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The third species has the flower red without, white within; it 

 blows earlier than the Pasque-flower; the leaves approach those of 

 Meadow-Ruc; tlic stem is half a foot high, with a very tomentose, 

 yellow, shining involucre in the middle, finely cut. When the flower 

 is young, it is white with a blush of purple on the outside, where it 

 is hairy: these hairs afterwards become yellow. The corolla consists 

 of six con vei-genL ovate-lanceolate petals: the stamens are very nu- 

 merous. It grows in the woods in Sweden, (S;c. 



In the Ilepatica kind the only species is the A. Ilepatka, or 

 Hepalica. 



In this the leaves of the year before remain, which are heart- 

 shaped, ihree-lobed, obtuse, and smooth, beneath being veined in 

 net-work; the petioles are cylindric, long, and rising: the bud has 

 generally four outer scales, ovale and membranaceous; three inner 

 ones, concealing the leaves and flowers; the peduncles three, cylin- 

 dric, hairy, and one-flowered. The flower lies a year complete in 

 all its parts within the bud. The corolla has six petals in two rows 

 of three each, lanceolate, and spreading: the stamens are about 

 twenty-five: the seeds oblong-ovate, involved in a silky substance; 

 init man}' of them abortive. It is found wild in Sweden, &c. It 

 flowers early. 



1'he varieties in cultivation are numerous: the single and double 

 blue, single and double red or j:)each-coloured, single and double 

 white, single and double variegated red and while, single and 

 double violet-coloured, with striped leaves. 



Culture in the Garden kinds. — All the species and varieties of the 

 garden and wood Anemones are capable of being propagated by otT- 

 sets from, or dividing their roots. By sowing the seed, new varieties 

 may also be obtained. 



In order to procure the offsets, and dig over and prepare the beds, 

 the best sorts should be annually taken n|) inmiedialely on their 

 leaves beginning to decay, as in the early part of June for the more 

 forward sorts. They nmst then be divided, or have the olfset knobs 

 taken off. 'J'his work should always be performed in a dry season, 

 the root-bulbs, after the earth has been removed, being deposited on 



