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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
Leonard Kelway, rose ; Madame Munier, blush-pink ; Pericles, 
golden-yellow, creamy-pink guard petals ; Queen Sophia, flesh- 
pink ; Regulus, crimson ; Solfatara, primrose-yellow ; and Lady 
Kildare, buff. Other species of Pyrethrum grown ib gardens 
are P. parthenium flore pleno, and its varieties, crispa, grandi- 
flora and pyramidalis, all bearing double white flowers in 
summer and growing 2ft. high. P. uligibosum is now in- 
cluded in the genus Chrysanthemum, which see. 
Pyrola (Winter Green). — Hardy evergreen perennials, be- 
longing to the Heath order (Ericaceae). They have pear-like 
foliage and fragrant flowers. Adapted for shady woodland 
borders or rockeries. They require a light soil in which leaf- 
mould and peat predominates. The best kinds are P. rotundi- 
folia, leaves leathery ; flowers white, drooping and fragrant ; 
late summer; Britain. Arenaria is a variety with smaller 
leaves. P. medea, white ; P. minor, white and rose ; and 
P. uniflora (also known as Moneses grandiflora), white, are 
other native species. All grow under 6 in. in height. Plant 
in autumn or spriqg Increased by seeds sown outdoors 
in March ; division in autumn or spring. 
Ramondia (Ro¥ette Mullein). — R. pyrenaica, the only 
species grown to any extent, is a charming alpine perennial, 
belonging to the Gloxinia order (Gesneriaceae). It only grows 
4in. high, has rough wrinkled foliage borne in rosette form, 
and bears fairly large, violet-coloured flowers in spring and 
summer. There is a white form of it named alba. This 
interesting plant requires to be grown in vertical chinks or 
clefts of moist porous rock facing north. Here, in good sandy 
loam and leaf-mould, it will flourish and form an interesting 
object when in flower. A native of the Pyrenees. Plant in 
March or April. Increased by seeds sown in peaty soil in a 
cold frame in spring' ; by division in August ; leaf cuttings in 
moist peat in a cold frame; cuttings of side growths in a 
similar manner in lafe summer. 
Ranunculus (Buttercup). — A genus of tuberous-rooted 
and herbaceous perennials, belonging to the order Ranun- 
culaceae. The former are dealt with in the section devoted 
to Bulbs and Tubers. The latter we shall deal with here. 
The principal herbaceous species are as follows : R. aconiti- 
folius flore pleno (Fair Maids of France and Kent), a European 
species, growing 2ft. high, and bearing double white flowers 
in June. Moist shady borders. R. acris flore pleno (Double 
Buttercup or Bachelor’s Buttons), a double yellow form of one 
of our native species. It grows 2$ft. high, and flowers in 
