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Scientific American, Vol. 34, No. 12 (1876) (1876)

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of the south of Europe and Asia Minor. It is largely culti- and exported to other countries.” night in the vicinity of Palestine,Texas. There wasa negro vated in those countries, and also in Egypt, Arabia, and Opium is produced in large quantities in India for con- woman riding a horse in the… … given in La Gaceta Industrial in that city. The capital of THE OPIUM POPPY (papaver somniferum.) food in a wild state consisting of seeds, roots, and the outer Spain is thus made to rank as one of the most unhealthy thus describes this process: ‘‘ The capsules are sliced in covering of the stalks…

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