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point to take note of is that Anemones love shade rather 
than full exposure, and must have a cool root run. 
Obviously, then, it is a mistake to perch them high up 
in the driest and most exposed pockets of the rockery, 
the more appropriate positions being down below, in bays 
or recesses, where they may be slightly overshadowed by 
a bush of Cistus, Berberis, or Broom. The remaining, 
and very essential, point is that the roots shall be deeply 
planted in a light soil, with an ample supply of both humus 
and sand, and that once planted they shall only be dis- 
turbed when they have become considerably overcrowded. 
An annual winter mulching of about half an inch thickness 
of leaf mould and rotted stable manure, rubbed through 
a sieve, will nourish and strengthen the roots, with the 
result that the plants increase in vigour and productive- 
ness year by year. All the tuberous rooted kinds should 
be planted at least 4 inches below the surface. A. 
appenina, and others that spread by means of underground 
stems, should have about the same depth of soil over them, 
but angulosa, hepatica, pulsatilla and all that have 
“crowns ”’ surmounting a mass of fibrous roots, must not 
have their crowns buried deeply, the only thing being to 
make holes deep ‘enough to take the whole length of roots 
perpendicularly. 
To describe in detail each of the hundred or so varieties 
and separate species of this charming family would require 
a volume, and worthy though the subject undoubtedly 
is, it is impossible in this instance to do it full justice. 
The principal groups, however, will be dealt with, and a 
guide thus provided, which, with the aid of a good hardy 
