its Cultivation, Pi'opagatio}}, ^'c. 169 



Chinese chrysanthemums, and finally, about the middle of 

 August, remove them to the greenhouse or conservatory, 

 where they will keep on blooming until succeeded by the 

 chrysanthemums ; in fact, the Japan anemone requires, if 

 grown in pots, to be divided annually like the chrysanthe- 

 mum. 



If intended for open borders, the plants should be obtained 

 from di\'isions of the old plants, taken off about the end of 

 March, and not from small portions of the roots; for, if raised 

 from the latter, the plants are never so strong, and seldom 

 bloom well the first season. They should be planted out in 

 May in a rich loamy soil, and afterwards freely supplied with 

 water in very dry weather. When fairly established in the 

 open border, they will require no more care, except removing 

 and dividing them once every two or three years, otherwise 

 they become tufts of leaves and weak shoots, and never bloom 

 so finely or so abundantly as when removed and replanted at 

 intervals. 



Seeds are only produced by plants grown in the greenhouse, 

 and therefore the plan of raising plants in this way is not worth 

 time and trouble, except that there are chances of obtaining 

 new varieties. I have but little doubt such may be obtained 

 by hybridizing the Japan anemone with such kinds as the 

 large white Anemone vitifolia, from the north of India, or the 

 common garden Anemone coronaria, which may be had in 

 bloom all the year by varying the season of planting, or even 

 the beautiful yellow Anemone palmata might be made the 

 male parent of a fine race of hybrids. 



In such case, all the plants must be cultivated in pots, and 

 regulated according to their time of blooming, so as to be 

 brought into bloom at the same time as the Japan anemone, 

 which is about the middle of August; it ripens its seeds about 

 the beginning of November. 



In collecting the seeds when ripe, care must be taken to 

 gather them perfectly dry, and afterwards to place them where 

 they will be out of the reach of damp until the following 

 March, w^hen they may be sown in pots or pans, lightly cov- 

 ered, and placed in a gentle, rather moist heat. The seeds 

 will soon vegetate, and the young plants will be ready for 

 potting off singly by the end of May. Afterwards, when 



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