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THE lU'IJ} BOOK 



RICHABDIA 



flower-heads, and should then be 

 so^^•n in cold frames in light, rich, 

 sandy soil ; or in the open ground the 

 following April and May. Seedling 

 plants come into blossom when about 

 three or four years old. 



Amongst other bulbous - rooted 

 Buttercups, mention may be made of 

 R. bxjJbosuB flore pleno, which has 

 beautiful double-yellow flowers ; R. 

 bullatus, from X. Africa, has a 

 knotty root-stock and sweet-scented 

 yellow flowers ; R. chaerophyllus, a 

 tuberous-rooted species from Portugal, 

 has glistening yellow flowers ; R. 

 Picaria, the Lesser Celandine or 



^fiore pl.en/j ; R. pedatus, from E. 

 Europe, grows about 1 ft. high, and 

 has bright yellow flowers in May and 

 June {Bot. May. t. 2229); and a 

 few others not so well known. 



R. carpathlcus is a sho^^y species 

 \uth creeping root-stocks. It grows 

 about a foot high, and has roundish 

 lobed leaves and golden - yellow 

 flowers in ilay. It is a native of 

 Hungarj'. {Bot. Ma(f. t. 7266.) 



REINECKIA Cafter J. Reineck, a 

 clever German gardener). Nat. Ord, 

 Liliaceae.— The only species known 

 is — 



R. camea. — A pretty perennial 

 from China and Japan, having creep- 

 ing root-stocks, tufts of narrow, 

 lance-shaped, xx»inted leaves 6 to 12 

 iiLS. long, and spikes of sweet-scented 

 flesh-coloured flowers in April and 

 May : the perianth being tubular, with 

 six oblong acute segments {And. Bot 

 Rep. t. 361 ; Bot. J/rjuj. t. 939). In 

 the variety variegata, the leaves are 

 beautifully striped with green and 

 yellowish-white {III. Uort. t. 323). 



This species and its variety flourish 

 in good garden soil in warm sheltered 

 spots in the border or rock-garden, 

 and may be increased by division of 

 the root-stocks in early autumn. 



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Fio. Zil .—lianunculu* Ficaria. (5.) 



Rlewort, has clusters of club-like 

 roots, and bright yellow flowers from 

 March till May. Though pretty, it Is 

 a weed in many gardens, and is very 

 diflBcult to eradicate ; R. erramlneus. 

 6 to 12 ins. high, with clusters of 

 thicklsh roots and yellow flowers, 

 which are " doubled " in the variety 



RICHARDIA (after L. C. Ridiard, a 

 French botanist). Xat. Ord. Aroideae. 

 — A genus containing about a dozen 

 .species of r>erennial herbaceous plants, 

 having thick, fleshy, and more or less 

 tuberous root-stocks, large sagittate 

 leaves, and male and female flowers 

 borne on an erect cylindrical or club- 

 like spadix enclosed by a large and 

 ornamental funnel - shaped spathe. 

 They are all natives of S. Africa, 

 The name Zajntedeschia is being 

 adopted by continental botanists for 

 Piichardia. 



The Piichardias or Arum Lilies are 



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