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of Britisii gardens, prolific in double 

 white flowers in May and June, and 

 very ornamental ; R. acris fibre 

 pleno, the double-flowered yellow 

 Bachelor's Button, which flowers in 

 June or July, is also a very desira- 

 ble plant ; as are B. repens jidre 

 pleno and i?. bulbosus fibre pleno, 

 both producing fine yellow double 

 flowers in May and June. R. cor- 

 tuscefblius is handsome both for its 

 foliage and flowers ; and R. rutcefb- 

 lius is a low plant well adapted for 

 pots or rock-work, producing abun- 

 dance of pretty white flowers from 

 May to July. R. 2ylatagineus is very 

 handsome, with glaucous lanceolate 

 leaves, and white flowers produced 

 in April ; and R. gramineus, of 

 which there is a double-flowered 

 variety, with many others, are very 

 handsome and desirable species. 



Kaphio'lepis. — Rosdcece. — The 

 Indian Hawthorn. — Very elegant 

 shrubs, natives of China vnth. white 

 flowers, the centre of which is red ; 

 the bark is also reddish ; and thex-e 

 is a reddish tinge in the leaves. The 

 species are only half-hardy in Eng- 

 land, and they are generally kept 

 in the greenhouse though they will 

 grow in the open air against a con- 

 servative wall. The soil in which 

 they are growTi should be a very 

 sandy loam, or loam mixed with 

 peat ; and they are propagated by 

 cuttings of the ripe wood stinick in 

 sand under a bell-glass. 



Reaumu'ria. — FicoidecB. — A 

 very pretty little shrub, with fleshy 

 leaves, and bright purple flowers, 

 verj' suitable lor rock-work. It 

 should be grown in peat and loam, 

 or in heath-mould, in rather a dry 

 situation ; as it is very liable to 

 damp off if grown in a moist situa- 

 tion in the shade. It prefers a 

 warm sunny bank, where it flowers 

 abundantly, and is very orna- 

 mental. 



Eed Cedar. — See Juni'perus. 

 Rena>'the'ba. — Orchidacece. — 

 The Chinese Air-plant. — A very 

 handsome genus of the East Indian 

 Orchideous Epiphytes. It is a true 

 parasite, and never flowers well in a 

 pot. It is a climbing plant ; but it 

 differs from all other climbers in 

 attaching itself to surroujiding ob- 

 jects by its long fleshy roots which 

 j it twines round any post or column 

 I within its reach, as other plants do 

 their tendrils. Though the most 

 glowing accounts had been received 

 of the splendour of the flowers of 

 the Renanthera in China, it did not 

 appear likely to realise these de- 

 scriptions in England ; and it was 

 cultivated in this country for above 

 ten years, before it formed a single 

 spike of flowers. At last the in- 

 genious expedient was devised of 

 wrapping the long flexible roots 

 round with moss, and keeping this 

 moss constantly moist, and the result 

 was, that the plant grew ten feet long, 

 and produced several spikes varying 

 from two feet to three feet in length, 

 of brilliant scarlet flowers. It is now 

 generally gro^vn on pieces of wood 

 with the bark on, hung from the 

 rafters near a column of the stove, 

 or orchideous house, round which 

 the long roots are suffered to en- 

 twine themselves, care being taken 

 to wrap them in moist moss as they 

 elongate themselves ; and it is found 

 that the plant flowers as freely as 

 any other orchideous Epiphyte grown 

 in Britain. 



Rese'da. — Reseddcece. — There 

 are many species of this genus, most 

 of which are natives of the south of 

 Europe and Egypt ; but those best 

 known in England are Reseda Lute- 

 ola, the Dyer's-weed, which is a 

 British plant ; and R. ddordfa, 

 for the culture of which, see Mig- 

 nonette. 



Reserve-Ground. — In every 



