IRamilUuluS bulboSUS. Natural Order: Raiiuncnlacccc — Croufoot Family. 



L LBOUS RANUNCULUS, or Crowfoot, is generally found 

 111 pasture lands. The root is fleshy, and the flowers are of 

 ' a golden yellow. Some varieties are culti\'ated in our gar- 

 dens, among which are the Asiatic and Persian, sporting 

 tin ough nearly every conceivable hue. " A good Ranunculus 

 , ^^. _,^ J should have a stem eight or twelve inches high, flower not 

 ^7j •' '''-"■'^ \hMt two inches in diameter, either of one color or variously 

 duel sified."' Its name is the diminutive form of the Latin appellation 

 ■'' raiia, signifying a frog, from the aquatic habits of some of the species. 

 It blooms in May and June. 



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 jratitude is treason 



ikind. 



— Thompsi 



jnv me thy greatness grew; 

 But th\- ingratitude outg 



them both. 



—Drydcu. 



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 All other crimes may pass lor 



It but one; 

 virtues in hi 



T F there be a crime 

 A or deeper dye thi 

 or human vices, 'tis 



T AM rapt, and cannot 



^ Cover the monstrous bulk or this ingratitude 



With any size or words. —Slmkcapeare. 



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that doth public good for multitudes. 



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DLOW, blow, thou winter 



D Thou art not so unkind 



As man's ingratitude; 



-Mar.-:lon. 

 Thy tooth is not so keen. 

 Because thou art not seen. 

 Although thy breath be rude. 



—Shakespeare, 



[NGRATITUDE is a 



angled in the birth; not to be cherish'd. 

 —Mass 



