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FIG. 99. ANEMONE PULSATILI.A. 



A calcareous nature. It is a very pretty plant for a border or 

 rockery ; when well grown, it forms handsome tufts, and flowers 

 very freely. See Fig. 99. SYN. Pulsatilla vulyaris. There are 

 numerous varieties, the best of which are : 



A. P. dahurica (Dahurian). ft. erect ; sepals oblong, very vil- 

 lous. Plant dwarf. Sunny border or rockery. 



A. P. lilacina (lilac). JL lilac. 



A. P. rubra (red), fl. erect ; sepals blunter. Plant dwarfer. 



A. ranunculoides (Ranunculus-like).* fl. usually yellow (but in 

 the Pyrenean variety purple), generally solitary, single or. double ; 

 sepals five to six, elliptical. March. I. radical ones three to five 

 parted ; segments subtrifid, deeply toothed ; those of the invo- 

 lucrum on short stalks three parted, deeply toothed. A. Sin. 

 Naturalised in English woods, but rarely. Tuberous rooted. 



FIG. 100. ANEMONE STELLATA. 



A. rivularis (river).* /. white ; anthers purple ; sepals five, oval, 

 smooth ; pedicels three, one of which is naked. April. I. villous, 

 as well as petioles, three parted ; lobes cuneated, trifld ; lobules 



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cut, acutely toothed, h. 1ft. to 2ft. North India, 1840. Should 

 be grown on the banks of running water, or in a damp situation in 

 the border. 



A. sibirica (Siberian), fl. white ; sepals six, orbicular ; scapes 

 one-flowered. June. I. ternate ; segments deeply toothed, 

 ciliated, those of the involucrum on short stalks, ternate ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate. A. 6in. Siberia, 1804. Rockery ; very rare. 



A. stellata (star-leaved).* fl. purple, or rose red, or whitish, 

 solitary ; sepals ten to twelve, oblong, bluntish. April. I. three 

 parted ; lobes cuneated, deeply-toothed ; involucral leaves sessile, 

 oblong, h. Sin. to lOin. South Europe, 1599. A pretty and gay 

 spring flowering plant. Tuberous rooted. SYN. A. pavonina. 

 Double forms of this occur in cultivation. See Fig. 100. 





FIG. 101. ANEMONE SYLVESTRIS. 



A. sylvestrls (wood).* Snowdrop Windflower. fl. pure satin white, 

 slightly drooping, liin. across when fully open, fragrant ; sepals six, 

 "Meal ; pedicel solitary. April. I. ternate or quinate, hair- 

 ith ; segments deeply toothed at top, those of the involv 

 stalked, h. 6in. to 18in.' Europe, 1596. This distinct an 



elliptical ; pedicel solitary. April. I. ternate or quinate, hairy 



beneath .,*.*... 



crum 



showy species thrives best in a light'vegetable soil in a rather 



shady and moist situation. The roots are creeping, and should be 



allowed plenty of room, so that they may ramble without check. 



See Fig. 10L 



