iwvj On the Cultivation of the Ranunculus. 
universal favorites us window plants, any mode of jn-eserving them 
from entire destruction by the winter, must, 1 should think, be ge- 
nerally interesting. 
I reniam, Gentlemen, 
Yours, &c., 
Dujield-Bank, October 5th, 1831. O. Jewitt. 
Article IV. — On Preserving the Roots of the Geranium, 
through the Winter. By A Practical Gardener. 
Gentlemen, 
The following method of preserving through the winter, 
the more gross and succulent sorts of Geraniums, such as the Large 
Scarlet, &c. is, T believe, but little known. 
On the approach of frost, take them out of the ground ; in doing 
which, carefully avoid injuring the roots, wash off all the earth, and 
hang them up to the ceiling of a good under-ground cellar, with the 
roots uppermost. In the spring, they will have made some yellowish- 
green unhealthj'-looking shoots. When the frosts are over, they are 
to be re-planted, and protected at night, and from cold winds, by 
mats, or by turning a basket over them, until they have resumed their 
wonted healthy appearance. 
The aboA^e method, must prove particularly advantageous to the 
numerous persons who have not the use of a conservatory ; and who 
happen, like myself, to think that Geraniums never appear so orna- 
mental as when growing in the open ground; — and certainly much 
more beautifid and natural, than those long-legged sickly exotics, that 
we frequently see drawn-up in straight lines, in a hot-house. 
I am, Gentlemen, yours, &c. 
A Practical Gardener. 
Newport, Isle-of-Wight, Sept. oth, 1831. 
Article V. — On the Cultivation of the Ranunculus. By 
An Admirer of the Ranunculus. 
Gentlemen, 
Seeing in your Register, for September, that you wish for 
some information in growing and flowering the Ranunculus, — and ob- 
serving in how few places, that beautiful flower succeeds, — I send you 
the details of the method I took, about twelve years since, in making 
my beds : — my flowers, have, without any attention except what will 
