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and contrast finely with the rich green of the leaves. 

 There is a variety with white flowers. It should be 

 sheltered from, the northerly winds by a fence, trees, or 

 buildings. An elegant cone may be made 'by setting a 

 straight pole substantially into the ground, eight feet high 

 from the surface ; describe a circle round it, having a diam- 

 eter of three feet ; let about ten pots of plants be turned 

 into the circle ; drive down a stake by the side of each, 

 nearly to the surface, to which tie a strong twine, that 

 may be stained or painted green ; let it be carried to the 

 top of the pole and fastened there ; then bring it down to 

 the next stake, and so on until the whole is completed. 

 With a little assistance the vines will climb the strings, 

 and by the middle of August will be at the top of the 

 pole, making a splendid show, which more than pays for 

 the trouble. It may be trained over an arch or in any 

 other way as fancy may direct. 



Q. COCCinea. Scarlet Morning Glory. A handsome 

 species flowering in great profusion towards the close of 

 the season, growing ten feet high ; a native of the West 

 Indies. The flowers are bright scarlet in one variety, and 

 in another, yellow and quite small; from July to the first' 

 hard frost. The seed may be sown from the 1st to the 

 10th of May, or treated like that of the Cypress Vine. 



RANUNCULUS. CROW-FOOT. BUTTER-CUP. 



[The name is the diminutive of rana, a frog, as some of the species grow iff. 

 damp places.] 



Some of the species are weeds, a few are border-flow- 

 ers, and R. Asiatieus is one of the most esteemed florist's 

 flowers. There are a number of varieties of Butter-cups, 

 which are found double, and are frequently introduced ki- 

 to the flower-garden. 

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