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that of the shadow of clouds passing over 

 the surface of the earth. This, however, 

 in general exceeds that near the ground. 

 M. d'Ons en Bray invented an anemome- 

 ter, which of itself expresses on paper, 

 not only the several winds that have- 

 blown during the space of twenty-four 

 hours, and at what hour each began and 

 t-nded, hut also the strength and velocity 

 of each. See Memoirs Acad. Scien. Anno 

 1734. 



ANEMONE, in botany, a genus of the 

 Polyandria Polygynia dads and order. Its 

 characters arc, that it has no calyx ; that 

 the corolla has petals in two or three 

 rows, three in a row, somewhat oblong ; 

 the stamina have numerous filaments, ca- 

 pillary, half the length of the corolla : 

 anthers, twin and erect: the pistillum 

 has numerous germs on a head, styles 

 acuminate, and stigmas obtuse : no peri- 

 carpium ; receptacle globular or oblong ; 

 seeds very many, acuminate, retaining 

 the style : there are about 30 species. 

 The garden anemones are natives of the 

 cast, from whence their roots were origi- 

 nally brought ; but culture has so impro- 

 ved them, that they are become the chief 

 ornaments to our gardens in the spring. 

 To prepare the soil for these plants, take 

 a quantity of fresh, light, sandy loam, or 

 hazel-earth, from a common or dry pas- 

 ture, not dug above ten inches deep ; 

 mix this with a third part of its quantity 

 of rotten cow-dung, and lay it up in a 

 heap; turn this over at least once a 

 month, for eight or ten months, and every 

 time pick out the stones and break the 

 clods. After this mixture has been tw d\ < 

 months made, it will be fit for use. The 

 beds of this earth must be prepared in 

 September, and should be made six or 

 eight inches deep, in a wet soil : but in a 

 dry one, three inches will be sufficient; 

 lay this compost at least 24 feet thick, 

 with about four or five inches of rotten 

 neat's dung, or the rotten dung- of an old 

 melon or cucumber bed, at the bottom; in 

 a wet soil let the beds be rounded, so that 

 the water may run oh*': but in a dry soil let 

 them be nearer to a level : thiv- wet-R- 

 after the compost has been laid in, stir it 

 about six indies de<p with a spade, and 

 then with a stick draw lines each \. :a <>t 

 the bed, at six inches distance, so that tin- 

 whole may be in squares ; then make a 

 hole three indies deep in the centre of 

 each square, and plant a root in each ; 

 and when all arc planted, rake the earth 

 of the whole bed smooth, so as to cover 

 the wots two inches thick. The season 

 of planting these roots tor forward flo>v- 



iic latter end of September j and 



for those of a middle season is Or 

 this is best done at a time when tin-re are 

 gentle rains. Some roots should also he- 

 saved, to be planted after Chrisii: 

 fear of accidents to the former from very 

 hard weather. These usually Howerthrce 

 weeks after those planted in autumn. 

 They are propagated tw o ways, cither by 

 dividing the- roots or by sowing. The 

 roots are to be divided as soon asili 

 taken up out of the ground; they will suc- 

 ceed, if broken into as nuuiy parts as there 

 are eyes or buds in them ; but they flow - 

 er most strongly, if not parted too small. 

 The way by sowing is this ; choose iirst 

 some good kinds of single anemones, call- 

 ed the gardeners poppy anemones; plant 

 these early, and they will prodm 

 seeds three weeks after the flower first 

 blows. This must be carefully gathered, 

 and in August it should be sowed in pots 

 or tubs, or a well prepared bed of light 

 earth, rubbingit between the Inn Is with 

 a little dry sand, to prevent several of the 

 seeds from clinging together, and spread- 

 ing them as even as possible all over the. 

 bed; after this a light hair brush should 

 be drawn many times over the surface of 

 the bed, to pull asunder am hmip- 

 that may yet have fallen together; obser- 

 ving not to brush off the seed, and ;is 

 much as possible not to brush it into 

 lumps. When this is done, some light 

 rurth, about a quarter of an inch deep, 

 should be sifted over the bed. If the 

 weather In- hot, the bed must be at times 

 cuvi red with mats laid hollow, and gently 

 watered. In about ten weeks after sow- 

 ing the plants will appear, if tin- 

 has been favourable, and they are to be 

 carefulix defended from the hart! frosts 

 by proper covering, and from the heat of 

 the sun afterwa.ds. !-\ .1 n. 

 fence. As the spring advances, if the 

 weather be dry, they nir.s' be gu. 

 tered, and when their green K-avo 

 there must be a quarter of an in> 

 earth sifted over : 

 at Michaelmas: and the bed 

 kept clear from weeds, and the following 

 spring they will flower. T'. 

 poppy anemones will flower 

 the winter and spring, when the I 

 are favourable, and in a warm si 1 

 and they require little culture, for it wil! 

 be sufficient to take up the root- 

 other year ; and when they are taken up, 

 they should be planted again very early 

 in the autumn, or else they will not flow- 

 er till the spring. There are some fine 

 blue colours among thc*c single ane- 



