THE 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



FEBRUARY 1st, 1841. 



PART I. 



EMBELLISHMENT. 



ARTICLE I. 



RANUNCULUS AS1ATICUS vah. (Asiatic Ranunculus, Garden Fnrielies.) 



HERBERT, LUNA, AND FELIX. 



Ranunculace.k. Poi.xanoria, Poi.ygvnia. 



[Ranunculus; so called from rana, a frog; many of the species inhabiting 

 moist places, where that reptile frequently abounds.] 



Herbert.— A large flower, very double, and handsomely formed, 

 of a beautiful rich yellow ground, with reddish chocolate-coloured 

 edging. 



Luna. — Fi n e full flower, white ground, with a distinct purple spot 

 on each petal, and is a free bloomer. 



Felix. — An exceedingly regular flower ; the ground colour is a 

 beautiful pale yellow, with a bright reddish coffee spot in the centre 

 of the edge of each petal ; a strong grower and profuse bloomer. 



These three beautiful kinds were raised from seed by Messrs. 

 Tyso and Sou, florists, Wallingford, and we are informed have been 

 exhibited and taken several prizes. These gentlemen have been very 

 successful in introducing new and splendid kinds of Ranunculuses, 

 particularly those of the edged and spotted classes. So very suc- 

 cessful have they been that we perceive their catalogue enumerates 

 the descriptions and colours of one hundred and twenty of their 

 seedlings ; several of them we have figured in former numbers of 

 the Cabinet. A valuable correspondent of ours, Dr. Homer, of 

 Hull, had a bed of their seedlings, and remarks, in a letter dated 



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