ANEMONE. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



having some on a north border, and some 

 on a warm one, the bloom may be pro- 

 longed. The secret of success seems to 

 be to prepare at first a deep bed of rich 

 soil and to leave the plants alone. 



The various forms of the Japan Ane- 

 mone are useful for borders, groups, 

 fringes of shrubbery in rich soil, and here 

 and there in half-shady places by wood 

 walks. 



A. nemorosa (Wood Anemone]. In 

 spring this native plant adorns our woods, 

 and also those of nearly all Europe and 

 Asia, but it is so abundant in the British 

 Isles that there is little need to plead for 

 its culture. There are double varieties, 

 and the colour of the flower is occasionally 

 lilac, or reddish, or purplish. 



A sky-blue variety of the Wood Ane- 

 mone, A. Robinsoniana, has of recent 

 years been much grown. It is of easy 

 culture and much beauty, especially if 

 seen when the noon-day sun is on the 

 flowers. It is useful for the rock-garden 

 in wide-spreading tufts ; or for the margins 

 of borders, or as a ground plant beneath 

 shrubs, or for the wild garden or for dot- 

 ting through the Grass in the pleasure- 

 ground in spots not mown early. 



A. palmata (Cyclamen-leaved Ane- 

 mone], A distinct kind, with leathery 

 leaves and large handsome flowers in 

 May and June, glossy, yellow, only open- 

 ing to the sun. A native of N. Africa 

 and other places on the shores of the 

 Mediterranean, this charming flower 

 should be planted in deep turfy peat, or 

 light fibrous loam with leaf-mould, but 

 not placed on the face of rocks, but 

 rather on level spots, where it can root 

 deeply and grow into strong tufts. There 

 is a double variety. This Anemone may 

 be increased by either division or seeds. 



A. Pulsatilla (Pasque-flower}. There 

 are few sights more pleasant to the lover 

 of spring flowers than the Pasque-flower 

 just showing through the dry Grass of a 

 bleak down on an early spring day. It is 

 smaller in a wild than in a cultivated 

 state, forming in the garden strong healthy 

 tufts, but it is one of the plants more 

 beautiful in a wild state than in a garden. 

 In Normandy with Mr. Burbidge I came 

 upon many plants of it on the grassy 

 hill about Chateau Gaillard and also 

 in the woods and by the roads near, and 

 we thought we had never seen so fair a 

 wild flower. There are several varieties, 

 including red, lilac, and white kinds, 

 but they are not common, and there 

 is also a double variety. It prefers 

 well-drained and light but deep soil, and 

 is increased bv division or seeds. 



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A. ranunculoides ( Yellow Wood Ane- 

 \ mone]. Not unlike the Apennine and the 

 Wood Anemone in habit, this is distinct 

 in its yellow flowers in March and April. 

 It is S. European,' and less free on com- 

 mon soils than the Apennine A., but is 

 happier on chalky soil. 



A. stellata (Star Wind flower]. The 

 star-like flowers, this ruby, rosy purple, 

 rosy, or whitish, vary in a charming way, 

 and usually have a large white eye at the 

 base, contrasting with the delicate colour- 

 ing of the rest of the petals, and the brown 

 violet of the stamens and styles of the 

 flower. It is not so vigorous as the Poppy 

 A., and requires a sheltered warm position, 

 a light, sandy, well-drained soil. Division 

 and seeds. Syn. A. hortensis : S. Europe. 



A. sylvestris (Snowdrop Windflower). 

 A handsome plant, about 15 in. high 

 with large white flowers in spring and 



Pasque-flower (Anemone pulsatilla). 



beautiful buds. Hardy and free on all 

 soils, but fails to bloom. The aspect of 

 the drooping unopened buds suggested 

 its English name the Snowdrop Ane- 

 mone. Division. 



A. thalictroides (Thalictrum ane- 

 monoides]. 



The previously named Anemones are 

 the most beautiful of the family, which, 

 however, contains many other interesting 

 plants, but many of the higher Alpine kinds 

 are grown and increased with difficulty and 

 only in carefully chosen situations. Some 

 again, however distinct as species, are 

 not strikingly so in gardens, and for the 

 flower-gardener the best way is to make 

 good use of the proved species. The 

 lovers of alpine flowers will no doubt 

 look with a longing eye over the following 

 names of the species, while no doubt 

 many unknown species adorn the vast 



