 63 are both exceedingly rare in England : the latter, from its finely-cut leaves and size of the flowers, is well adapted to yellow-horned poppy will be found in flower from June toOctober. Drawings of it occur in E. B. 66 ; P. F. 91. Ivy
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