. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1500 RANUNCULUS RAPHANUS 10. Califdrnicus, Bentli. Plant rather weak, M-2 ft. higli, usually pubescent or hirsute, branching and with- out leaves in upper part: roots tibrous: Ivs. ternately divided or parted, or palmately 5-divided into linear or narrow, often 2-3-parted divisions: petals G-15, glossy yellow,
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1500 RANUNCULUS RAPHANUS 10. Califdrnicus, Bentli. Plant rather weak, M-2 ft. higli, usually pubescent or hirsute, branching and with- out leaves in upper part: roots tibrous: Ivs. ternately divided or parted, or palmately 5-divided into linear or narrow, often 2-3-parted divisions: petals G-15, glossy yellow, oblong or narrowly obovate: akenes flat, slightly margined, beak very short. Rather dry places,W. Calif, and adjacent Ore. 11. &,cris, Linn. Figs. 1874, 2074, 2075, 2078. Plant hairy up to the sepals, erect, 3^-3 ft. high, often branched: radical Ivs. on long, slender petioles; others with shorter petioles sheathing the stem or nearly ses- sile; Ivs. 3-parted nearly to the base, the divisions ovoid-cuneate, 2-3-lobed and coarsely toothed or cut: bracts linear, lobed or entire: fls. yellow, 9-12 lines across, several, on rather short peduncles; sepals hairy beneath, ovate, shorter than the petals; petals 5, gla- brous, obovoid, obtuse, bearing a prominent scale at base: akenes compressed, coriaceous on margins; style very short: head globose. May-Sept. Newfoundland, Canada, eastern states. Said to be naturalized from Eu- rope.—Var. flore-pleno, Hort., is more coinmon in cult. The best forms are deep, glossy, golden yellow and very double. Called Bachelor's Buttons. 215. 12. aconitifolius, Linn. Plant pubescent, 3^-3 ft. high, branched; Ivs. palmately 3-5-parted, parts cut-toothed, upper ones sessile and with oblong to linear-lanceolate lobes: fls. white, several on a stem; sepals flat, pubes- cent; petals oblong, cuueate to orbicular. May, June. Mountains of middle Europe. —Var. flore-pleno, Hort. {Yiiv. pJtmis), called White Bachelor's Button and Fair Maids of Fran
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