toerbaceous plants. 



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riety to be useful for every purpose, the most beautiful results 

 may lie obtained by using these alone in a proper manner. 

 A great number of species, each represented by small and 

 insignificant individuals, are uot desirable in landscape gar- 

 dening. Broad masses of one kind are more effective than 

 an incongruous mixture of a great many contrasting forms. 

 In a previous chapter the more important classes of her- 

 baceous plants have been treated as to their nature, habit, 

 habitat, and correct use in ornamental gardening, ami sug- 

 gestions of the same nature will also be given in the 

 following description- : 



THE CROWFOOT FA.MILY. 



Anemones and Windflowers, Anemone. — The anemones 

 are very important woodland- and hillside-plants, geuerally 



FIQ. 19.-PASQUE-F..OWER I ANEMONE PULSATILLA', GROWING IN STONY SOIL ON A HILLSIDE. 



found in great numbers throughout the north temperate 

 zone. The pasque-flower {A. Pulsatilla) is one of the 

 earliest flowering plants, with large, nodding flowers of 

 a pale blue or purple color, springing from a tuft of much 



