For June. 1920 



209 



The Fibrous Rooted Anemones 



HENRY J. MOORE 



Oh! the joy of a springtime morn 



When the sun smiles from the skies, 



And the zvild birds sing, and the flou'ers spring 



Before my wondering eyes. 



As I walk along to a happy song. 



My troubles to beguile 



On that vernal ivay all tlirough the day 



In the sunlit greemi'ood aisle. 



WHAT child in the Spring months of the year has 

 wandered through our beautiful woodland, glades 

 and has not been thrilled with the beauty of the 

 flowers. Who old in years drinking again at the foun- 

 tain in the glade of youth has not felt the hot tears of 

 joy spring to his eyes? 



There is nothing on God's fair earth harder to forget 

 than flowers, except kind hearted human beings, and 

 nothing which will more quickly bring a smile to the 

 wrinkled old face or a tear of joy to the eye than the 

 flowers, for they are an inheritance undefiled, and which 

 cannot pass away, so it is that the spirit of youth and 

 of age and the emotions of the heart are much alike in 

 the flower clad glade where no heart is ever old. 



^\'hen in the final analysis of things the life secrets are 

 laid bare, better to have the imprint of a flower on the 

 heart than all the dollars of Cliristendom, for therein 

 the Great Analyst may see the reflection of his own wis- 

 dom, so from the Anemone (hepatica) the Common 

 W'indflower of our glens, the writer got his inspiration 

 to write this article. 



There are no worthier subjects of the garden than the 

 fibrous rooted Anemones, their uses are so varied. Many 

 are suited for woodland planting, for the herbaceous bor- 

 der, and many, perhaps the majority, are well adapted to 

 the rockery. Some of the Windflowers are not hardy 

 without protection, although generally they will with- 

 stand a very low temperature. In conjunction with the 

 tuberous forms, which will not he mentioned, herein, a 

 display of flowers is possible from opening Spring until 

 frost injures vegetation. The various species or varie- 

 ties differ greatly in foliage, flowers, and in height. In 

 the latter respect they vary from three inches to three 

 feet or more. 



.Inemone alba, which flowers in June, is suited to tlie 

 rockery, it is si.x inches high. A. alperia flowers in May, 

 the flowers being variously colored, si.K inches high, and 

 adapted to the rock garden. A. angulosa has flowers 

 of sky blue, which are two inches in diameter. It grows 

 about twelve inches high and flowers as soon as the snow 

 leaves the ground. It is good for cither the rock garden 

 or the herbaceous border. A. ccrnua has flowers which 

 are drooping and of a [)urple color. Its height is about 

 six inches. It is well adapted to the rock garden, and 

 flowers in May. A. decapetala, the ten-pelaled .\nem- 

 one, has creamy, white flowers, which are quite erect 

 and nearly two inches across. It usually flowers in June 

 and is splendid for woodland planting. It is about twelve 

 inches in height. .1. dichotoma, which is sometimes 

 known as A. pennsyk-anica. is a native of Xorth Amer- 

 ica and Siberia, hardy, and splendid for naturalizing in 

 the wild garden or woodland or for rock garden plant- 

 ing. The flowers are white, slightly shafled, witli red 

 on the under side, height about eighteen inclu-s. ./. ful- 

 gens, the flowers are vermilion with black stamens. A 



very sliowy ijlant. splendid for the herbaceous border, 

 rock garden or among shrubbery. It requires a some- 

 what moist position. It is a good plant for growing in 

 tlie greenhouse, or in the cold frame, as a pot plant, and 

 may later be flowered in the living room window. It 

 does not require much heat. The plant which is regarded 

 as a variety of A. hortensis, flowers in May or early 

 June. A. Halleri, with purple flowers, which open in 

 April, growing usually to a height of about six inches, 

 for the rock garden or front of the herbaceous 

 border. 



Perhajxs to inhabitants of Xorth America no Anemone 

 is better known than .A. hepatiea, the common Hepatica, 

 with its blue flowers. It has many varieties with white, 

 reddish, sky blue and other colored flowers; They flower 

 in shady glens and woodlands, and prefer a light, humic 

 soil, preferably one in which leaf soil .predominates. Be- 

 ing quite hardy, the plants require no protection after 

 the first year. They are good for naturalizing in the 

 wild garden, woodland, or to plant in the rock garden, 

 or in shady parts of the herbaceous border, where they 

 are allowed to spread naturally and remain undisturbed. 

 The best time to plant the Anemone hepatica and its 

 varieties is just after they flower in Spring, or in early 

 Fall. If potted and brought slowly into flower, the A. 

 hepatica varieties make excellent pot plants for Winter 

 flowering in the window. 



The Japanese Fall blooming Anemones, A. Japonica 

 and its varieties, are among the best known garden 

 forms. They are quite hardy and grow at least two and 

 a half feet high. Under good cultivation, plants have 

 been known more than three and a half feet. The flow- 

 ers are at least two and a half inches across. The species 

 has flowers of rosy carmine. A. J. alba is a beautiful, 

 white flowered variety, which flowers from early Sep- 

 tember until mid-November, and apart from being a 

 valuable Ijorder subject, its flowers are of greater value 

 when cut. as they possess long stems and last long in 

 water. There are other varieties with rose colored and 

 other flowers, notably A. J. elegans, which has several 

 synonyms. All the varieties of Anemone Japonica should 

 be grown. They require a well worked, light and deep 

 soil, full of organic matter, and do best when planted 

 during Spring. In the very cold localities some protec- 

 tion must be yiven. 



HACKING AT THE ROOTS 



^1\ ll.l/A ri( )\. a^ we have thus far konwn it, rests 

 upon certain fundamental institutions and ideas. The 

 family, the nation, the institution of property, the idea of 

 individual lilierty and individual responsibility, the idea 

 of liberal culture — these are some of the bases upon 

 which everything that we regard as worthy and precious 

 has been built up. There is not one of them that is with- 

 out grave shortcomings ; not one in which there is not 

 room for improvement ; not one upon which our views 

 have not undergone notable change in generation after 

 generation, lint in their essentials, and in the pl-ace they 

 hold in the life of the world, they have thus far remained 

 unshaken. They are exposed today to more formidable 

 and more many-sided attack than at any previous time in 

 modern historv. — The Review. 



