Anemones done flowering, dry them in a shady place, and put them away 

 and Peonies in sand till the following October or November, when they 

 should be planted about 3 inches below the surface. They 

 grow easily from seed sown in June, and if given shade and 

 moisture the first three weeks, and then sun and continued 

 moisture, they will be large enough to prick out in October, and 

 will flower the following Spring. In a few cold soils they do 

 not stand the Winter, but are generally quite hardy. The effect 

 of all the mixed colours, white, pink, scarlet, violet, etc., is very 

 bright and pretty ; but it is a good plan to mark distinct colours, 

 so that when replanting in the Autumn they can be arranged 

 in groups of self colours or in suitable shades. Anemone fulgens 

 is a useful variety the brilliant vermilion stars, with narrow 

 petals and deep purple stamens, give the impression that it must 

 be a real sun-loving plant, but it prefers a shady situation and 

 a rich, moist soil. Anemone Aldboro is another good sort, 

 magnificent crimson with a white ring to the purple centre, and 

 there is a lovely pink one of the same starry form. 



Quite the showiest of all plants for the wild garden just 

 now are the Moutan Peonies they are so beautiful and so 

 gorgeous in colour that one can hardly believe that they will 

 grow in rough half-shady places. Indeed with us they have 

 done better, and last much longer in flower in such places, than 

 in a border which was chosen as a particularly suitable spot. 

 My sketch was done from one of the new, intensely double 

 varieties. Even this one plant is a remarkable feature in the 

 garden, its flaming pink is so brilliant, rising above the feathery 

 grass, and catching the eye from a distance. Close by we have 

 made a plantation of the old-fashioned double soft pink kind 

 Peony officinalis^ clearing the grass, and encouraging instead 



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