NOVEMBER. 



brilliancy of their colors, if not by the perfection of 

 their flowers, 



RANUNCULUS. 



" And full Ranunculus of glowing red." 



Miller enumerates seventeen species, with terrible 

 long Latin characteristic names, of which, of course, 

 I could not explain the significations to my reader, 

 for a reason which I have already made known. 

 These are almost all well known in the old English 

 gardens. The five first species, which this celebra- 

 ted man names, thrive exceedingly well in shady 

 borders, and require no other culture than to have 

 their roots taken up every second year when the 

 leaves decay, lest by growing too large they should rot 

 each other. Many of the other sorts were originally 

 brought from Turkey, and were once in great 

 esteem in England, but the Asiatic or the Persian, 

 and the African or Turbaned, are the two kinds 

 best worth cultivating ; of the former, the varieties 

 are infinite no two flowers of those grown from 

 seed being precisely alike ; they require very deep 

 soil, as has been mentioned in the observations for 

 this month. Of the African or Turbaned, there are 

 two strongly-marked varieties, the scarlet and jon- 

 quil colored, with two intermediate varieties, which 

 are striped. The roots should be taken up when 

 the stems decay, and preserved dry to be replanted 

 in succession from October to March ; both the 

 Asiatic and African should be planted at the same 

 season ; the African is the hardiest. When they 

 appear above ground, they should have a top dress- 



