30 NOVEMBER. 



ANEMONE OR WIND FLOWER. 



"Anemones, Auriculas enriched 

 With shining meal o'er all their velvet leaves." 



The month of November is mentioned as the 

 middle month for planting the Anemone, which may 

 bo done in October, even in September, and also in 

 December, to secure successions of bloom from the 

 ensuing spring, each of which will last nearly a 

 month, commencing in that of April. 



But for a full and prosperous flower, March is 

 the safest time for planting, to avoid the danger of 

 the winter frosts; if -planted in the dead season of 

 December and January, they are apt to rot in the 

 ground if the weather be not unusually mild ; planted 

 in March, they bloom well ; but in April, the warmth 

 of the season hurries them too rapidly, or they 

 are scorched off by the summer heat. The same 

 is true of the Ranunculus. The flower beds should 

 be placed uppermost, and the roots planted ten 

 inches apart, and two inches deep, in beds of the 

 same compost used for the Ranunculus, which in 

 March and April, if the weather be dry, should be 

 frequently watered, either in the evening or in the 

 morning early. 



I speak here of the Double Anemone, whose 

 varieties are numerous, and whose best roots are 

 procured from Holland or France. I have known 

 the finest sorts to have come from the neighborhood 

 of Bourdeaux. The double kinds are, all of them, 

 a most desirable acquisition to the flower garden. 

 A perfect Anemone should have its flower-stem 

 from eight to nine inches in height, and of propor- 

 tionate strength, its blossom at least two inches 



