erectus flore pleno. _Bauh. Pin. p. 178. ?._

RANUNCULUS pratensis flore multiplici. _Park. Parad. p. 218._

The double yellow field Crowfoot.

In giving a representation of this species of Ranunculus, we have made a
slight deviation from the strict letter of our plan, as expressed in the
title page, which confines us to the figuring of foreign plants only; we
have thought, however, that it would not be inconsistent with the spirit
of the _Flower-Garden Displayed_, were we occasionally to introduce such
English plants as have double flowers, and which, on that account, are
thought worthy of a place in every garden; they are but few in number,
and we flatter ourselves that this trifling alteration will be approved
by our numerous readers.

The _Ranunculus acris_ is the first that we offer of these; a plant, in
its wild and single state, common in all our rich meadows, and in its
improved, or to speak more botanically, in its monstrous state (all
double flowers being monsters, for the most part formed from the
preternatural multiplication of their petals) it has long been
cultivated in gardens abroad, as well as here.

There are certain ornamental plants of the perennial kind, which, if
once introduced, will succeed with the least possible trouble, and
therefore suit such as have little time to bestow on their
flower-gardens; the present plant is one of those: if the soil in which
we plant it be moist, it will grow most readily, and flower during the
months of June and July; and it is easily increased, by parting its
roots in autumn.

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CYPRIPEDIUM ALBUM. WHITE-PETAL'D LADIES SLIPPER.

_Class and Order._

GYNANDRIA DIANDRIA.

_Generic Character._

_Nectarium_ ventricosum inflatum cavum.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CYPRIPEDIUM _album_ radicibus fibrosis foliis ovato-lanceolatis
caulinis, petalis obtusis. _Ait. Hort. Kew. V. 3. p. 303._

HELLEBORINE Calceolus dicta mariana flore gemello candido, venis
purpureis, striato. _Pluk. Mant. 101. t. 418. f. 3._

CYPRIPEDIUM _hirsutum_ foliis oblongo ovatis venosis hirsutis flore
maximo. _Mill. Dict. ed. 6. 4to._

CYPRIPEDIUM _spectabile_. Corolla labio superiore ovali basi retuso
concavo subtus carina obtusa, inferiore petalis longiore grosso.
_Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. V. 1. p. 78._

Of the genus _Cypripedium_, Great-Britain produces only one, America
several