ANEMONE 



THE BULB BOOK 



ANEMONE 



partially shaded spots in the rockery 

 or flower-border. Stagnant moisture 

 at the roots is fatal to it, hence the 

 necessity for good drainage. The 

 roots may be planted almost at any 

 time, but during early autumn is the 

 best time, say in August or early 

 ►September. For the decoration of 

 the greenhouse early in the year the 



fulgens, v.ar. 



Scarlet Windflower is very useful. 

 The tubers may be potted up in 

 autumn and kept in a cold frame, 

 or under ashes, until after Christmas, 

 when they may be brought in from 

 time to time to keep up a succession. 

 They must not, however, be placed in 

 too high a temperature. Increased 

 by dividing the roots, or from seeds 

 in the .same way as the Poppy 

 Anemone. 



A. nemorosa (Wood Anemone). — A 

 charming British plant found in woods 

 and copses all over the Kingdom, as 

 well as in Europe and N. America. 

 It grows from 4 to 8 ins. high, and 

 has silky-haired leaves twice or thrice 

 divided into narrow segments. The 

 white, or sometimes purple, flowers, 



1 to 2 ins. across, having six oval, 

 veined sepals, appear in April and May. 

 The variety Jiobinsonutna, which 

 seems to be identical with one called 

 caeruha, has lovely sky-blue flowers ; 

 the variety AUeni is similar, but 

 larger in every way ; the variety ^ore 

 pleno has double white flowers ; rosea, 

 rose-coloured ; and cornuhiensis, blue, 



SO 



Fio. 49. — Anemone nemorosa, 



are other forms. They are all charm- 

 ing when grown in bold masses in the 

 rock-garden or flower-border in some- 

 what shaded positions. Increased 

 by division of the root-stocks in 

 autumn, or by seeds. 



A. palmata. — A distinct tuberous- 

 rooted plant about G to 8 ins. high, 

 from the Mediterranean region. The 

 roundish, heart-shaped leathery leaves 

 are bluntly three to five-lobed, slightly 

 toothed and hairy. The large, glossy, 

 golden-yellow flowers with ten to 

 twcjlve oblong, obtuse sepals appear in 

 May and June, and open in the sun- 

 shine only. The double variety, Jlore 

 j>leno, and the white one, albida, are 

 both pretty but very scarce. {Bot. 

 Jf(i;/. t. 2079.) 



A. />i(/m((fa grows ])Ciit in dampish 



