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ANEMIA 



ANEMONE 



198. Anemone patens var. 

 Nuttaliana. ( x H) 



collina, Raddi. Lvs. 1 ft. high, stalks hairy, blades 

 with about 10 Ifts. on each side, which are rounded at 

 the outer ends and truncate at the upper side at the 

 base: fertile pinnae about 

 1}4 in. long, dense. Brazil. 

 S. 1:384. 



BB. Veins anastomosing 

 (netted). 



Phyllitidis, Swartz (A. 

 lanceoldta, Lodd. A. longi- 

 fdlia, Link. Anemidlctyon 

 Phyllitidis, Willd.). Lf.- 

 blade 4^12 in. long, with 

 4-42 pairs of sessile pinnae, 

 with a crenulate margin and 

 a rounded or unequal base; 

 veins forming long, narrow 

 areolse: fertile pinna? 3-9 in. 

 long, dense. Cuba and Mex. 

 to Brazil. S. 1:390. 



L. M. UNDERWOOD. 

 R. C. BENEDICT, f 



ANEMIDlCTYON: Anemia. 



ANEMONE (Greek, 

 wind). Ranunculacex. 

 ANEMONE, or ANEMONY. 

 WINDFLOWER. Hardy and 

 attractive flower - garden 

 and border plants. 

 Stems usually erect, with great variation in height: 

 basal Ivs. lobed, divided or dissected, those of the st. 

 forming an involucre near to, or remote from, the fl.: 

 sepals few or many, petal-like; no true petals; stamens 

 many, shorter than sepals: carpels numerous: fr. a 

 1-seeded achene. A genus of about 85 species, with 

 many handsome garden forms; all hardy perennials; 

 cult, for their beautiful show of fls. and in a few cases 

 for their striking foliage. Chiefly native of the north 

 temperate and mountainous regions. As a technical 

 generic name, pronounced anemdne; as a vernacular, 

 anemone. Pritzel, Revision of Anemone, in Linraea 

 15:498 (1841). Britton, N. Amer. Anemone, in Ann. 

 N. Y. Acad..Sci. 6:217 (1891-92). 



The plants thrive best in a fresh, rather rich, sandy 

 loam, well drained; but most of the species will do well 

 in any good garden soil. The tuberous-rooted species 

 are suitable for hardy borders, while most of the others 

 prefer a place in a rockery, and some are partial to shady 

 places. A. hortensis, A. coronaria, A.fulgens and others 

 will well repay the little indoor or greenhouse care they 

 require for producing winter blossoms. They require 

 essentially the same handling as tulips and hyacinths, 

 and are usually classed with bulbous plants. Tubers 

 placed in pots in September or October bring forth a 

 beautiful show of bloom by January or March. For 

 this purpose they should be well drained, and not kept 

 very wet or too warm before the growth is well started; 

 they prefer more moisture at flowering time. There are 

 many garden varieties of anemone, among which are 

 Whirlwind and Geante Blanche (white); Queen Char- 

 lotte, Lorely, and Kriemhilde (pink); Rosa Zwey 

 (lavender-pink); Brilliant Diademe, Purpurine and 

 Prinz Heinrich (carmine and magenta). 



Nearly all the species can be readily propagated by 

 both root-division and seed. The seeds are sown very 

 shallow in a clean bed, in either warm fall or early 

 spring. The division of roots is best made in early 

 spring before growth starts. The season for both out- 

 door and indoor planting will directly influence the 

 flowering season. Good months for outdoor planting 

 are September, October, November, December, Feb- 

 ruary and March. As a rule, the tuberous anemones 

 will blossom at any time desired, being influenced by 

 the time they are kept out of the ground. The bulbs 



may be ripened after flowering time by being taken 

 from the ground to dry, or by covering the bed to keep 

 out rains. A. japonica is one of the finest of all fall- 

 blooming herbs. 



INDEX. 



A. Achenes with long styles, which may become feather- 



like on ripening; fls. solitary, Pulsatilla section. 



B. Involucre bell-shaped, dissected into numerous linear 



equal lobes. 



1. vernalis, Linn. (Pulsatilla vernalis, Mill. A. sul- 

 phiirea, All.). Very shaggy, 6 in. high or less: Ivs. 

 pinnately parted, segms. trifid: fls. purple without, 

 whitish within, and smoothish; erect, on very short 

 peduncles; sepals 6, rarely spreading. Apr. Cool, moist 

 places. Eu. J.H. III. 32:223. Gn. 25:320. Gn. W 

 20: 891; 26: 134. F.E. 18:320. G.20:158. 



2. Hfilleri, All. Villous, 6 in. or less in height; 

 simple: Ivs. pinnately divided with segms. 3-4-parted; 

 the lesser divisions lanceolate-linear; involucre of long 

 narrow segms., sessile: fls. large, erect, whitish purple; 

 sepals 6; anthers yellow. Apr. Sunny places. Switzer- 

 land. L.B.C. 10:940. 



3. patens, Linn. Much like the first variety below, 

 which is more common in Amer., but differs in its 

 broader and shorter If.-segms. and smaller fls. Eu. 

 Gn. 60, p. 364; 65, p. 167. 



Var. Nuttalliana, Gray (Pulsatilla hirsutissima, 

 Brit.). WILD PATENS. AMERICAN PASQUE FLOWER. 

 Fig. 198. Villous, with long, silky hairs, 4-9 in. high: 

 radical Ivs. petioled, others sessile, all much divided 

 into narrow, linear, acute lobes: fls. appearing before 



199. Tubers of Anemone coronaria. 



the root^lvs., bluish purple or whitish, erect, seldom 

 nodding: achenes silky: styles plumose, becoming 2 in. 

 long; peduncle elongates several in. after flowering. 

 Apr. Low ground. North central states and Siberia. 

 C.L.A. 3:177. Gn. M. 13:15. 



Var. ochroleuca, Sims. Fls. creamy white, appearing 

 at same time as basal Ivs. March, Apr. J.H. III. 

 30:343. B.M. 1994. 



