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to bind and crack in hot weather, the 

 plants will not thrive. 



Time and Mode of Sowing, during 

 March, April, and M.iy,the plants from 

 sowing in the two first months, soon, 

 however, run up to seed. 



The insertions are to be performed in 

 drills six inches apart. 



The plants are to remain where sown ; 

 though in case of any deficiency, those 

 which are taken away in thinning the 

 crops, may be transplanted successfully, 

 if removed to a border similar to the 

 seed-bed, and inserted with the roots 

 perpendicular, and without pressing the 

 mould too close about them. The best 

 time for performing the removal is of an ' 

 evening. 



They are fit for thinning when of six 

 or eight weeks' growth, or when about 

 two inches in height; they must be set 

 at a distance of six inches apart, being 

 hoed at the time, and the same opera- 

 tion repeated two or three times. 



The plants of the sowings during the 

 two first-mentioned months will be fit 

 for use at the close of August, or early 

 in September, and continue throughout 

 the autumn. Those of the last one will 

 continue good throughout the winter, 

 and until the following April. 



The soil throughout their growth 

 must be kept moist by giving frequent 

 but moderate waterings through the fine 

 rose of a watering-pot, as required. 



The root for which it is cultivated, 

 either to be sliced together with its 

 leaves in salads, or eaten as the radish, 

 as well as to be boiled like asparagus, 

 is most palatable when drawn young, 

 and eaten fresh from the ground. 



To obtain Seed. — A few of the 

 winter-standing plants are left unmoved. 

 These shoot up in the spring, flowering 

 in July and August, and ripening abund- 

 ance of seed in early autumn. Nothing 

 more is necessary than to gather it be- 

 fore it begins to scatter, and to lay it on 

 a cloth to become perfectly dry before 

 thrashing. 



RANDIA. Ten species. Stove ever- 

 green shrubs. Partly ripe cuttings. 

 Loam and peat, and a strong moist heat. 



RANUNCULUS. One hundred and 

 two species, and many varieties. R. 

 asiaticus, the Garden Ranunculus, is 

 a truly beautiful flower, unfortunately 

 not adapted to the climate of the United 

 States. 



Varieties: — Mr. Jackson, the florist 



of Kingston, has published the follow- 

 ing selection : — 



CLASS I. SELFS. 



Q^lil Noir, very fine, dark rich colour ; 

 Naxara extra, fine dark (one of the best 

 of its class); Fete Nocturne, rich pur- 

 ple, fine; Duke of Bedford, large fine 

 formed, crimson ; Giles's Eliza, very 

 fine, straw, extra form, super variety ; 

 Costar's Apollo, very fine dark, rather 

 coarse ; Plaisance, very fine, yellow, 

 good form ; Les Vos, dark purple, very 

 fine ; Rosa Montana, superior bright 

 rosy crimson, excellent form; Tyso's 

 Nivis, fine white ; Costar's Tippoo Saib, 

 rich dark ; Condorcet, fine pure purple ; 

 Bouquet Nonpareil, dark olive, very fine. 



CLASS II. ^ 



Flavimorus, cream, with purple edge, 

 very fine ; Tyso's Victoria, clear white, 

 with crimson edge, very fine ; Aust's 

 Henrietta, white, crimson-edged, good 

 shape, very fine; Horatio, yellow-edged, 

 fine free bloomer, not quite a pure 

 ground; Tyso's Herbert, yellow, with 

 red edge, very fine ; Temeraire, white, 

 red-striped (one of the best of its class); 

 Lightbody's William Penn, white, with 

 purple edge, very fine, strongly marked 

 ground, colour seldom pure; Melange 

 des Beautes, red and yellow-striped 

 (an excellent old flower, merits well 

 known) ; Tyso's Alexis, yellow-spotted, 

 extra fine, good form ; Tyso's Attractor, 

 white, with purple edge, large, very 

 fine ; Kilgour's Queen Victoria, cream, 

 crimson-edged, large, and extra fine ; 

 Costar's Coronation, half pink mottled, 

 very fine ; Grand Monarque, yellow- 

 edged, fine petals, rather loose ; Aust's 

 Nonsuch, white, purple-edged, distinct, 

 very fine; Tyso's Felix, buff", with dis- 

 tinct spot, extra fine ; Lightbody's No 

 JNIistake, cream, purple-edged, strong 

 marking, very fine ; Dr. Franklin, fine 

 clear white, with purple edge, very fine; 

 Tyso's Edgar, yellow-cofl^ee-edged, ex- 

 cellent form, extra fine ; Quentin Dur- 

 ward, yellow-edged, very fine colours, 

 rather thin ; Tyso's Delectus, yellow, 

 red-edged, very fine; Lightbody's Rob 

 Roy, cream, crimson edge, very fine; 

 Imbert, yellow, with faint-brown spot, 

 very good ; Tyso's Harmonius, yellow, 

 with dark spot, extra (one of the best of 

 its class); Herald, white, crimson-edged, 

 ! very fine, excellent shape, high crown ; 

 ' Tyso's Creon, buff", dark edging, very 



