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is much more completely and effectually obtained by 

 a general alphabetical index to the whole work, which 

 under the name of any one genus refers not only to 

 the catalogue but to all the different parts of the book 

 where that genus is mentioned. 



Such are the reasons for the arrangement we have 

 adopted ; which being rather new in works of culture, 

 we deemed it necessary thus to explain its uses and 

 advantages. 



RANUNCULA^CEiE. 



Pjio^nia Moutan, the Chinese Tree Pseony, a low shrub, 

 a native of China^ introduced in 1789, and flowering in 

 April, May, and June. 



There are three varieties, viz. 

 P. M. papaverdcea^ the poppy- flowered, A. R. C. ic. B. C. 547, 

 bdnksia, the common, B.M.I 154. 



rosea, the rose-coloured. 



These are frame plants, and will even bear our ordinary 

 winters in the open air if sheltered by a wall or by a wicker 

 cap ; but the true way to have them flower in perfection is 

 to plant them in the front of a conservatory, where they 

 will make a fine show in spring. They also make a fine 

 appearance trained on a south wall or any warm part of a 

 house along with the Rosa semper flor ens. They grow in 

 any rich light soil, and are propagated by ripened cuttings, 

 in the shade, and without cover. 



Atrage^ne capensis, Cape Atragene, B. M. 716^ a shrub 

 of no great beauty, introduced from the Cape of Good 



