340 The Gardener's New Director. 



As fcon as their leaves were faded, I lifted them? 

 and fpread them on a cloth in the root-room, to dry ; 

 and after they had lain there twenty days, I cleaned 

 them, and laid them in their proper drawers, firlT: tak- 

 ing off tlieir longcfl: ofi-fets, which is a more favourable 

 time than when you are going to plant, as the amputated 

 pan has time to heal and dry, otherwife there would be 

 a moi'.ldin'efs from the gummy fubftance of this root. 



Of thefe flowers, there is a great and beautiful varie- 

 ty, which makes them deferving of a place in every 

 £;ood collettion of flowers. 



Diret1:o7if for raijlng the Ranunculus. 



TH E Ranwiciilus i or the Crew-foot^ dcferves our 

 next attention, and thefe are divided into two 

 forts: Tlie Turky Ranunculus, and the Per/i an, of which 

 there are many beauties obtained every year from feed. 

 i fhal! firll treat of the Turky Ranunculus i and of thof& 

 in Voerhelms catalogue there are fourteen forts, viz. 



Admiral van Confi.antir.o- 



* Tribellius Trache 



Turban d'Or 



Turkfe Turban 



The Seraphics, or Whites 



and Reds 

 Minerva, Reds or Carmine 



Colours 

 Mufti, or La Pucelle de 



France, Vv^ hires 

 And the yellow Merveilleufe 

 mixed with fine red co- 

 lours. 

 The Paffe OJfai-hloed blows two ranges, fometim.es 

 three of flowers, upon which account it is the mofl: 

 efleemed. 



The proper time of planting them is in the beginning 

 of December', their appearance will be a little before the 

 beginning of March, when our fevereft frofls are gone. 

 Plant them in a bed oF what length you pleafe, but in 

 breadth five feet, and in depth three, and of the fame 



mould 



pie 

 Exquifita Romana 

 Merveilleufe L/Uteo 

 Merveilleufe de Paris 

 Monftrom Trache 

 Oflen-bloed 

 * PaiTe Ofien-bloed 

 3'ivan Major 

 Romanum 

 Romanum Trache 

 Sphericus 



