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RANUNCULUSES— BEAUTY OF FULHAM AND 



ADMITTUS. 



THESE very beautiful varieties are seedlings, raised by Mr, Theodore 

 Lockhart, seedsman, Fleet-street, London, selected from an im- 

 mense stock grown most successfully in his grounds, Parson's Green 

 Fulham. 



We have frequently recommended to our readers the cultivation of 

 this most lovely tribe of flowers. They are deserving every attention, 

 And a collection ought to be in every flower-garden. Their cultivation 

 is not difficult, as some persons have concluded, but by very simple 

 easy means, duly pursued. A very excellent article on the entire 

 treatment is given in our Magazine for July 1849. We have this 

 season seen the collections of several of the principal growers in the 

 soutli of England, and the plants were universally healthy and in 

 vigorous bloom. We again advise all who have flower-o-ardens to 

 have a select collection, for when in bloom they compose the most 

 delightful floral sights. 



As the Ranunculus blooms early in the season, and the tubers are 

 taken up in time to have the bed replanted with other flowering plants 

 — as Scarlet Geraniums, Verbenas, and similar things — a double advan- 

 tage in variety of floral display is afforded. 



NOTES ON NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Catti.kva pallida. — Sepals and petals white, with a very slight 

 tinge of sulphur; labellum, tube rose colour outside and yellow inside. 

 h blossom is about six inches across. It is a superb species. 

 ( Figured in Paxton's Mower Garden, 48.) 



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