FIBROUS-ROOTED FLOWERS. 51 



Corona Regalis, or royal 

 crown ; requires shelter 



Aconite, the winter 

 Sisyrincldum 



in the winter. 



AURICULA, RANUNCULUS, ANEMONE. 



These early and beautiful flowers deserve pecu- 

 liar notice, for no garden looks well without them, 

 and their bright tints delight the eye and mind. 

 The commonest kinds are handsome and useful in 

 small clumps, and a little care and trouble will 

 raise superb varieties. 



The Auricula loves a soil composed of kitchen- 

 garden mould, sand, and cow-dung, well mixed to- 

 gether; they also like a cool situation. The seed 

 should be sown in September, and when sown give 

 it a gentle watering. By sowing the seed in pots 

 or boxes, you can remove them from heavy rains, 

 &c., without trouble, and shelter them in the out- 

 houses or tool-house. The seed seldom appears 

 under six months, and it has been sometimes a 

 twelvemonth producing itself, therefore be not in 

 despair, but remain patient : these freaks of Nature 

 cannot be accounted for. When they flower, you 

 must single out the plants which bear the finest and 

 most choice blooms, and transplant them into pots 

 filled with the compost above described. The com- 

 mon sorts may be planted in the borders, to remain 

 out and shift for themselves. By keeping the fine 

 auriculas in pots, you preserve them through the 

 w r inter easily, for heavy rains and cutting winds do 

 them harm. You can sink them in their pots during 

 summer in the flower-beds, but let them be shelter- 

 ed during the winter, if you wish to preserve the 

 blooms uninjured. 



Auriculas multiply also by suckers, which grow 



