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1. Anemone (<S)'/r/^m) peckinculo nudo femlnibus fub- 

 rotunclis hirfutis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 540. Anemone -with 

 a yiaked ftalk and a round head of hairy feeds. Anemone 

 fylvcftris alba major. C. B. P. 176. 



2. Anemone (A^if;;?^r^y^)-feminibus acutis foliolis incifis 



caule unifloro. Hort. Cliff. 224. Anemone with pointed 



feeds ^ cut leaves^ and a f ingle flower. Anemone nemo- 

 rofa flore majore. C. 15. P. 176. 



5. Anemone {Apemiina) feminibus acutis foliolis incifis 

 petalis lanceolatis numerofis. Lin. Sp. Plant, 541. 



/I. ,«>,^..;.'L ^^;,-*«7 r^^j. ...j. i ...3 r^ 



fhapedfl^ 



fceds^ cut leaves^ and many fp. 



pureo-c?eruleo. Park. Lhcat. 325. 



4. Anemone (/^/r^/W^;/.-?) pcdunculis alternislonginimis 

 fruftibus cylindricis feminibus hirfutis muticis. Lin. Sp. 



indricalfpikes of chaffy feeds 

 Matthioli iimilis flore nan 



foot-ftalk 



5. Anemone {Coronaria) foliis radicalibus ternato-de- 

 compofitis, involucre foliofo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 539. 

 Anemone with lower leaves decompounded^ and a leafy 

 involucnm. Anemone tenuifolia fmiplici flore. C. B. 



P. 174. 



6. Anemone {Ilortenfis) foliis digitatis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 

 540. Anemone with hand-fhaped leaves. Anemone hor- 

 tenfis latifolia. 3 Cluf Hill:, i. p. 249. 



7. Anemome (Z)/V/^^/(5?;/*^) caule dichotoma, foliis feffili- 

 bus oppofitis amplexicaulibus trifidis incifis. Amnsn. 

 Acad. I. p. 155. Anemone with a forked ftalk ^ and trifld 

 cut leaves growing oppofite^ which embrace the ftalks. 



8. Anemone (Thali^roides) foliis caulinis fimplicibus 

 verticillatis, radicalibus duplicato ternatis. Lin. Sp. 



763. Anemone with ftmple leaves on the ft alk^ growing in 

 whorles^ and thofe at the root double ternate, ■ 

 The firft fort grows naturally in many parts of Ger- 

 many ; this approaches near to our Wood Anemone, 

 but the feeds of it are round and hairy ; the flower is 

 large and white, but having little beauty, is feldom 

 planted in gardens. 



The lecond fort grows wild in the woods in many parts 

 of England, where it flowers in April and May, 

 making a pretty appearance in thofe places where 

 they are in pilenty. The roots of this may be taken 

 up when their leaves decay, and tranfplanced in wil- 

 dernefles, where they will thrive and increafe greatly, 

 if they are not diilurbed; and in the fpnng,'^before 

 the trees are covered with leaves, they will have a 

 very good effeft, in covering of the ground and 

 making a pleafing variety at that feafon.' 

 The third fort is found growing naturally in fome 

 parts of England, but particularly at Wimbledon in 

 Surry, in a wood near the manfion-houfe, in great 

 plenty ; but it is not certain that they were not origi- 

 nally planted there, as they are not found in any other 

 place m that neighbourhood. This fort flowers at the 

 fame time with the former, and when intermixed with 

 them, make a fine variety. This may be tranfplanted 

 from the woods as the former. 

 There are of thefe two forts, fome with double flow- 

 ers, which have been obtained from feeds. Thefe 

 make a finer appearance, and continue longer in flower 

 than the fingle, but are only to be procured from the 

 gardens, where they are cultivated. As thefe are only 

 feminal varieties, I have not enumerated them with 

 the others. 



The fourth fort grows naturally in North America, 



from whence the feeds are frequently lent to England. 



This is a very hardy plant, and produces plenty of 



feeds in England, but having little beauty, fcarce 



defei-ves a place ill gardens, unlefs for the fake of 

 variety. 



