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well for two or three years without injury. The prevail- 
ing colors are red, white and blue, flowers double and 
semi-double. One of the earlist Spring flower of our 
woods is Nemorosa, the White Wind Flower. They are 
also sometimes called Pasque Flowers. Fulgens is the 
Searlet Wind Flower, and is the most beautiful of all the 
Winter and Spring flowering varieties. 
THE RANUNCULUS. 
AMHE species may be divided into two kinds: border 
flowers and florists’ flowers. The latter consist of 
some hundreds of varieties obtained from the species 
Asiaticus, a native of the Levant, with tuberous roots. 
The wild plant grows naturally in Persia, in meadows 
which are moist during Winter and in the growing sea- 
son, but dry during a great part of Summer. The usual 
season for planting the Ranunculus is November. The 
roots may be placed about six inches apart each way, 
and covered with two inches of soil. The plants will 
come into flower in June, and when the leaves wither 
the roots may be taken up, Gried in the shade, and pre- 
served in a dry place until they are wanted for replant- 
ing. As the plant seeds freely, even when semi-deuble, 
new sorts without end may be raised from seed, which 
may be sown in pots or flat pans as soon as it is gathered 
and placed in a cold frame. The tubers, if kept dry, will 
retain their vitality for two or three years; and hence, if 
roots which should be planted in November are kept out 
of the ground till the November following, and then 
planted in pots and protected from frost, and when they 
appear above ground put into greenhouse heat, they will 
flower at Christmas. If not planted till December, they 
will flower about the end of January; and if not planted 
