154 ANEMONES [CH. 



our natives to show itself. There is a double sort not 

 equally common, and some of lilac or purplish tints. 

 Robinsoniana is a lovely sky-blue variety, whose origin 

 is uncertain. There are those who think that no other 

 Anemone can compare with it in simplicity and loveliness ; 

 it is easily grown. 



The yellow, ranunculoides, though not so free-growing 

 as the others, thrive on a warm, chalky soil. 



A. appenina grows vigorously anywhere, in grass or 

 on the edge of walks or under the spreading branches of 

 forest trees. 



A. silvestris (Snowdrop Anemone) should be grown 

 on every border, with its roots amongst rocks and stones. 

 Its drooping white buds might be mistaken for those of 

 the Clematis montana. 



A. Pulsatilla (Pasque Flower) also likes the chalk. 

 There are few things more attractive than the purple 

 blooms of Pulsatilla just showing through their woolly 

 sepals on a bleak spring day. 



A. japonica is the finest of all the tribe. It is to 

 autumn what the Hellebore is to winter a glorious 

 plant from which to cut and come again. By growing 

 some on a north border and others in the sun, it is easy 

 to secure a lengthened bloom. Every bit of the root 

 grows when divided. There are two shades of pink, 

 but the white is best. 



Mr Andrew Campbell, of the gardens at St Anne's, 

 Raheny, has been fortunate in growing some singularly 

 beautiful hybrids from this flower, one of which he has 



