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double variety, with the perfectly formed and 

 polished golden buttons, is a charming hardy plant, 

 flowering profusely, and not of a very transient 

 character ; the flowers are even useful for cutting. 

 Good also are R. repens fl. pi. and R. bulbosus fl. pi. 

 R. montanus is a pretty little species, better 

 suited for rockwork, stony ground, or a spot where 

 it would be safe from injury ; it is very dwarf and 

 neat, and the flowers comparatively large. Quite 

 distinct from all these, and of chastest beauty when 

 well grown, is R. amplexicaulis, with flowers of 

 pure white, and simple leaves of a dark glaucous 

 green and flowing graceful outline ; a hardy and 

 charming plant on almost any soil. It is, indeed, a 

 beautiful and distinct plant, and generally speaking 

 so rare, that had I not seen it selling in the Notting- 

 ham market for a few pence per tuft (!) some 

 months ago, I should not mention it here, for 

 usually it is rare even in botanic gardens, and I 

 was much surprised to see it selling like Musk- 

 Plant or Bachelor's-buttons. 



There is, however, a handsome double variety of 

 our fine wild Marsh-marigold sold rather plentifully 

 in London during the spring months, and it, unlike 

 the single one, is not so generally known or grown 

 as it ought to be. ' Of the Globe Flowers (Trollius), 



