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Show Legend of the French Poppy. During tho enrly stages of tho present pres-ent wur n strnngo phenomenon on the battlefields of northern Franco wus tho nbunilniico of popples, all tho roads being bordered by largo tracts of tho red flowers, which gave tho Impression that tho bloodshed thero hud coino fortli to tho surface onco more. In nny cuso this Is tho populur belief among tho peasants ot tho districts where battles raged only some months ngo; but tho real explunutlon Is that tho poppy Is tho companion of wheat In Franco, Just ns tho bluebell blue-bell mlngloH with tho corn In Russia, und thnt tho poppy has usurped nil tho space. |