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OR, BOTANICAL DICTIONARY. 



the chalky downs of England ; as Gog-magog hills, Barnack- 

 heath, near Stamford ; about Leadstone-hall, near Pontefract ; 

 near Charlbury, in Oxfordshire ; Hexam, Bury, Newmarket, 

 &c. It flowers in April, and derives its Italian name, pulsa- 

 tilla, from the downy seed being beaten about by the wind. 

 There is one variety with double, and another with white 

 flowers. It is an acrid plant, and will raise blisters ; the 

 distilled waters produce vomiting : it cannot therefore be 

 safely given in disorders of the lungs. 



8. Anemone Pratensis ; Meadow Anemone. Peduncle in- 

 volucred ; petals reflex at the tip ; leaves bipinnate. The 

 flower of this is less than that of the former, and of a darker 

 colour. This species is common in barren stony fields of 

 Oeland and Scania ; also in Denmark, Germany, and Piedmont. 



9. Anemone Alpina ; Alpine Anemone. Peduncle invo- 

 luered ; stem leaves ternate, connate, super-decompound, 

 multifid ; seeds shaggy, tailed. Flower almost the size of 

 the Tulip, white, with a tinge of purple, and pubescent on the 

 outside. It grows wild on the Alps^ Jura, and in Austria. 



10. Anemone Apiifolia. Peduncle involucred ; stem-leaves 

 ternate, connate, super-decompound, multifid, very slender, 

 extremely hairy underneath. Stem simple, about a span high ; 

 flower large, and of a sulphureous colour, without any smell. 

 A native of the Leontine Alps. 



1 ) . Anemone Coronaria ; Narrow-leaved Garden Anemone. 

 Radical leaves ternate, decompound ; involucre leafy. It has 

 a leafy stem, and tailed seeds. This species is a native of the 

 Levant, particularly in the islands of the Archipelago, where 

 the borders of the fields are covered with it of all colours ; 

 but the flowers are single, and have been doubled only by 

 culture. Modern seeds-men reckon from one hundred and 

 fifty to two hundred sorts of this flower; the principal co- 

 lours of which are white, red, blue, and purple, and these in 

 some are curiously intermixed. The prevailing colours of 

 English-raised Anemones are white and red; though we have 

 received from France great variety of blues and purples, 

 which are exceedingly fine flowers, and make a beautiful va- 

 riety, when intermixed with those of English growth. A 

 Double Anemone, in order to be a fine one, should have a 

 strong upright stem, about nine inches high ; the flower two 

 or three inches in diameter, the outer petals firm and horizon- 

 tal, except a little turning up at the end ; while the smaller 

 petals within these should lie gracefully over each other so as 

 to form an elegant whole. The plain colours ought to be 

 brilliant and striking, the variegated tints clear and distinct. 

 Directions for their culture. Twelve months before you 

 want to use it, mix a quantity of light sandy loam, or hazel 

 mould, taken with the turf to the depth of ten inches, but 

 no more ; add a third part of rotten cow-dung, and lay the 

 whole in a heap, turning it once a month, taking out all the 

 stones, and breaking every clod, but on no account sift it. 

 After the year has expired, at the beginning of September 

 prepare your bed by laying this earth six or eight inches 

 above the surface of wet ground, but if a dry soil, three 

 inches will do, whereou you have previously laid the rak- 

 ings of your heap to drain off the moisture, and upon that 

 tour or five inches deep of rotten cow-dung, putting your 

 prepared earth upon the top to the depth of about two feet. 

 If the soil be wet, lay the bed a little round, to shoot off the 

 water ; but if dry, bring it nearly to a level. Plant the for- 

 ward flowers at the latter end of September, those of a mid- 

 dle season any time in October, at the time of some gentle- 

 showers, and cover them from the winter frosts by arching 

 the beds over with hoops, and laying mats and garden cloths 

 upon them. They will flower in the beginning of April, and 

 continue for three weeks or more, according to the mildness of 

 tb weather, and the care taken to screen them from the sun. 



