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Double Blush; the White; the Lesser Blush ; 

 the Purple; the Blue; the Rose-coloured; 

 the Carnation ; the Purple \'tK tt ; the Purple 

 Velvet of three colours; the Double Brnnsionc; 

 the Green, &c. 



Ju the second sort the stems rise to the same 

 height. According to Haller, the root-kaves 

 are of two kinds ; one very deeply eashed, so 

 that they have the appearance of being tive-tin- 

 gered, but are in riality three-parted, the sidc- 

 lobcs being two-parted to the verv base ; all the 

 lobes are narrow and sharp : the side ones deeply 

 bifid, the middle ones tntid or quadritid, tiie ex- 

 treme ones sharply lanceolate: the other kind 

 broad, deeply thrce-lohed, blunt, bluntly and 

 shortly serrate at the tip, with an awn standing 

 out. The leaf on the stem, or involucre, is 

 ternate, the leaflets ovate-lanceolate. The pe- 

 duncle is solitary and onc-tlowered, as in the 

 first : the petals three times three (in the natural 

 single flowers), long, elliptic, marked with lines, 

 the outer ones subhirsule on the outside, white 

 at the base with green lines. The roots in this 

 as well as the tirst consist of small tubers. 



There are several varieties of this both with 

 .single and double tlowers : the sinirle and double 

 Yellow : the Purple Starrc Anemone, darker and 

 paler; Violet Purple; Purple striped; Carna- 

 tion; Grcdcline, between a ])cach-colour and a 

 violet; CocheniUe, of a fine reddish violet or 

 purple ; Cardinal, of a rich crimson red ; 

 Eloud-red, of a deeper, but not so livelv a 

 led; Crimson; Stamell, near unto a scarlet; 

 Incarnadine, of a tine delayed red or flesh-co- 

 lour; Spanish Incarnate, of a lively flesh-co- 

 lour, shadowed with yellow; Blush, of a fair 

 whitish red; Nutmegge, of a dark whitish cc>- 

 lour, striped w ith veins of a blush-colour ; 

 Monk's-grav, pale whitish tending to a grav ; 

 Great Orengc Taw'nie ; Lesser Orenge Tawnie : 

 in the double, the great double Anemone of 

 Constantinople, or Spanish Marigold ; ercat 

 double Orenge Taw nie ; double Anemone of Cy- 

 prus ; double Persian Anemone; the common 

 great double\'ariable Anemone; common double 

 and variegated Scarlet ; Bed and Purple ; varie- 

 gated of these colours. 



The best Star-Anemones are said to come 

 from Brittany, where they raise ye;trly many 

 fine sorts. 



In the third species the root is perennial and 

 creeping. The height of the whole plant from 

 five to ten inches : the stem single, round, and 

 pubescent ; bearing one leaf, and one flow er. 

 ilie leaf is doubly ternate ; each part being pe- 

 tioled ; the petiole is flat and broail, particulailv 

 at the base ; each part, or leaf (tor some con- 

 sider it as three leaves) is trifid ; each leaflet 



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being gash-serrate, and hairy undemc.-iih, espe- 

 cially on the nervcp. 'Ilie peduncle is from an 

 inch to two iiiclus in length, is only a conti- 

 nuation of the stem, and jprings from the 

 centre of ihe leaf. The flower consists of six 

 or seven oblong-ovate petals, sometimes ending 

 bluntly, sometimes emarginatc, and the Editor 

 of AJilli-r's Dictionary has observed them not 

 unfrei]uenily even gashed or lacerate. Theusu.il 

 colour IS white, but they are often tinged with 

 purple on the outside, particularly the three 

 outer ones; .tnd sometimes thev are eniirely 

 purple on boih sides. The joint of the stem, 

 and the backs of the leaves are also apt to be 

 tinged with red. 



The varieties are : w ith single flowers, 

 with double white flowers, with sinele punile 

 flowers, with double purple flowers, and with 

 reddish purple flowers. 



In the tourih species the root is perennial and 

 tuberous ; the stem round, purplish, and about 

 a span high : the root-leaves on long petioles, 

 ternate, and leaflets usually three-parted ; the 

 scgmeiLts variously cut and divided, somewhat 

 pointed, hairy on both sides ; one three-parted 

 leaf, or three leaves together on the stem, like 

 the others, but on short, sheathing petioles. 

 From the centre of these arises the peduncle, 

 about a hand high, round and purplish, except 

 near the flower, where it is green. The stem, 

 leaves, and peduncle, are commonly sliErlitly 

 hairy ; the flowers are upright, of a pale blue 

 colour, and sweet smell ; the petals oblong, 

 from twelve to fifteen, and disposed in three 

 rows. It flowers in April. 



The varieties are : with single blue flowers, 

 w ith double blue flowers, w ith sin'jfle violet-co- 

 loured flowers, with double violet-coloured 

 flowers. 



The fifth differs from the above in having a 

 yellow corolla, two pet.ils allernatelv outer, and 

 two inner, and one having one side within and 

 the other side without the next petal ; whereas 

 that has three outer and three iimer petals : it 

 differs also in the jn-duncles beinjr accomjianied 

 with two leaflets, the latter of which is fur- 

 nished with three at the base. It flowers a little 

 earlier than the other. It has sometimes two 

 flowers on a stem, though often but one, the 

 peduncles villose and short, so that the flower 

 scarcely rises above the leaves : the petals are 

 fivie, and roundish ; the stamens about fifty. It 

 grows wild in Sweden, fvc. 



In the Pulsaulla, or I'asijue-flower sort, the 

 species are: 1. ,-/. jjiiUcilitla, Pa-riue-flower ; 

 e. j1. patens, 'WooUv-leaved Pulsatilla, or Ane- 

 mone ; 3. j4. vtnnalis, Karly Spring Pulsatilla, 

 or Anemone. 



