RAF 



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RAM 



is sown within a frame without any bot- 

 tom-heat, the plants will be two or three 

 weeks forwarder than if sown in the open 

 ground. 



BA'FNIA. (Named after C. Rafn, a 

 Danish hotanist. Nat. ord., Leguminous 

 Plants [Fabacese] . Linn., IQ-Monadelphia 

 6-Decan.dria. Allied to Hovea.) 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered evergreens, from 

 the Cape of Good Hope, except where otherwise 

 mentioned. Seeds in a hotbed, in spring; cut- 

 tings of firm side-shoots at the beginning of 

 summer, in sand, under a bell-glass ; sandy peat 

 and fibry loam, kept rough by pieces of charcoal 

 and broken pots, and drainage well attended to. 

 Winter temp., 40 to 48. 

 R. angula'ta (angular- branched). 2. May. 1816. 



R. corda'ta (heart-teaed). 2. May. 1821. 



cuneifo'lia (wedge-leaved). 2. Yellow, purple. 



June. 1816. 



elli'ptica (oval-teaued). 2. June. 1819. 



filifu'lia (thread-leaved). 1. May. 1816. 



la'ncea (spear-head-/eawed). 2. June. 1823. 



oppo'sita (opposite-leaned). 2. June, 1824. 



triflo'ra (three-flowered). 3. June. 1784. Biennial. 



BAGGED ROBIN. Ly'chnis Jlo's-cu'culi. 



RAGS. See VEGETABLE MANURES. 



RAGWORT. Otho'nna. 



RAILING is of various forms, hut all, if 

 made of wood, are soon decayed if slight, 

 and are clumsy and inelegant if strong. 

 Iron railing is at once light, neat, and 

 enduring, and, like the following, may be 

 erected for about 2s. per yard. 



.Ground XLie 



RAKE. This implement is now much 

 less in use than formerly, when broad- 

 cast sowing was prevalent. Now the 

 broad hoe is quite as efficient in covering 

 drill-sown seed. The head of the rake 

 is best made of wood, and of this ash is 

 most desirable. If the head be of iron, 

 the teeth are continually becoming loose. 

 Rakes, with heads about six inches long, 

 are required for dressing flower-borders, 

 but for open ground-work the length may 

 he fifteen inches. The hoe and the rake 

 are sometimes attached to one handle ; 

 but it is a form liable to constant entan- 

 glement in the flower-garden, for which 

 it is designed. 



RAMO'NDIA. (Named after L. Ramond, 

 a French botanist. Nat. ord., Gesnerworts 

 [Gesneraceae]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Monogynia. Allied to Streptocarpus.) 



Hardy herbaceous perennial. Seeds and divi- 

 sions in spring ; sandy loam and a little peat ; a 

 sheltered place, or kept in a pit, in winter, as an 

 alpine. 



R. Pi/rena'ica (Pyrenean). i. Purple. May. 

 Pyrenees. 1/31. 



RAMOON-TREE. Tro'phis. 



RAMPION. Phyteu'ma and Cy'ph'ta phy- 

 teu'ma. 



RAMPION. Campanula rapu'nculus. 



The soil ought to be moderately moist; 

 but it must be light. A shady, rich bor- 

 der is most favourable. 



Sow during March, April, and May, in 

 drills six inches apart; the plants from 

 sowings in the first two months soon run 

 up to seed. The plants are to remain 

 where sown ; though, in case of any 

 deficiency, those which are taken away 

 in thinning the crops may be transplanted 

 successfully, if removed to a border si- 

 milar to the seed-bed, and inserted with 

 the roots perpendicular, and without 

 pressing the mould too close about them. 

 The best time for the removal is of an 

 evening. 



They are fit for thinning when about 

 two inches in height, and they must be 

 set at a distance of six inches apart. The 

 plants of the sowings during the two 

 first-mentioned months will be fit for use 

 at the close of August, or early in Sep- 

 tember, and continue through the au- 

 tumn. Those of the last one will con- 

 tinue good throughout the winter, and 

 until the following April. The soil 

 throughout their growth must be kept 

 moist by giving frequent waterings. 



The root, for which it is cultivated, 

 either to be sliced together with its leaves 



