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ANEMONE. Anemone. 



Natural Order, Mi/lt/siliquce. Ranunciilarcte, Juss 

 A Genus of the Polyandria Polygynia Class. 



From the soft wing of vernal breezes shed, 

 Anemonies. 



Thomson. 



That veteran troop who will not for a blast 

 Of nipping air, like cowards, quit the field. 



Mason - . 



And coy Anemone, that ne'er uncloses 

 Her lips until they're blown on by the wind. 



Hon. Smith. 



The Greeks named this flower Anemone from 

 ^Avspcor, the wind, because it flowers both in a 

 windy season, and in exposed, windy situations. 



The ancients made this flower the emblem of 

 sickness. Pliny tells us that the magicians and 

 wise men in old times attributed wonderful powers 

 to this plant, and ordered that every person should 

 gather the first Anemone he saw in the year, re- 

 peating at the same time, u I gather thee for a 

 remedy against disease." It was then devoutly 

 placed in scarlet cloth and kept undisturbed, 

 unless the gatherer became indisposed, when it was 

 tied either around the neck or arm of the patient. 



