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ifoerbaceous plants. 



divided leaves ; grows on sunny hillsides among the grass, 

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

 flower (A. p. Nuttalliana) are equally desirable plants with 

 purplish, sometimes creamy-white flowers, two inches across 

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

 sloping lawn, in light or moderately good soil. Among 

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

 mon wind-flower (A. nemorosd), a well-known dwarf species 



with white flowers, purplish on 

 the outside; and the large wood 

 anemone (A. sylvestris) with 

 pure white flowers on slender 

 stalks a foot high or more, and 

 ternate or palmately divided 

 leaves. These are excellent 

 for naturalizing in shrub- 

 beries and thickets or in 

 shady places on the lawn, 

 the larger kind in smaller 

 patches, the smaller to 

 cover the ground uni- 

 formly. A species useful 

 for the same purpose and 

 common in woods in North- 

 ern Europe is the golden 

 wind-flower (A. ranuncu- 

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



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

 most useful border plants, opening its buds in August or 

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



FIQ. 120. JAPANESE WIND-FLOWER (ANEMONE 

 JAPONICA). 



