v.] THE SCARLET WINDFLOWER 153 



About May they should be removed to a shady place 

 out of doors, where they may grow on until they are 

 ready to bloom, when they can be removed to the green- 

 house. Those that are most suitable for this treatment 

 are auratum and speciosum, longiflorum and Harrisi. 



CHAPTER V 

 ANEMONES 



How much less lovely the world would be without its 

 Anemones. Their first blooms surprise us in the early 

 spring, before the winter has left us, and they flower on 

 far into the summer. There are over seventy known 

 species. Almost always the first to bloom is fulgens, 

 the Scarlet Windflower (Pau Anemone}. Though a native 

 of the South of France and Italy, it will stand the severest 

 frost in the open border. No spring flower can compete 

 with it in brilliancy ; it is almost dazzling in bright sun- 

 shine when it expands its petals, and contrasts in a 

 strangely beautiful way with a group of Narcissus 

 cernuus as its next neighbour. In fresh, well-drained 

 soils it will grow freely, but best in a northern aspect 

 and in a somewhat shaded situation. 



It is good as a cut flower, and if plucked when just 

 coming into bloom, will retain its beauty for fully a week 

 in a moderately warm room. 



A. nemorosa (Wood Anemone) is one of the first of 



