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troublesome kind. The Ranunculuses like a cool, 

 moist soil, containing peat and leaf mould, and may 

 be propagated by division in spring. The following 

 are a few of the best species : alpestris, the Alpine 

 Buttercup, grows but a few inches high, and bears white 

 flowers in June. It is shown in one of the coloured 

 plates in association with Primula integri folia. A 

 diminutive variety of it called Traunfellneri is grown, 

 it also has white flowers. The double bachelor's 

 button ("Fair maids of France ''), is i^. aconitifolius 

 planus ; it has white flowers and is a pretty plant, but 

 perhaps better suited for the border than the rockery. 

 Amplexicaulis is a good Alpine, bearing white flowers 

 with prominent yellow stamens on stems a foot high 

 in June. It likes sandy loam. Anemonoides , white 

 flowers tinted with pink, is an early bloomer. Glacialis 

 grows a few inches high and bears its pretty white 

 flowers late in spring. It grows on the high Alps of 

 Europe and in the Arctic regions. Lyallii is a fine and 

 interesting species, but too large for the rock garden. 

 Parnassifolius is a beautiful dwarf plant with white 

 flowers in June. 



RHEXIA VIRGINIC A. —This charming American 

 plant is delightful for the bog garden, thriving in moist 

 peat. The flowers are purpHsh rose, with prominent 

 golden anthers, and are produced in summer. It may 

 be propagated by division in spring. 



RHODODENDRON, —See special chapter on Shrubs. 

 Ferrugineum and hirsutum, which are shown in the 

 coloured plates, the former in association with Gentiana 

 punctata in one case and alone in another, the latter 



