ANEMONE. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



ANEMONE. 



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let, purple, or violet kind should be grown 

 by itself, as a greater aid to the garden 

 artist. All kinds thrive in light garden 

 soils of fair quality, and in many districts 

 there is no trouble in their culture ; in 

 cold soils this plant never does well, and 

 is often killed in winter. The St Bridgid 

 Anemones, like those of Caen and Nice, 

 are selections from the Poppy Anemone, 

 depending for their value on care in selec- 

 tion, and also on good culture in the warm 

 limestone soil the plants enjoy so well. 



A. FULGENS (The Scarlet Windflower). 

 A brilliant flower of the south of France. 

 In good well-drained soils it will thrive, 

 but is best in a rich manured loam in a 

 northern aspect and in a shaded situation. 

 Division is the surest way of increasing 

 it, as it is liable to sport if raised from 

 seeds. Roots may be transplanted almost 

 all the year round, though the resting 

 time extends only from June to August, 

 and to ensure early and good flowers plant 

 the roots as early as possible in the 

 autumn. With me it thrives in meadow 

 turf, and dies out in garden borders. 



The Greek form of A . fulgens is larger, 

 and very intense in colour. A fine strain 

 was raised by the late Rev. J. G. Nelson, 

 and called by him A . fulgens major. The 

 Peacock Anemone (A. Pavonina) is a 

 double form of this. 



A. HEPATIC A (Alpine Hepatica). A 

 beautiful early hardy flower. In sheltered 

 spots on porous soil the foliage will remain 

 through the winter. The- Hepatica is a 

 deep rooter, hence it thrives so well upon 

 made banks, and it will do as well as 

 Primroses or Violets in any good garden 

 soil. Where let alone, and not often 

 pulled to pieces, it makes strong tufts. 

 The best-known kinds are the double red 

 and single blue, both amongst the hardiest 

 of the section. Then there are the single 

 white ; single red ; double blue, rich in 

 colour ; Barlowi, a rich-coloured sport 

 from the single blue ; splendens, a single 

 red ; lilacina, a pretty mauve kind ; and 

 some others every variety being worthy 

 of culture. I prefer the single wild blue 

 kind to any. 



A. JAPONICA (Japan Anemone). A tall 

 autumn-blooming kind, 2 feet to 4 feet 

 high, with fine foliage and large rose- 

 coloured flowers. The variety named 

 Honorine Jobert, with pure white flowers, 

 is a beautiful plant ; and all good forms 

 of the plant should be cultivated where 

 cut flowers are required in autumn. By 

 having some on a north border, and some 

 on a warm one, the bloom may be pro- 

 longed. The secret of success seems to 

 be to prepare at first a deep bed of rich 

 soil, and to leave the plants alone. They 

 abhor frequent disturbance. 



The various forms of the Japan Ane- 

 mone are useful for borders, groups, fringes 

 of shrubberv in rich soil, and here and 



there in half-shady places by wood walks. 

 I like best the single forms. 



Anemone japonica alba. 



A. NEMOROSA (Wood Anemone). In 

 spring this native plant adorns our woods, 

 and also those of nearly all Europe and 

 N. Asia, but so abundant in the British 

 Isles that there is no need to plead for its 

 culture. There are double varieties, and 

 the colour of the flower is occasionally 

 lilac, or reddish, or purplish. A sky-blue 

 variety, A . Robinsoniana, is of easy culture 

 and much beauty, especially if seen when 

 the noon-day sun is on the flowers. It is 

 useful for the rock garden in wide-spread- 

 ing tufts, or for the margins of borders, or 

 as a ground plant beneath shrubs, or for 

 the wild garden or for dotting through the 

 grass in the pleasure-ground in spots not 

 mown early. Other forms worth growing 

 are Connubiensis, the blue wild Welsh 

 form, and a large white form. There are 

 also other blue forms raised, though not 

 yet proved, Alleni and Bluebonnet and 

 purpurea. 



A. PALMATA (Cyclamen-leaved Ane- 

 mone). A distinct kind, with leathery 

 leaves and large handsome flowers in May 

 and June, glossy yellow, only opening to 

 the sun. Native of N. Africa and other 

 places on the shores of the Mediterranean. 

 Planted in deep turfy peat, or light fibrous 

 loam with leaf-mould, not on the face of 

 rocks, but rather on level spots, where it 

 can root deeply and grow into strong tufts. 



