THE ANEMONE. 



ANE3I0NE is derived from the Greek anemos, wind, as 

 Gerard says, after Pliny, because ' the flower doth never 

 open itself but when the wind doth blow.' As this is not 

 quite correct, at least with the Anemone of our day, the 

 appellation is supposed to have arisen from the plant 

 flourishing in exposed and windy situations. 



The ancient fabulists ascribe to this flower a very high 

 birth. They tell us that Venus, in her grief for the death 

 of Adonis, mingled her tears with his blood, and that 

 thence sprung the first Anemone. 



The Anemones are natives of the East, whence their 

 roots were originally brought; but they have been so 

 much improved by culture, as to take a high rank among 

 the ornaments of our gardens in the spring. 



See ! yon Anemones their leaves unfold. 

 With rubies flaming, and with living gold. 



ANON. 



Then, thickly strewn in woodland bowers, 

 Anemones their Stars unfold. 



ANON. 

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