One hundred and two species, and many varieties. R. asiaticus, the Garden Ranunculus, is a truly beautiful flower, unfortunately not adapted to the climate of the United States.

Varieties: - Mr. Jackson, the florist of Kingston, has published the following selection: -

Class I - Selfs

(Eil Noir, very fine, dark rich colour; Naxara extra, fine dark (one of the best of its class); Fete Nocturne, rich purple, fine; Duke of Bedford, large fine formed, crimson; Giles's Eliza, very fine, straw, extra form, super variety; Costar's Apollo, very fine dark, rather coarse; Plaisance, very fine, yellow, good form; Les Vos, dark purple, very fine; Rosa Montana, superior bright rosy crimson, excellent form; Tyso's Nivis, fine white; Costar's Tippoo Saib, rich dark; Condorcet, fine pure purple; Bouquet Nonpareil, dark olive, very fine.

Class II

Flavimorus, cream, with purple edge, very fine; Tyso's Victoria, clear white, with crimson edge, very fine; Aust's Henrietta, white, crimson-edged, good shape, very fine; Horatio, yellow-edged, fine free bloomer, not quite a pure ground; Tyso's Herbert, yellow, with red edge, very fine; Temeraire, white, red-striped (one of the best of its class); Lightbody's William Penn, white, with purple edge, very fine, strongly marked ground, colour seldom pure; Melange des Beautes, red and yellow-striped (an excellent old flower, merits well known); Tyso's Alexis, yellow-spotted, extra fine, good form; Tyso's Attractor, white, with purple edge, large, very fine; Kilgour's Queen Victoria, cream, crimson-edged, large, and extra fine; Costar's Coronation, half pink mottled, very fine; Grand Monarque, yellow-edged, fine petals, rather loose; Aust's Nonsuch, white, purple-edged, distinct, very fine; Tyso's Felix, buff, with distinct spot, extra fine; Lightbody's No Mistake, cream, purple-edged, strong marking, very fine; Dr. Franklin, fine clear white, with purple edge, very fine; Tyso's Edgar, yellow-coffee-edged, excellent form, extra fine; Quentin Dur-ward, yellow-edged, very fine colours, rather thin; Tyso's Delectus, yellow, red-edged, very fine; Lightbody's Rob Roy, cream, crimson edge, very fine; Imbert, yellow, with faint-brown spot, very good; Tyso's Harmonius, yellow, with dark spot, extra (one of the best of its class); Herald, white,crimson-edged, very fine, excellent shape, high crown; Tyso's Creon, buff, dark edging, very fine; Glacia, yellow-mottled, large and very line; Paxos, white, with deep purple edge, extra fine; Biddal's Duke of Wellington, yellow, delicate-edged, very fine; Macrobius, white spotted, very fine; Lightbody's Endymion, white, with delicate rose edging, very good; Tyso's Premium, white, purple spot, very tine, high crown; Aust's Queen Victoria, white, with delicate edging, very fine; Saladin, fine yellow, with faint spot; Sophia, cream, with rose edge, very good; Tyso's Yendome, cream, with dark purple edge, extra fine, rather spotted: Waterstone's Epirus, yellow - spotted, very fine. - Gard. Chron.