ANEMONE 



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ANEMONE 



sepals, hairy outside, and reddish 

 tinged with blue. Grows best in 

 shady parts of the rockery. 



A. blanda (Blue Winter Wind- 

 floiver). A lovely tuberous - rooted 

 species from the mountains of Greece. 

 It grows about 6 ins. high, and closely 

 resembles A. apennina. Leaves three- 

 partite or cut with stalked or sessile 

 three-partite, cut segments ; those of 

 the involucre deeply cut and stalked. 

 The deep blue flowers, each nearly 2 

 ins. across, appear in winter or early 

 spring, having nine to fourteen oblong 

 linear sepals. The variety scythinica 



sheltered place in rockeries, sunny 

 banks, or warm grassy slopes. In- 

 creased by seed or division. 



A. coronaria (Poppy Anemone). 

 This important species from S. 

 Europe has given rise to the many 

 single and double florists' varieties, 

 which appear in such abundance in 

 the early spring and summer. It 

 grows about 6 to 9 ins. high, and has 

 ternate deeply cut leaves, with numer- 

 ous narrow-pointed segments. The 

 flowers have six to eight oval rounded 

 sepals varying from red to white, 

 purple, and pink. (Rot. Mag. t. 841.) 



FIG. 46. Anemone Wanda gcythinica. 



from N. Kurdistan has pale blue and 

 white flowers ; and the one known 

 as Cypriance is charming. The buds 

 are bright blue outside, but when 

 they open in the sunlight, they show 

 a pure white interior. 



This species likes a rich, light, and 

 well -drained loam, and a warm 



FIG. 47. Anemone Coronaria. 



Several distinct varieties or groups 

 of varieties having single and double 

 flowers have arisen from this species, 

 having a great range of colour, be- 

 tween pure white and deep purple, 

 passing through salmon-pink, scarlet, 

 etc. The single-flowered and double- 

 flowered varieties known as the Caen 

 Anemones, with which may be 



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