BAN 



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in salads, or eaten r.* the radish, as well 

 as to be boiled like asparagus, is most 

 palatable when drawn young, and eaten 

 fresh from the ground. 



To obtain Seed, leave a few of the 

 winter-standing plants. These flower in 

 July and August, and ripen abundance 

 of seed in early autumn. Gather it be- 

 fore it begins to scatter, and dry 011 a 

 cloth before thrashing. 



BA'NDIA. (Named after J. Hand, a 

 London botanist. Nat. ord., Cinchonads 

 [CinchonaceasJ. Linn., 5-Pentandria 1- 

 Sf&nxftfynia. Allied to Gardenia.) 



Stove evergreen shrubs, and white-flowered, 

 except where otherwise mentioned. Cuttings of 

 the young shoots in spring and summer, in sand, 

 under a bell-glass, in a hotbed. Sandy, fibry loam 

 and fibry peat, with a few nodules of charcoal. 

 Temp., when at rest in winter, 45 to 50; when 

 growing in spring or summer, 60 to 80. 

 R. arma'ta (armed). 7. May. W. Ind. 1813. 



Bowiea'na (Bowie's). Pale yellow. Brazil. 181 r,. 



fascicula'ta (fascicled). 4. July. E. Ind. 182-1. 

 floribu'nda (bundle-flowered). 4. July. E.Ind. 



1825. 



ho'rrida (horrid). 8. May. China. 1825. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 7. July. W. Ind. 17:13. 



longijio'ra (long-flowered). 4. August. E. Ind. 



1818. 



mucra'ntha (large-flowered). 5. Cream-coloured. 



August. Sierra Leone. 15y6. 



obova'ta (reversed-egg-teed). 6. May. New 



Grenada. 1818. 



oxypeftulu (sharp- petaled). Yellowish. May. 



Saharanpoor. 1843. 



parviflo'ra (small-flowered). 4. August. YT. 



Ind. 1818. 



pube'scens (downy). 5. July. Peru. 1820. 



rotundifo'lia (round-leaved). 6. July.Peru. 1820. 



Sine'nsis (Chinese). 5. July. China, ISIS. 



RANTRY. The Mountain Ash. (Pg'rus 

 aucupa'ria.) 



KANU'NCULUS. Crowfoot. (From rana, 

 a frog; some of the species inhabiting 

 marshy places. Nat. ord., Crowfoots 

 [Ranunculacese]. Linn., \3-Polyandda 

 6-Polyyynia.) 



AH yellow-flowered, except where otherwise 

 specified. Annuals, seeds in common soil, in 

 March and April, though few are worth the 

 trouble, unless in a corner devoted to small native 

 and alpine plants. Perennials, by division of the 

 plant in spring. Aquatics, mostly natives, by 

 division, and giving them any soil in shallow 

 ponds or ditches ; tuberous-rooted, by division of 

 the roots in spring. Asia'iirus, the florists' Ra- 

 nunculus, and its many varieties, may be planted i 

 in stiff, rich loam, either in October or March ; if ! 

 the former, the beds will require to be protected 

 a little from heavy rains and from sharp frosts. 

 See treatment as a florist's flower. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 

 R. Chi'us (Scio). . June. Archipelago. 1827. 



philono'tis (moisture-loving). . July. South 



Europe. 1800. 



tessiliflo'rus (stalkless-flowered). 4. June, 



N, Holland. 



R, tri'lobus (rhree-lobed). . June. Greece. 1818, 



tubrruulu'tus (pimpled). 1. June. Tauria. 1817. 



uligino'sus (marsh). . June. Teneriffe. 1820. 



ventrico'sus (swollen). . July. Brazil. 



HARDY AQUATICS. 



R. obtusifo'Hus (blunt-leaved). 1. White. 7une. 

 England. 



pa'ntothrix (all-hairy). White. June. Britain. 

 fln.ria'tilis (long-leaved. River). White. 



June. Britain. 



polyphy'llus (many-leaved). $. April. Hun- 



gary. 1819. Annual. 



tripu'rtitus (three-parted). White. June. 



Europe. 



GREENHOUSE HE TIB A; "OUS. 

 R. -era/?z'ot' / dt > s(geranium-likc').Ma. . ?>Iexico.l636. 



lappa'ceus (burdock-like). I.June. N. Holland. 



1822. 



plebe'ius (common). 1. June. N. Holland. 1820. 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 



R. filifo'rmis (thread-formed). 1. June. N. Amer. 

 1823. Creeper. 



Lappo'nicus (Lapland). . May. Lapland. 1827. 



HARDY TUBEROUS-ROOTED. 

 11. angula'tus (&\\\?A-stemmed). 1. Naples. 183 f -!. p 



Asia'ticus (Asiatic. Common-garden). j. 



Variegated. May. Levant. 1596. 

 sangui'neus (blood-coloured). . Scarlet. 



May. Syria. 

 tenuifo'lius (fine-leaved). |. White. 



May. Greece. 



bracten'tus (/or^e-bracted). May. Pyrenees. 



flo're-ple'nn (double-flowered). May. 



ochroteu'cus (whitish-yellow). Pale yel- 

 low. August. England. 



Irevifo'llus (short-leaved). J. June. Naples. 



1824. 



lulla'tus flo' re-pie' nn (blistererl-/c/iefZ-double- 



fli>wered). 1. May. South Europe. 1640. 



grandiflo'rus (large -flowered). 1. May. 



South Europe. )640. 



charoiihy'llus (chervil-leaved). 1. May. Por- 



tu-al. 



cicuta'rius (cicuta-lilce). 1. May. Siberia. 



1818. 



cortusatfo'lius (cortusa- leaved). 1. May. 



Teneriffe. 1826. 



CJ-^JCMS (Cretan). 1. May. Candia. 1658. 

 mncrnphy 1 llus (large-leaved). 2. May. 



Tenenfte. l65s. 



fumarionfo'Uus (fumitory-leaved). 1. May. 



Garga'nicus (Garganian). 4. August. Naples. 



1832. 



gra'cilis (slender). . May. Archipelago. 1818. 



gresafrius (flockina;). 1. May. Italy. 1817. 



hy'bridus (hybrid), g. May. Austria. 1820. 



Illy 'ricus (Illy rian). l. May. South Europe. 



1596. 



millefolia'tus (thousand-leaved). May. Sicily. 



1820. 



grandiflo'rus (large-flowered). . April. 



Naples. 1833. 



Monspeli'acus (Montpelier). 1. May. South 



France. 

 cuned'tus (wedge-/ewerf). 1. May. South 



Europe. 

 rotundifti'lius (round-leaved). 1. May. 



South Europe. 



ozyspe'rmus (sharp-seeded). 1. Pale yellow. 



May. Caucasus. 1822. 



peda'tus (doubly-lobed). 1. May. Hungary. 



1805. 



scuta' tits (shield-tesred). . May. Hungary. 



1817. 



