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It thrives well in a light loam and in slight shade ; I have 

 tried it in pots kept in cold frames, where it flowers in mid- 

 winter. It would doubtless make a showy appearance in a cool 

 greenhouse. To propagate it, the roots should be divided after 

 the tops have died down in summer. 



Flowering period, February to June, according to position and 

 time of planting. 



Anemone Sulphurea. 



SULPHUR-COLOURED WINDFLOWER ; 8yn. A. APIIFOLIA ; 



Nat. Ord. RANUNCULACE.E. 



THIS is a grandly beautiful Windflower from Central Europe. 

 The names, combined with the illustration (Fig. 11), must fail to 



FIG. 11. ANEMONE SULPHUREA. 

 (One-fourth, natural size.) 



give the reader a proper idea of its beauty ; the specific name in 

 reference to the colour falls far short, and cannot give a hint of 

 its handsome form and numerous finely-coloured stamens ; and 



