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observed, however, that there must 
be at least two inches of loamy soil 
between the cow-dung and the tu- 
bers; as, if this were not the case, 
the tubers would be rotted. When 
seedling Anemones are to be raised, 
the seed should be divested of its 
pappus, by rubbing it between the 
hands or through a sieve, and sown 
in pots or boxes in August ; the young 
tubers should be taken up when the 
leaves wither the following summer, 
and replanted in autumn, when they 
will flower the following spring. 
ANGELICA-TREE.—See ARa‘LIA. 
Ancexo'niA.—Scrophularinee.— 
An evergreen perennial, w:th very 
beautiful blue flowers, a native of 
South America. It should be kept 
in a cool airy part of the stove, or in 
a warm greenhouse ; ard it should 
be allowed a season of rest, during 
which it should be kept cool, and 
have scarcely any water. The soil 
should be a very sandy loam, mixed 
with peat earth, and it may be pro- 
pagated, though with difficulty, by 
cuttings, struck in pure sand. 
Awnicoza'nTHos.—Hemodoracee. 
—Evergreen herbaceous plants from 
New Holland, with deep crimson 
and deep flowers, one of which, A. 
Manglésii, well deserves a place in 
every greenhouse. It should have 
abundance of light and air, and 
grows freely in loam and peat, kept 
moist; it is readily increased by 
division, or by seeds, which it has 
ripened in this country. 
AwnnvaLs.— Plants which live only 
one summer ; and which, with refer- 
ence to their culture in British gar- 
dens, are either tendér, half-herdy, 
or hardy. Tender annuals are kept 
during the whole period of their 
growth under glass ; half-hardy 
annuals are raised under glass, and 
afterwards transplanted into the 
open garden ; and hardy annuals 
are sown in the open garden. 
Tender Annuals are sown in 
February or March, in pots of light 
rich earth, plunged in a hotbed ; 
and as soon as the plants are come 
up, they are transplanted into pots 
of the very smallest size, one in each 
pot ; which is called pricking them 
out. These small pots are again set 
in the hotbed as near the glass as 
| possible, and slightly shaded during 
sunshine. In a week or two, when 
|the roots have made their appear- 
ance on the outside of the ball of 
earth, which is known by turning 
the plant out of the pot, to examine 
the ball, and replacing it, the plants 
are shifted into pots one size larger; 
and this shifting is continued from 
time to time, always into pots only 
a little larger than those the plants 
were taken out of; till at last the 
plants are in pots six, eight, or nine 
| inches in diameter, according to their 
nature, and the size to which it is 
wished to grow them. In all these 
| shiftings, light rich mould must be 
used to fill up the pots, and sufficient 
drainage must be secured, by placing 
_potsherds in the bottom of each pot. 
In general, the more frequently the 
plant is shifted, the larger and more 
bushy it will become before it flowers ; 
but when once flower-buds have 
made their appearance, no farther 
_advantage can be gained from shift- 
ing, the growth of the plant being 
then mature. Some persons water 
_tender annuals with liquid manure, 
which is found to answer in the 
ease of Balsams, Cock’s-combs, and 
other strong-growing plants, but to 
injure more tender-growing kinds. 
_ The extraordinary size that Balsams 
and Cock’s-combs may be brought 
to by repeatedly shifting them in 
this manner, is not only gratifying 
in itself, but interesting and instruc. 
tive, as showing the effect of art 
on plants. The Balsam in a wild 
state, in the East Indies, is seldom 
seen above a foot in height, with a 
stem half an inch in diameter ; but 
in British hothouse s been 
grown to the heigh five feet, 
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