ADONIS

(name of cla ical derivation). O RD. Ranunculaceæ. Handsome hardy herbaceous plants. Flowers solitary, terminal; petals five to fifteen. Leaves divided into numerous linear segments. Some of the annuals are much inferior to the perennial species. The latter section constitute very ornamental subjects for rockwork, borders, margins of shrubberies, . All the species will grow freely in common soil, and are propagated by seeds. The perennials may be divided at the root.