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flowers, pure white within, and covered with golden-brown hairs 

 without. Is not of particularly easy culture ; seedlings are best to 

 start with. These, unfortunately, vary a good deal, as some of the 

 flowers are of rather a greenish-white ; but if the true white form 

 be obtained, no more exquisite plant can be grown in the rock 

 garden. 



The above are the best of the Anemones for the rock garden. 

 Others, though also very lovely, are better suited for naturalising 

 in the woods. The following are the best for this purpose : — 



A. apenniTia. — Clear, pale blue flowers. 



A. coronaria. — Various shades of colours. 



A. nemorosa^ and its varieties. 



A. sylvestris. — Pretty white flowers. 



Anomatheca {see Lapeyrousia) 



Antennaria (Compositae), Cat's-ear 



Are of only very secondary value for the rock garden. They 

 are all dwarf and neat-growing plants with silvery leaves, and are 

 of the easiest culture, indifferent either to soil or aspect. Their 

 chief merit lies in the colour of their foliage, and are useful for 

 carpeting bare spots. 



A. alpina (syn. Gnaphalium alpiiia). — White, downy foliage. 



A. dioica (syn. Gnaphalium dioicum). — Silvery leaves and pink 

 flowers. 



A. tomentosa. — Only grows about i inch high. Silvery foliage. 



Anthemis (Compositae), Chamomile 



Of those in cultivation few are worthy of a place in the rock 

 garden. All of easy culture in any position or soil. Propagated 

 by division. 



A. Alzoon (see Achillea ageratifolia\ 



A. Biebersteiniana. — The pinnately divided leaves are covered 

 with a white, silky down. Large, yellow, composite flowers, about 

 12 inches high. Rather a showy species. 



A. 7nacedonica. — Spreading tufts of silvery-grey leaves about 

 6 inches high, and large, solitary white flowers in July. A pretty 

 plant. 



A. 7nontana. — Silvery-grey tufts of finely cut leaves and white 

 flowers, freely produced from May to August. Only grows 6 inches 

 high. 



These represent about the best of the genus. 



