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The Common White Water-Crowfoot, R. aquatilis, is found in slow- 

 flowing waters ; in bloom from June to August. 



The Yellow Water-Crowfoot, R. multifidus, is in flower from May to 

 July, the flowers from half an inch to an inch in diameter, and of a deep, bright 

 yellow color. 



The first two of the following varieties are suitable for the flower garden. 

 The one called 



Ranunculus rhomboideus is very abundant in the sandy soil about 

 Toronto Junction, blooming in April or May. It is of very dwarf habit, not 

 more than from three to six inches high. The root leaves are roundish ovate, 

 the upper stem leaves three to five parted, and the whole plant thickly set with 

 soft hairs. The flowers are of a rich, bright yellow, about an inch in diameter. 

 It takes very kindly to cultivation, increasing in size and beauty. The petals 

 are five in number, and the sepals the same. 



The Early Crowfoot, R. fascicularis, is also a low-growing, pubescent 

 plant, about nine inches high, but the root-leaves have a pinnate appearance. 

 Its flowers are also yellow, about an inch broad ; petals often six or seven in 

 number. It is usually found blooming in May, but this season it was most 

 abundant about Toronto in the early days of June. Both of these varieties take 

 kindly to the garden. 



The Small-Flowered Crowfoot, R. abortivus, is very smooth, the lower 

 root-leaves round, heart shaped, the upper ones frequently three-lobed, and the 

 pale yellow petals shorter than the reflexed calyx. It is quite common on shady 

 hillsides, and along brooks, growing from six inches to two feet high, but the 

 flowers are too small for ornamental purposes. So also the following varieties 

 are not ornamental, namely : 



The Cursed Crowfoot, R. scehratus ; smooth, root-leaves three lobed, 

 petals scarcely longer than the calyx ; pale yellow. Grows in wet ditches and 

 blooms from June to August. 



The Hooked Crowfoot, R. reairvatus ; hairy, leaves of the root and 

 stem deeply three-cleft and borne on long leaf-stalks. The petals are shorter 

 than the calyx, which is reflexed. Common in the woods in May or June. 



The Bristly Crowfoot, R. Pennsylvanicus, is hirsute, the leaves divided, 

 and the divisions unequally three-cleft. It grows in wet places from two to 

 three feet high, but the flowers are insignificant. 



There seems to be some doubt whether the 



Creeping Crowfoot, R. repens, of Linnaeus, is found in Ontario, though 

 mentioned by both Logie and Billings. It grows in moist and shady places and 

 wet meadows ; its flowers are an inch broad, and to be found from May to 

 August. 



The three named below grow in wet places, such as the shores of lakes and 

 inundated banks : 

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