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ways produced by Pairs oppefite ; as 

 are alfo the Leaves and Spines. The 

 Flowers are fmall, and of a white 

 Colour, which are fucceeded by hard 

 oval-fiiaped Fruit, about the Size of 

 a large Spanifj Nut, which is full of 

 fiat Seeds, inclofed in a foft blackifh 

 Pulp. 



It is propagaud by Seeds, which 

 mould be lown early in the Spring, 

 in Pots filled with frefh light Earth, 

 and plung'd into an Hot-bed of Tan- 

 ners Bark-, obfervir.g to water the 

 Earth frequently, to promote the Ve- 

 getation of the Seeds. When the 

 Plants come up, they mull have frefh 

 Air admitted to them every Day, 

 when the Weather is warm ; and 

 they mull be often refrefhed with 

 Water. In about a Month's time 

 after the Plants come up, they will 

 be fit to tranfplant ; when they 

 mould be carefully fhaken out of the 

 PotSj and each planted into a fepa- 

 rate fmall Pet filled with frefh light 

 Earth, and then plunged into the 

 Piot-bed again j where they mufl: be 

 fcreened from the Sun until they 

 have taken new Root ; after which 

 time they mufl: have Air and Moift- 

 ure in proportion to the Warmth 

 of the Seafon. The Plants may re- 

 main in the Hot -bed till toward 

 Michaelmas, when the Nights begin 

 to be cold : at which time they fhould 

 be removed into the Stove : and if 

 they are plunged into the Bark bed, 

 it will greatly forward their Growth; 

 tho' they will live in the dry Stove, 

 if they are kept in a moderate Tem- 

 perature of Heat, and are frequent- 

 ly watered. During the two firft 

 Seafons, while the Plants are young, 

 it will be proper to keep them con- 

 Hantly in the Stove ; but then their 

 Leaves mufl be waihed, whenever 

 they contract Filth ; which will bring 

 them forward: but after the Plants 

 h^ve obtained Strength, they may 



be expofed every Summer to the 

 open Air, provided they are placed 

 in a warm Situation : but in Winter 

 they mult be conflantly placed in a 

 Stove, and kept in a moderate 

 Warmth ; otherwife they will not 

 live in this Country. 



The Leaves of this Plant continue 

 green throughout the Year, which 

 renders the Plant valuable, becaufe 

 it makes an agreeable Variety in the 

 Winter - feafon, when mixed with 

 other tender Plants. Sir Hans Sloane 

 found this Plant in the Ifland of 

 Barbados. 



RANUNCULUS, Crowfoot. 

 The Char afters are ; 



The Flower conffts of federal 

 Leaves, nvhicb arc placed in a cir- 

 cular Order, and expand in form of a, 

 Rofe ; having, for the mojl part, a 

 many-leaved Empatcmcnt or Flower- 

 cup : out of the Middle of the Flonuer 

 rifes the Pointal, which afterward 

 becomes a Fruit , either round, cylin- 

 drical, or I piked ; to the Axis of which i 

 as a Placenta, adhere many Seeds, for 

 the mojl part naked. 

 The Species are ; 



1. Ranunculus hortenfis e reft us, 

 fore plena. C. B.P. Common yel- 

 low Crowfoot, with a double Flow- 

 er. 



2. Ranunculus repens, fere pie- 

 no. f. B Common creeping Crow- 

 foot, with a double Flower. 



Ranunculus montanus, aco- 

 niti folio, albu ,flore minore. C. B. P. 

 Mountain Crowfoot, with a white 

 Flower. 



4 . R a n u n c u l u s folio aconrti,fore 

 alho multiplier. C. B. P. Crowfoot 

 with a Monk's - hood - leaf, and a 

 double white Flower ; commonly 

 called the Fair Maid of France. 



5. Ranunculus hulbofus, fort 

 fleno. Q. B. P. Common bulbous - 

 rooted Crowfoot, with a double 

 Flower, 



6. Ra- 