The leaves will begin to decay in June; they must soon after 

 be taken up, cleared from decayed stalks, washed clean, and 

 spread upon a mat in a shady place until they are perfectly 

 dried, and should then be hung up out of the reach of ver- 

 min in bags. Observe, in planting the roots, to distribute the 

 different colours, which will greatly increase their beautiful 

 appearance by the contrast with each other. No good florist, 

 however, who has garden room, should omit to sow the seeds ; 

 he should provide himself with a quantity of good single or 

 Poppy Anemones of the best colours, having more leaves than 

 common, with other good qualities, and plant them early in 

 the beginning of August, either in pots, beds, or tubs of 

 light earth, taking care to rub the seeds between Tiis hands 

 with a slight mixture of dry sand, to separate and prevent 

 them from adhering together ; and after sowing them as 

 equally as possible over the bed, taking a strong hair-brush 

 and sweeping it gently over the whole bed, observing not to 

 brush off the seeds, by which he will leave no lumps, and 

 make the distribution complete. Light earth, to the depth of 

 one quarter of an inch, may then be sifted over the seeds ; and 

 mats laid over the whole, if the weather be ho(; and dry. 

 They may be occasionally but sparingly watered, and should 

 always be exposed to gentle showers. In ten weeks the plants 

 will appear ; they will be very liable to suffer, if not protected 

 from the frosts of the first winter, and from too much wet, 

 together with the piercing winds of February and March : a 

 low reed-fence on the north and east sides of the bed will be. 

 very useful. As the spring advances, they may be thinned if 

 necessary ; and as soon as their green leaves decay, you must 

 sift the earth of the bed with a very fine sieve, till you have taken 

 out all the roots you can find ; and then level the bed, and let 

 it remain till the next year, when you will again find a plentiful 

 crop from those roots which will unavoidably have escaped 

 you in the sifting. The before-mentioned young roots must 

 be cleaned and dried, as above prescribed for the older 

 plants ; but when replanted, the former should be put into 

 the ground three weeks before the latter, that they may gather 

 strength, and flower abundantly in the succeding year. The 

 single or poppy Anemones, in favourable seasons and warm 

 situations, will flower through most part of the winter and 

 spring, and from their peculiar beauty well deserve admit- 

 tance into every flower-garden. They need little culture ; it 

 will be often enoug-h to take them up every other year, and 

 when they are taken up, they should be replanted very early 

 in the autumn, otherwise they will not flower till the spring. 

 The seeds of these flowers must be gathered daily as they 

 ripen, otherwise they will soon be dispersed by the winds. 

 This species was cultivated in France, long before it was 

 known in England or Holland. 



12. Anemone Hortensis; Broad-leaved Garden Anemone 

 Leaves digitate ; seeds woolly ; leafy stem, and tailed seeds. 

 This was formerly called Hard-leaved Anemone by the Wal- 

 loons, who imported the roots. It is found wild with single 

 [lowers in Italy, Provence, and Germany. It was discovered 

 with red and with purple flowers near the Rhine, and in many 

 parts of Italy and Switzerland ; and with white flowers in 

 Germany and in Austria. There are many varieties of this 

 species, to enumerate which would be as tedious as useless. 

 For the culture and propagation of this species, see the pre- 

 ceding species, No. 11. the detail respecting which, is equally 

 applicable to the proper management of both. 



J3. Anemone Palmate'. Leaves heart-shaped, sublobate ; 

 calix six-leaved, coloured ; stem leafy; seeds tailed. The 

 petals, ten or more, are yellow without and orange within. 

 Found near the Tagus in Portugal. 



14.. Anemone Sibirica. Stem one-flowered ; involucre leafy, 

 obtuse ; flower naked ; seeds tailless. Found in Siberia. 



