CHAP. I.] THE GENUS ANEMONE. 21 



My readers will therefore observe that Ane- 

 mones may be always known by their involucre, 

 and by their having only one covering (a showy, 

 coloured calyx) to the flower. The number of 

 sepals in this calyx varies in the different species. 

 The pasque-flower has six; the white wood 

 Anemone generally five ; and the Blue Mountain 

 Anemone from twelve to twenty. The in- 

 volucre also sometimes grows a long way from 

 the flower, as in this last-mentioned species ; 

 and sometimes so close to it, as in the Garland, 

 or Poppy Anemone (A. coronaria)^ as to look 

 almost like a green calyx to the flower. The 

 awns, or feathery tails, are also not found 

 attached to the carpels of all the species ; and 

 this distinction is considered so important, that 

 some botanists make those plants which have 

 awned carpels into a separate genus, which they 

 call Pulsatilla, and of which the pasque-flower 

 is considered the type. This genus, however, 

 has not, I believe, been generally adopted. 



I have now only a few words to say on florists' 

 Anemones, the tuberous roots of which most of 

 my readers must have seen in the seed-shops. 

 Most of these are varieties of the Garland 

 Anemone, already mentioned as having its in- 

 volucre close to the flower. The sepals of this 

 species are roundish, six in number, and when 

 the flower is in a single state, there are a great 



