386 THE PLEASURE, OR [MAT. 



necessary to shade and shelter them whilst in bloom, in order to 

 prolong the extreme beauty of their flowers. 



Anemones continue longer after bloom in a state of vegetation, 

 than ranunculuses, probably, because of their greater degree of sue - 

 culency ; and even at the proper time to take them up, it will some- 

 times happen, that part of their foliage will not be entirely divested 

 of greenness and moisture ; when it thus happens, which it does 

 more frequently in rainy or wet seasons, much skill is necessary to 

 ascertain the critical period to take up the roots ; for if they are 

 suffered to remain too long, especially if the season be moist, they 

 will shoot afresh, and be thereby materially weakened and injured ; 

 it is indeed better to take them up too early, than suffer them to 

 vegetate in this manner, but the roots will not be so firm and solid 

 as if done at the exact time. The safest and most effectual me- 

 thod to preserve them from these disagreeable consequences, is to 

 keep off all heavy rains, after the bloom is quite over, by means of 

 mats and hoops, but on no account suffer the ground to become too 

 dry ; the roots will then regularly and gradually mature, and the 

 foliage in due time will become brown and dry, which will point 

 out the true time to take up the roots, and this will usually happen to 

 be about a month after bloom. 



For their subsequent treatment, see the Slower-Garden for next 

 month. 



A Description of the Properties of a Jine DOUBLE ANEMONE. 



The stem should be strong, elastic, and erect, not less than nine 

 or ten inches high. 



The blossom, or corolla, should be at least two inches and a half 

 in diameter, consisting of an exterior row of large substantial well 

 rounded petals or guard leaves, at first horizontally extended, and 

 then turning a little upwards, so as to form a broad shallow cup, the 

 interior part of which, should contain a great number of long nar- 

 row petals, imbricating each other, and rather reverting from the 

 centre of the blossom ; there are a great number of small slender 

 stamens, intermixed with these petals, but they are short, and not 

 easily discernable. 



The colour should be clear and distinct, when diversified in the 

 same flower, or brilliant and striking if it consists only of one co- 

 lour, as blue, crimson, or scarlet, 8cc. in which case, the bottoms of 

 the broad exterior petals are generally white ; but the beauty and 

 contrast is considerably increased, when both the exterior and inte- 

 rior petals are regularly marked with alternate blue and white, 

 or pink and white stripes, Sec. which in the broad petals should not 

 extend quite to the margin. 



Early Flowering Bulbs* 



Any curious bulbs that are now in flower, maybe much prolonged 

 in bloom and beauty, by occasional shade from the sun. 



Spring crocuses, snow-drops, fritillaries, crown-imperials, dens 

 canises, and all other earjy flowering bulbs that have done flower- 



