4 POPULAR GARDEN FLOWERS 



great sections of early bloomers. The popular name of 

 one of our native Anemones comes from its season of 

 flowering : it is pulsatilla the Pasque or Passe Flower 

 the Easter Flower. Then there is the Japanese Ane- 

 mone (A. Japonica) a later bloomer, and likewise a taller 

 grower, than most other species. 



Several of the most important species have a bevy 

 of beautiful daughters, but before considering these we 

 might tabulate the most important kinds, and show their 

 normal period of flowering outdoors : 



The gardener extends the flowering season of some 

 of these, as we shall see in our consideration of the 

 different species. 



Anemone Apennina, sometimes called the Italian 

 Windflower, owing to its being a native of the Apen- 



