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iberbaceous plants. 



divided leaves ; grows on sunny hillsides among the grass, 

 often in sterile soil. A. patens and the American pasque- 

 flower {A. p. Nuttalliand) are equally desirable plants with 

 purplish, sometimes creamy-white flowers, two inches across 

 These are fine for planting among the grass on a sunny, 

 sloniug lawn, in light or moderately good soil. Among 

 species found in woods and forests the best are : the com- 

 mon wind-flower {A. nemorosa), a well-known dwarf species 



with white flowers, purplish on 



the outside ; and the large wood 



anemone (.4. sylvextri*) with 



pure white flowers on slender 



stalks a foot high or more, and 



i ternate or palmately divided 



Iji leaves. These are excellent 



[l(, for naturalizing; in shrub- 



beries and thickets or in 



shady places on the lawn, 



the larger kind in smaller 



v^#i&#3f5I^SlK\ r atcbes > tbe sraaller to 



'^ "iiW^ ^^^w^-MMi^ : cover the ground um- 



^^^^?^W - II' ^r the san, 

 Hfe'H&^'N"^ " common in w 



(,',«'. 



ly. A speci 



same purpose and 

 roods in North- 

 ern Europe is the golden 

 wind-flower (A ramrncu- 

 hides), a dwarf but very showy plant flowering in June. 



The Japanese wind-flower (A. Jopmica) is one of the 

 most useful border plants, opening its buds in August or 

 even later. The numerous, rosy-purple flowers are borne 



FIG. 120.— JAPANESE WIND-FLOWER (ANEMONE 

 JAPONICA). 



