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easy to propagate from the seed, but, unless great variety be re- 

 quired, hardly worthy of a place in the flower border. This sort 

 it is that yields opium. Prefers good deep soil ; but they are not 



particular in this matter. Vov^y ylarge-fiowered prickly . Lat. — 



Argemone grandiflora. Hardy annual plant, growing from two 

 to three feet high, and blowing, in July and August, a very large 

 white flower of great beauty. The leaves of this plant are also 

 ornamental, or, at least, very curious, being like that of thistle ia 

 some respects. Propagate by seed sown in spring. 



551. PCEONY, hairy-leaved. — Lat. Pceonia hirsuta. Is a 

 hardy perennial plant from the south of France, which blows a purple 

 flower in June. V ce.oby , common red. — Lat. P. roseo officina- 

 lis. A hardy perennial from Spain and the south of France, and 

 blows early in the spring. Propagated by separating the roots in 

 the autumn and the spring. Not particular as to soil or situa- 

 tion. Two or three feet in height, and makes a very fine show 

 when planted in borders bounded by green-sward. 



552. POTENTILLA.— Lat. P. napalensis. A very pretty 

 little plant, with a trailing leaf and stalk ; blowing a peach- 

 blossom flower in June, July, and August, grows six inches high. 

 Perennial ; propagated by parting the roots in spring and autumn, 

 and it is quite hardy. 



553. PRIMROSE. — Lat. Primula vulgaris. That very pretty 

 early-flowering native plant which we find all over England by the 

 sides of shady lanes, and in coppices of the winter-cutting, bearing 

 numerous bright yellow flowers, each upon a foot stalk of two or 

 three inches in length. By taking the pains, you may procure 

 abundance of its seed, and propagate it as you would the Auri- 

 cula, which see. Or you may transplant into your garden, at 

 Michaelmas, any number of the plants, which will make a beauti- 

 ful show in the early spring months. The situation and soil 

 should be those for the Polyanthus ; that is, shady as to situation, 

 and moist as to soil. 



554. RANUNCULUS. — Lat. R. Asiaticus. A native of the 

 Levant. It is a tuberous-rooted plant, greatly ornamental, and deser- 

 vedly a choice florist's flower. It blows early in the spring, flowers 

 single, semi-double or double, and of almost every colour, but the 

 scarlet, being the most admired, is the most usual. It is propa- 

 gated either by offsets from the tubers, or by seed ; and both very 

 much in the same way as in the case of the anemone. By seed 



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