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two first-mentioned months will Le tit 

 for use at the close of August, or early 

 in September, and continue through 

 the autumn. Those of the last one 

 will continue good throughout the 

 winter, and until the following April. 

 The soil throughout their growth must 

 he kept moist by giving frequent water- 

 ings. 



The root for which it is cultivated, 

 either to he sliced together Avith its 

 leaves in salads, or eaten as the radish, 

 as well as to he hoiled like asparagus, 

 is most palatahle 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 ahun- 

 dance of seed in early autumn. Gather 

 it before it begins to scatter, and dry 

 on a cloth before thrashing. 



RA'NDIA. (Named after J. Rand, a 

 London botanist. Nat. ord., Cinchonads 

 [Cinchonacezs]. Linn., o-Pentandrla 

 \-Monogynia. Allied to Gardenia.) 



Stove, evergreen shrubs, and white-flowered, 

 except where otherwise mentioned. Cuttings 

 of the young shoots, in spring and swmmer, 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 



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



Bowiea'na (Bowie's). Pale yellow. Brazil. 



1815. 

 fascicula'ta (fascicled). 4. July. E. Indies. 



1824. 

 -a floribu'nda (bundle-flowered). 4. July. 



E. Indies. 1825. 



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



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 7- ffuly. W. 



Indies. 1733. 



longiflo'ra (long-flowered). 4. August. E. 



Indies. 1818. 



macra'ntha (large-flowered). 6. Cream- 



coloured). August. Sierra Leone. 15Q6. 



obova'ta (reversed-egg-/eat>ed). 6. May. 



New Grenada. 1818. 



oxype'tala (sharp-petaled). Yellowish. May. 



Saharanpoor. 1843. 



< parviflo'ra (small-flowered)* 4. August, i 

 W. Indies. 1818. 



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



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



1820. 



sine'nsis (Chirieae). 5. July. China. 1818. 



RANTRY, the Mountain Ash, Py'rus 

 rtucupa'ria. 



RANU'NGULUS. Crowfoot. (Yiomrana, 

 a frog ; some of the species inhabiting 

 marshy places. Nat. ord., Crowfoots 



[Ranunculacero]. Linn., 13-PoIyandria 

 6-Polygynia.) 



All 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 divi- 

 sion 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. Asiaticus, 

 the florists' Ranunculus, and its many varieties, 

 may be planted 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 

 florists' flower. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



R. chi'us (Scio). &. June. Archipelago. 1827. 



Philono'tis (moisture- loving). <J. July. 



S. Europe. 1800. 



sessiliflo'rus (stalkless-flowered). $. June. 



N. Holland. 



tri'lobus (three-lobed). 4. June. Greece. 



1818. 



tubercula' tus (pimpled). 1. June. Tauria. 



1817. 



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



1826. 



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



HARDY AQUATICS. 



R. obtusifo'lius (blunt-leaved). 1. White. June. 

 England. 



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



tain. 



fluvia'tilis (long-leaved River). 



White. June. Britain. 



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



gary. 1810,. Annual. 



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



Europe. 

 GREENHOUSE HERBACEOUS. 



R. gei-anioi'des (Geranium-like). May. Mexico. 

 1836. 



luppa'ceus (Burdock-like). 1. June. N. 



Holland. 1822. 



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



1820. 



HARDY EVERGREENS. 



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

 America. 1823. Creeper. 



Lappo'nicus (Lapland). %. May. Lap- 



land. 1827. 



HARDY TUBEROUS-ROOTED. 

 R, ungula'tus (zngleA-stemmed). 1. Naples. 

 1832. 



Asia'ticus (Asiatic. Common-garden'}. $. 



Variegated. May. Levant. 159(5. 

 sangui'neus (blood-coloured). 4. 



Scarlet. May. Syria. 

 tenuifo'lius (tine-leaved). '. 



White. May. Greece. 



bractea'tus(large-bra.cted). May. Pyrenees. 

 flo're-ple'no (double-flowered). 



May. 



. ochrolcu'cus (whitish-yellow;. 



Pale yellow. August, England. 



