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RANUNCULUSES. 89 
be loft, as they are frequently found 
floating on the furface, till they have 
imbibed a fufficient quantity of water to 
make them fink. The roots are to be 
dried and preferved in the manner before 
direfted, and are to be planted at the 
fame time as large roots in the autumn; 
the greater part, or fuch as have two or 
more claws, will blow ftrong the fol¬ 
lowing fummer. 
A Defcription of the Properties of a fine 
Double Ranunculus. 
THE ftem Ihould be ftrong, ftraight, 
and from eight to twelve inches high, 
fupporting a large well-formed bloflom, 
or corolla, at leaft two inches in dia¬ 
meter, confifting of numerous petals, the 
largeft at the outfide, and gradually 
diminilhing in fize as they approach the 
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