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the anemone ; this was, in fact, a concession to ap- 

 pearances, the Avhite petal-like segments are really 

 sepals ; there is no corolla, the calyx is the whorl of 

 showy-white or colored sepals surrounding the sta- 

 mens and pistils. The root of an anemone would 

 have afforded a pleasing specimen for our study of 

 roots — it is composed, in the wood anemone, of a 

 singular, fleshy, scimiter-shaped stock ; from the 

 point of the scimiter, or near it, rises the smooth, 

 simple stem, from the other extremity of this root- 

 stock branch several long, slender rootlets. The rue 

 anemone has five tubers shaped something like a 

 sweet potato, from each of which de^Dends a cluster 

 of branched rootlets. The Greeks had many stories 

 and romances about the anemone. They believed it 

 sprung from the tears Venus wept over dead Adonis ; 

 they gave its name as signifying that the blossom 

 opened at the wind's bidding, and they called it " The 

 wind shaken." The Persians said that the anemone 

 had a subtle poison which it poured ui:>on the wind, 

 and the flower with them was an emblem of sickness. 

 Perhaps these Oriental anemones were unlike the 

 flower to which we give the name ; our anemones, 

 loving the winds and the woods, seem emblems of 

 vigorous health, under a delicate appearance. 



Another white flower, among the first to bloom in 

 the April woods, while yet there are almost no leaves 



