THALICTRUM ANEMONOIDES. — WIND-FLOWER MEADOW-RUE. I 1 9 



have now aarreed that it is not a true Anemone, it would be 

 better to call the plant the Wind-Flower Meadow-Rue, and this 

 name we have, therefore, placed at the head of our chapter. It 

 is more correct than the old name, and yet keeps up the con- 

 nection with the 



" wind-flowers frail and fair," 



with which the species will probably always remain associated 

 in the popular mind. 



Together with the rosy hues of the Spring Beauty, the sky- 

 blue of the Liverwort, and the delicate pink occasionahy seen 

 in the Wind-Flower, our Thalictmm often makes as pretty a 

 picture of early wood scenery as we can well imagine ; and one 

 might almost think that Bryant had such a scene in view when 

 he wrote : — 



" Here doth the earth with flowers of every hue 



Heap her green breast when April suns are bright, — 

 Flowers of the morning-red or ocean-blue, 

 Or like the mountain frost of silvery white." 



The Wind-Flower Meadow-Rue is strictly an American plant, 

 and is rather limited in its range. It is common in all the 

 states alone; the Atlantic seaboard, but in the West does not 

 occur beyond Nebraska, in which state it was found by Prof. 

 Auo-hey. Further south, beyond the junction of the Missouri 

 and the Mississippi, its only location west of the latter river 

 seems to be Arkansas, where it was found by Mr. George A. 

 Butler. 



For cultivation our species is remarkably well fitted, pro- 

 vided that it be not planted in a very dry and sun-exposed place. 

 In a partially shaded situation, it continues to increase the num- 

 ber of its flower-stems from year to year, and makes a much 

 showier appearance than in its wild state. The many shades 

 of color in the flowers, from pure white to rose, give promise 

 of good results under a florist's care, and double flowers, the 



