the 



FLORICULTURAL CABINET, 



FEBRUARY, 1st, 1839. 



PART 1. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 



BRIEF HINTS ON THE CULTURE OF THE It VNUNCULUS ASIATt- 

 CUS, WITH A LIST OP SORTS DEEMED WORTHY THE ATTEN- 

 TION OF AMATEURS, 



BV CROWFOOT. 



Every grower of this attractive little flower, should be, in order 

 to be successful, particular in the choice of his soil. To describe 

 a soil minutely and sufficiently, so that any reader may distin- 

 guish it to be the right soil, is no ordinary task. It has been 

 advised, and not unwisely to select a soil in which the Ranunculus 

 ficaria and other British varieties grow luxuriantly. It should be 

 a loam, rather heavy and tenacious, fine in the texture, soft to the 

 touch, and of a reddish colour. 



Procure sometime in the summer months a sufficient quantity 

 to - fill your beds a foot deep, and lay in ridges with the turf; to 

 which add about one-third of old horse and cow manure, and 

 turn it till all is decomposed, Make your beds in autumn, so as 

 to allow them several months to settle, before planting season, 

 and at that time only stir the surface two inches deep. Let the 

 top two inches of your compost be free from dung, so that none 

 comes in contact with the tubers. 



Piant between the 20th of February and the 5th of March, ac- 



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