The fifth and fixth forts are natives of the eaft, from 

 whence their roots were brought originally -, but have 

 been fo greatly improved by culture, as to render 

 them fome of the chief ornaments to our gardens in 

 the fpring. The principal colours of thefe flowers are 

 red, white, purple, and blue, and fome are finely 

 variegated with red, white, and purple. There are 

 many intermediate fhades of thefe colours j the flowers 



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are large and vesy double, and, wlicii properly ma- 

 naged, are extremely beautiful. I fluil thera^jrc 



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ceed to give ample direftions for their culture, wliich 

 if duly obJerved, every perfon may have thele fiovvr-' 

 in perix'6tion. 



l^ake a quantity of frefh untried earth (from a com- 

 mon, or fome other pailure land) tiut'is of a ]\^^-\\t 

 fandy loam, or hazel mould, obferving: nol to L.v/c k 

 above ten incites deep below the furfacc ; and if "vi;e 

 turf be" taken with it the better, provided i: hadi 

 time to rot thoroughly before it is ufed : mix this with 

 a third part of rotten cow dung, and lay it in a her^p, 

 keeping it turned over at leafl: once a month for eigdt 

 or ten months, the better to mix it, and rot tlie dun'::^ 

 and turf, and to let it liave the advantages of the free 



air: in doing this be careful to rake%)ut all grent 

 fl:ones, and break the clods (but by no means' Liz 

 orfcreen the earth, which is found very hurtful to 

 many forts of roots) ; for when the earth is made very 

 , fine, upon the firil great rains of \viiiter or fprinoj, 

 the fmall particles thereof join clofely togeilier, an^d 

 form one iolid mafs, fo that the roots' oftc^i periHifor 

 want of fome fmall Hones to keep the particles afunder, 

 and make way for the tender fib.res to draw nourifli- 

 ment for the ilipport of the root. 

 This earth fliould be mixed twelve months before it 

 is ufed, if pofiibk- but if you are conftrained to ufe 

 it Iboner, you mull turn it over the ofiener, to mellov^r 

 and break the clods ; and obferve to rake cut all the 

 parts of the green fward, that are not quite rotten, 

 before you ufe it, which would be prqudicial to your 

 roots, if fuffered to remain. The beginning of Sep- 

 tember is a proper feafon to prepare the'^beds for 

 planting (which, if in a v/et foil, fliould be raifed with 

 this fort of earth fix or eight inches above the furtacc 

 of the ground, laying at the bottom fome of the 

 Takings of your heap to drain off the moifture; but 

 -in a dry foil, three inches above the furface wiil be 

 fuificient): this compoll fliould be laid at leafl; tv/o feet 

 and a half thick, and in the bottom there fliould be 

 about four or five inches of rotten neats dun^r, or the 

 rotten dung of an old Melon or Cucumber-bed, fo 

 that you mufl: take out the former foil of the beds to 

 make room for it. 



And obferve in preparing your beds, to lay them (if 

 in a wet foil) a little round, to flioot oif the water; 

 . but in a dry one, let it be nearer to a level ; in wet 

 - land, where the beds are raifed above the furfac?, it 

 will be proper to fill up the paths between them' in 

 winter, either with rotten tan or dung, to prevent the 

 frofl: from penetrating into the fides of the beds, v/hich 

 often defl:roy their roots. The earth fliQuld be laid 

 in the beds at leafl a fortnight or three weeks before 

 you plant the roots, that it may fettle ; and when you 

 plant them, Hir the upper part of the foil about fix 

 inches deep, with a fpade; then rake it even and 

 fmooth, and with a Hick draw lines each way of the 

 bed at fix inches diftance, fo that the whole may b 



in fquares, that the roots may be planted regularly : 

 ' then with your three fingers make a hole in the cen- 

 ter of eacli fquare, about three inches deep, laying 

 therein a root v/ith the eye uppermofc ^ and when you 

 have finiflied your bed,' with the head of a rake draw 

 the earth fmooth, fo as to cover the crown of the roots 

 about two inches. 



The befl: fealon for planting thefe roots, if for for- 

 ward flowers, is about the latter end of September^ 

 and for thofe of a middle feafon, any time in Odobcr j 

 but obferve to perform this work, if pofllUe, at or 

 near the timiC of kmc: gentle fliowers ;, for if the roots 

 are planted when the ground is perfecTtly drv, and 

 there fliould no rain fall for three weeks or a niontli 

 ^fter, they' will be very apt to grow mouldy upon ihe 

 crov/n, and if they once get this diftemper, tliey feldcvn 

 come to good after, 



Yoii may alfo referve fome of your Anemone root? 

 till after Chriflm.as, before you plant them, left: by 

 the feverity of the vvintcr your early planted roots 

 fliould be dellroyed, which fometimes happens ra 

 very hard winters, efpecially in thbfe places where 



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