Ranunculus Acris Flore-pleno
Double Acrid Crowfoot, Yellow Bachelor’s Buttons; Nat. Ord. Ranunculaceæ.
The type of this is a common British plant, most nearly related to the field buttercup. I am not going to describe it, but mention it as I wish to introduce R. acris fl.-pl., sometimes called “yellow Bachelor’s Buttons”—indeed, that is the correct common name for it, as used fully 300 years ago. In every way, with the exception of its fine double flowers, it resembles very much the tall meadow buttercup, so that it needs no further description; but, common as is its parentage, it is both a showy and useful border flower, and forms a capital companion to the double white Bachelor’s Buttons (R. aconitifolius fl.-pl.).
Flowering period, April to June.