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on scapes two feet in height or more. The foliage is very 

 ornamental. A white variety (A. j. alba), has pure white 

 flowers three inches in diameter, and elegant ternate or 

 palinately divided leaves. These exceptionally beautiful 

 plants may be used in rockeries, in sunny borders of a 

 shrubbery and similar positions, with the most pleasing 

 result. They thrive best in a rich and moist soil. The 

 numerous forms of the garden anemone (A. Jiortensis) and 

 the poppy anemone (A. coronaria) are useful in beds and 

 borders in early summer. The flowers of these dwarf 

 tuberous-rooted plants are generally double or semi-double, 

 varying in color from white to scarlet, pale blue and crim- 

 son. They must be planted and treated in the same way 

 as bulbs for summer bedding, and do best in moist, sandy 

 loam and half -shady positions. Hence they are excellent 

 for planting in shrubberies or in suitable places in the 

 rockery. The scarlet anemone (A. fulgens) is a nearly re- 

 lated form, with flowers of the most vivid scarlet color a 

 very floriferous kind with ternately divided leaves and of a 

 tufted habit, growing to the height of a foot or more. One 

 of the finest species for rock-gardens is the Apennine ane- 

 mone (A. Apennina), an exceedingly handsome plant with 

 large, bright blue flowers and twice pinnately divided 

 leaves, growing six or eight inches high and producing a 

 quantity of flowers late in the spring. For the same 

 purpose the hepatica (A. Hepatica) is equally desirable 

 and easier to obtain. This is a very dwarf plant with 

 three-lobed, leathery leaves, growing in small tufts close to 

 the roots of trees in woods and forests, and producing 

 numerous bright blue flowers early in spring. This is also 



