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The Dictionary of Gardening, 



Anemone -co/./ 1 



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I Anemone — conHnuecI. 



is impossible to plant this flower wron^ as regards effect. To 

 jiTow it well, liowever, it must have a moist situation and good 

 loam." See Fig. 94. 



A. Halleri (Haller's).* //. purplisli inside, large, erect ; sepals six. 

 oval-lanceolate. April. /. pinnate, very villous ; sclents three 

 parted ; lobes with lanceolate-linear, acuminated divisions, k. 6in. 

 fc>%vitzerland, 1816. A sunny border or the rockery. 8VN. Pulsa- 

 tUia Halh-ri. 



A. Uepatica (supposed remedy for liver diseases). Common He- 

 patica. Jf. usually l)lue ; sepals six to nine. February, t. cor- 

 date, thVee-lobed ; lobes quite entire, ovate, acutish ; petioles 

 and scapes rather hairy, ft. 4in. to 6in. There are numerous 

 varieties of this species. Eny:land, Ac. SvN. Hepatica triloba. 

 Varieties : alba has large pure white flowers ; caerulea (blue), 

 the double form of ca-nilea is scarce and very showy ; rubra 

 produces reddish-pink flowers, and of which there is also a double 

 variety, very bri;^ht and lasting ; Barloivi has large sky-blue flowers. 

 Besides these there are many others. They are all charming early 

 spring-flowering plants, preferring rich light soil, and to remain 

 undisturbed for years, when they form grand clumps, often pro- 

 ducing seedlings where thev stand. Syn. A. americana. See 

 Fig. 95. 



A. Honorine Jobert (Honorine Jobert). Synonymous with A. 



icrpoiih'a alfxi. 



A, hortensis (garden). Nearly approaches A. coronaria, the 

 parent of a lar;ie number of garden forms. A. J'ulgois and A. 

 atcllata are by competent authorities placed as varieties. 



A. Hudsoniana (Hudson's). Synonymous with A. muUifida. 



A. japonica (Japanese).* Jl. rosy carmine, from Sin. to 2Mn. 

 across, on footstalks which spring from a wliorl of three or four 

 leaves ; anthers golden yellow. Autumn. I. ternate, with un- 

 equally lobed, toothed segments. h. 2ft. to 3ft. Japan, 1844. 

 See Fig. 96. 



Fig. 97. A.nemonk japonica alba. 



A. j. allba (white).* This is a splendid variety, with a profusion of 

 large pure white flowers, which are produced from August to 

 November. This white form is one of the handsomest ofborder 

 flowers. The blooms are Sin. to 3in. across, with a centre of dense 

 lemon coloured stamens. For cutting purposes the flowers are 

 invaluable. It thrives best in deep soil. Syn. A. Honorine 

 Jobert. See Fig. 97. 



A j. elegans (elegant).* Very like A. japonica, with broader 

 leaves, and pale rose-coloured flowers, which are more than 3in. 

 across. This is also called rosea and fiybrida. Japan. 



A lancifolia (lance-leaved). /. white; sepals five, ovate-acute; 

 scapes one-flowered. May. I. all stalked, ternate ; segments 

 lanceolate, crenate-tootheil. h. 3in. Pennsylvania, 1823. Very 

 rare. Rnckery. Tuberous routed. 



A* multifida (many-cleft).* ./f. red. whitish yellow, or citron 

 colour, small ; sepals HvL'toten, t'llipfiral, obtuse ; peduncles tliree, 

 one-flowered, one of which is naked ami ojulier, the other two 

 longer, and bearing twu-leaved multitid involucels on their middle. 

 June. I. radical ones ternate; segments cuneated, three parted, 

 multifid, with linear lobes ; those of the involucrum multifid, on 

 short petioles. h, 6in. to I2ni. North America. Border or 

 rockery. Syn. A. Hudb-onUnia. 



Fig. 98. Anemone narcissiflora, showing Habit and F3ov.t? 



A. nardssiflora (Narcissus-flowered).* Jl. usually cream coloured, 

 sometime^ innpli-ih on the outside; umbels "generally many- 

 flowered ; i>t_(li( lis in some instances twice or three times longer 

 than the involucrum, and in others very short ; sepals five or .six, 

 ovate or oval, blunt or acute. May, L radical ones palmately 

 three to Ave parted ; lobes deeply toothed ; lobules linear, acute ; 

 those of the involucrum three to five cleft, h. about 1ft. Europe, 

 North America, 1773. An extremely variable and beautiful species. 

