(1834â1908), Dutch ophthalmologist. Snellen was director of an eye clinic at Utrecht. In 1862 he introduced a test for measuring the acuteness of vision which consisted of printed letters or words in type of various sizes.
Brief Summary. Papaver somniferum, opium poppy, is an annual herbaceous plant in the Papaveraceae (poppy family) that originated in southeastern Europe and western Asia, and are now widely cultivated in Europe, Asia, China, and North Africa for their seeds, which are used in baking, as a condiment, and for their edible oil.
I got some poppy starts from a very old lady in Oregon. They were tall and beautiful pink poppy's. I had them for years and didn't know they were opium poppies until I saw a documentary on Discovery about growing opium and went out and looked at mine and sure enough that's what they were.