28 BULBS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS, 
this country, as our climate is not at all congenial to 
them, both too hot and too cold, either extreme being 
fatal to them. Where they can be grown successfully 
they make charming plants, producing a mass of very 
gorgeous flowers. ‘They succeed fairly well here, in moist, 
partially shaded situations, or in a frame where the 
tubers can be planted about the first of February, safely 
protected against frost, and where they can also be pro- 
tected against mid-day sun. In France they are usually 
planted in autumn, but in America a better plan is to 
plant as early in spring as they can be put in the ground. 
As soon as the tops die down take up the tubers and 
store in a dry room free from frost. ‘There are both 
double and single forms, and varieties innumerable. 
Either can be produced from seed, the plants flowering 
the second year; it is, however, quite as advisable to 
plant the tubers. 
A. coronaria (Poppy Anemone).—A native of the 
Levant. This isa parent of most of the popular varie- 
ties. The flowers are about two inches in diameter, 
white, scarlet and purple, with all the variations these 
colors will produce. The varieties make a fine display 
in spring. They can be grown in the greenhouse in 
pots, flowering during the winter, if desired. But they 
seem to be born for the open air, which is their appro- 
priate home and place. (See engraving, Page 27.) 
A. hortensis.—Varying but little from the preced- 
ing; it is also the parent of many varieties, both double 
and single. Many other so-called species are but varie- 
ties of these. 
A. fulgens. —This is one of the most showy species 
of the genus. Its color is of the most intense dazzling 
scarlet that it is possible to conceive. As it is one 
of the earliest flowers of the year, and so exceedingly 
beautiful withal, it deserves a place in every Loui 
ge engraving, Page 26.) 