 Rockery. See Fig. 98. 



A. nemorosa (grove).* Wood Anemone. _/f. generally white; sepals 

 six, elliptical ; scapes one-flowered. JIarch. I. ternate ; segments 

 tiifld, deeply toothed, lanceolate, acute ; involucral leaves 

 stalked, h. 6in. This species varies greatly in the colour of its 

 flowers. It is a most beautiful little plant, frequent in our native 

 woods, and suitable for planting in shaded shrubberies, &c. 

 Tuberous rooted. 



A. n, coerulea (blue),* from the North-west States of America, 

 is very near, if not identical with, the variety Ftobinsoniana, of our 

 native woods. 



A. n. fiore-pleno (double-flowered).* /. pure white, over lin. 

 across, solitary, double. This is an exceedingly pretty plant, and 

 remains in beauty considerably longer than the type" It shoulil 

 be i^TOwn in large clumps, and in rich loam. 



A. n. Robinsonlana (Robinson's).* Jl. bright azure blue, large, 

 over lUn. in diameter. A charming variety for the rockery or 

 border, and one of the prettiest in the whole genus. 



A. n. rosea (rosy).* A very pretty form, with rose-coloured 

 flowers, of which there is a double flowered sub-variety; there is 

 also a double form of the type, named bracteata ji.-pL, white 

 flowers, surrounded with a large involucrum. 



A. obtusiloba O'l"nt-lobed-leaved). jf. cream coloured ; sepals 

 five, obovate ; peduncles two to three, one-flowered, villous, 

 naked, or the lateral ones are bracteate. June. I. three lobed 

 cordate, and are, as well as petioles, very villous ; segments 

 broadly cuneated, and deeply crenate ; involucral leaves trifld. 

 Himalaya, 1843. This species requires a warm and sheltered 

 position. 



A. palmata (palmate).* ft. golden yellow ; sepals ten to twelve, 

 oblong, obtuse ; scape one, rarely two. flowered. May. I. cortlate, 

 suli-nrhicular, bluntly three to five-lobed, toothed; involucral 

 leaves tviliii. South-west Europe, 1597. A white flowered variety, 

 tli<)U!;h scarce, is in cultivation, and is very pretty. True alpines, 

 which should be ^■o'wn on the rockery, 'where the soil is both 

 rich and deep, with a somewhat damp situation. Tuberous 

 rooted. 



A. patens (spreading).* /. purplish, or rarely yellow, erect, spread- 

 ing, in the involucre almost sessile ; sepals five to six. June. 

 /. pinnate, rising, after the flowers; segments three parted; 

 lobes toothed at the top. Northern Europe, &c., 1752. 



A. p. NuttalUana (Nuttall's).* yf. purple, sometimes cream 

 coloured, erect, villous on the outside ; sepals five or six, erect, 

 connivent. June. i. three parted ; segments cuneate. trifid, cut; 

 lobes linear-lanceolate, elongated ; tfiose of the involucre with 

 linear lobes. A. 1ft. North America, 1826. A pretty border 

 plant. 



A. pavonina (peacock). Synonym.ons with A. stellata. 



A. pennsylvanica (Pennsylvanian). Synonymous with A. dicTio- 



A. pratensis (meadow).* jl. dark purple, pendulous ; sepals six, 

 erect, reflexed at the top. acute. May. L pinnate, many parted ; 

 lobes linear. A. 6in. to 12in. Northern Europe, ifcc, 1731. Differs 

 chiefly from the following species in having smaller flowers, 

 sepals narrowerand more acute, connivent at base, and reflexed at 

 apex. Syn. PtilsatUla pratensis. 



A. Pulsatilla (common Pulsatilla).* Pasque Flower. /. generally 

 violet, sub-erect; sepals six, spreading, externally silky, very 

 handsome, .\pril. I. pinnate ; segments many parted ; lobes 

 linear, h. tin. to 12in. England, &c. A singular and beautiful 

 species, thriving best in a dry situation and well-drained soil of 



