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native of damp woods, on the edges of rivulets, it thrives well 

 in common garden soil. 



Hepatica. 



This pretty little flowering plant, so common in English 

 gardens, is unknown in India. 



Ranunculus. 



R. Asiaticus. The florist's Kanunculus, with its numberless 

 lovely varieties, including those of the sorts called Persian, 

 Scotch, and Turban, is cultivated in this country much in the 

 same way as that adopted for the Anemone. Plants in 

 blossom are exhibited sometimes in Calcutta at the Horticultural 

 Shows. 



Aquilegia. 



A. vulgaris. COLUMBINE. This pretty and familiar plant may 

 be raised from seed in October, and preserved through the Hot 

 and Kain seasons till the following Cold weather, when, though 

 thriving vigorously, it is seldom, if ever, disposed to blossom, 

 at least in the locality of Calcutta. 



Paeonia. 

 P^EONY. 



A genus of plants celebrated for their great splendid flowers. 

 Paeonies have several times been introduced into this country, 

 but their cultivation has been attended with no success whatever, 

 as they are unable to bear the heat of the climate. Even in the 

 more congenial locality, as it might be thought, of Ootacamund, 

 the attempt to cultivate them has uniformly proved a failure. 



FUMAKIACE.E. 



Dielytra. 



D. spectabilis. This beautiful herbaceous shrub, remarkable 

 for its curious pendulous locket-shaped flowers, was sent in 1856 

 by Mr. Fortune from China to this country, but was found 

 unable to exist in the climate. 



