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should be watered every evening, but very gently. When 

 the roots are once obtained, they may be increased by 

 parting. 



The Narrow-leaved Garden Anemone grows wild in the 

 Levant. In the islands of the Archipelago the borders 

 of the fields are covered with it in almost every variety of 

 colour ; but these are single ; culture has made them double. 



Of the double varieties of this species there are nearly 

 two hundred. To be a fine one, a double Anemone should 

 have a strong upright stem, about nine inches high ; the 

 flower should be from two to three inches in diameter: 

 the outer petals should be firm, horizontal, unless they 

 turn up a little at the end, and the smaller petals within 

 these should lie gracefully one over the other. The plain 

 colours should be brilliant, the variegated clear and distinct. 



The Broad-leaved Garden Anemone is found wild with 

 single flowers, in Germany, Italy, and Provence ; the single 

 varieties are sometimes called Star- Anemones : they are 

 very numerous, as are also the double varieties, of which 

 the most remarkable are the great double Anemone of 

 Constantinople, or Spanish marygold, the great double 

 Orange-tawney, the double Anemone of Cyprus, and the 

 double Persian Anemone^ 



There is a species called the Wood- Anemone, which 

 grows in the woods and hedges in most parts of Europe. 

 In March, April, and May, many of our woods are almost 

 covered with these flowers, which expand in clear weather, 

 and look towards the sun ; but in the evening, and in wet 

 weather, close and droop their heads. When the Wood- 

 Anemone becomes double, it is cultivated by the gardeners ; 

 and were the same pains taken with this as with the foreign 

 Anemones, it would probably become valuable. 



Anemone roots may be planted towards the end of 

 September, and again a month later; some plant a third 



