ANEMONE. 107 



a notice and a situation amongst flowering shrubs, 

 particularly as they cover the earth with blossoms 

 at the early season of March, April, and May, and 

 flourish under trees and in situations where the 

 greater variety of plants will not live. The Wood 

 Anemone, Ncmorosa, bears a like flower, and should 

 be kept distinct from the Blue Mountain Anemone, 

 Apennina. This species loves a light loamy soil, 

 and may be planted in more open situations than 

 the former. Its purple buds and delicate lilac 

 petals are very ornamental when planted in large 

 patches. It has been found in the wild state, 

 near Harrow on the Hill, at Lord Spencer's Park 

 at Wimbledon, in a wood by Luton Hoe in 

 Bedfordshire, and at Berkhamstead in Hertford- 

 shire. It grows naturally near Rome, and like- 

 wise on the Apennines. 



The Yellow Wood Anemone, Ranunculoides, 

 should also be planted beneath the trees and shrubs 

 of our plantations, for the sake of its golden colour. 

 The pasque flower Anemone, which bears the 

 Italian name of Pulsatilla, because its downy seeds 

 are driven about by the winds, loves more open 

 situations, and is admirably adapted to ornament, 

 hilly situations by its violet-coloured flowers which 

 blossom in April and May. There is a variety of 

 this species with white petals, and another with 

 double flowers. 



