CHAPTER XIX 



Anemone 



FEW hardy plants are more beautiful than the Wind- 

 flowers and Pasque Flowers, as the members of this 

 genus are commonly called. Like many other families, 

 that of Anemone is composed of two separate groups, 



which are so distinct that the 

 Pasque Flowers have been 

 placed in another genus, and 

 named Pulsatilla. There is also 

 a third group known as the 

 Hepatica, with beautiful blue 

 and white flowers, that is 

 valuable for planting amongst 

 ferns in the hardy fernery, as 

 well as in the rock garden. 

 For spring effect few plants 

 are more valuable than A. 

 apennina, or A. blanda, the blue 

 Windflowers, for planting in 

 broad patches under trees, or 

 Alpine Anemone on tne shady slopes of the rock 

 (A. aipina). garden. 



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