OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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the solide parts of theknopslieth the seede flat and hoarie, euery 

 seed having his own small haire hanging at it. The roote is 

 thick and knobbie of a finger long, and like vnto those of the 

 anemones (as it doth in all other parts verie notablie resemble) 

 whereof no doubt this is a kinde." 



This flower in olden times was used for making garlands, and 

 even now there are few flowers more suitable for such purpose ; 



FIG. 9. ANEMONE PULSATILLA. 

 (One-half natural size.) 



it varies much in colour, being also sometimes double. It may 

 be grown in pots for window decoration or in the open garden ; 

 it likes a dry situation and well-drained soil of a calcareous 

 nature. In these respects it differs widely from many of the 

 other species of Windflower, yet I find it to do well in a collec- 

 tion bed where nearly twenty other species are grown, and where 

 there are both shade and more moisture than in the open parts 



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