ANEMONE. 



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ANNUALS, HALF-HARDY. 



inches apart. If the weather be very 

 inclement during the winter, the beds 

 should be covered with loose litter. The 

 roots may be taken up for removal, or for 

 drying off and replanting in autumn, as 

 soon as the leaves have died off in spring. 

 A change of position is recommended at 

 intervals of two or three years, for the 

 maintenance of the size, beauty, and rich- 

 ness of the flowers ; but this may be 

 effected by taking up the roots, digging the 

 bed over, and adding some decayed manure 

 to enrich the soil and nourish the plants in 

 the following spring. 



The tuberous roots of the anemone may 

 be obtained from any nurseryman or seeds- 

 man from September to March. There 

 are some named sorts, such as " The 

 Bride," with white blooms, &c., but for 

 these reference must be made to any 

 dealer's catalogue. 



Anemones are usually regarded as spring 

 flowers, and most undoubtedly always 

 flower best at that season. In certain soils 

 and situations, however, the tendency to 

 growth and flowering in anemones is such 

 that they have no sooner died down after 

 spring-flowering, than they throw out fresh 

 leaves and flower again in autumn. This, 

 however, is not desirable, for it weakens 

 the tubers, and the flowers soon degenerate. 

 Autumn-flowering may generally be pre- 

 vented by excluding light and air from the 

 beds, by means of heavy top-dressings of 

 well-rotted manure during the summer 

 months. 



Many persons will take up anemone 

 tubers as soon as the leaf has died down ; 

 but this is not necessary, nor is it a good 

 plan, unless the soil of the bed requires 

 renovation, for the tubers will not keep 

 many days out of the ground. The finest 

 flowers are generally produced the first 

 spring after a new sowing ; but soil and 

 situation have always a great effect upon 

 them. 



Annuals, Half hardy, List of. 



The best of the half-hardy annuals, 

 which require to be raised either in gentle 

 heat, or under protection of some kind, and 

 which should be transplanted to their 

 blooming quarters when the weather per- 

 mits, are included in the following list. 

 When used for grouping purposes, they 

 should be pushed on and potted singly into - 

 small 6o-sized pots previous to planting. 

 Some of them are very neat continuous 

 flowering plants, and if cut back several 

 times during the summer, form nice com- 

 pact masses of bloom. 



Abronia umbellata, 6, rosy lilac. 

 Ageratum Mexicanum, 9, lavender blue, white. 

 Half-hardy annual out of doors, perennial in 

 greenhouse, provided that seed is not allowed to 

 ripen. The best dwarf varieties produced by 

 cultivation for bedding purposes are : 

 Cupid, 6, deep rich blue, free flowering. 

 Imperial Dwarf, 9, porcelain blue. 

 Lady Jane, 9, porcelain blue, free flowering. 



?, 9, silvery grey. 

 nowJJake, 9, white, free flowering. 

 Swanley Bine, 6, very rich deep blue. 

 Alonsoa Warscewiczii, 18, bright scarlet, 



ALONSOA. 



Anagallis grandiflora,6, deep blue, vermilion red. 

 linifolia or Monelli, 9 to 12, many 



varieties, blue, red, maroon, scarlet, purple with 



yellow eye. 

 Aster Sinensis (China Aster}, 15, blue, red, 



white. Many varieties variously distinguished. 

 Balsamina inpatiens (Balsam), 18, various 



colours. 



Brachycome iberidifolia, 10, lavender, white. 

 Canna Indica (Indian Shot), mostly 36 to 72, 



various, of many different colours, scarlet, yellow, 



&c., and remarkable for foliage. Among these, 



C. I. Bihorelli and C. indijlora Ehemanni may 



be specially recommended. 



Clianthus Dampierii, climber, scarlet and black. 

 pu nice us (Glory Pea), climber, scarlet. 



