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nines, is a pretty blue species with creeping, tuberous 

 roots. It may grow on rockwork, or naturalised in 

 the woodland. There is a double light blue form (flore- 

 pleno), a white (alba), and a mauve (purpurea). All 

 grow about six inches high. 



Blanda is a charming Windflower often in flower in 

 January in sheltered places. It is blue, varying in shade, 

 but also produces white and pink flowers. There are two 

 exceptionally desirable varieties, namely, atrocaerulea, 

 dark blue, and scythinica, white and blue. Like Apen- 

 nina, the Blandas have creeping, semi-tuberous roots. 

 They grow about four inches high, and are suitable for 

 the rockery. 



Poppy Anemones. Coronaria, the Crown, Poppy, or 

 Garland Anemone, is the most valuable of all. The origi- 

 nal species, introduced from the Levant in 1596, had single 

 striped flowers. It is not much grown, but its offspring, 

 single, semi-double, and double, are cultivated in thousands 

 of gardens. The flowers are large, brilliant, and varied. 

 The foliage is attractively cut (laciniated). The Poppy 

 Anemones make beautiful beds, and by judicious man- 

 agement can be had in bloom over a long period. They 

 are tuberous-rooted, and can be planted in autumn to 

 flower the following spring ; but they are easily and 

 quickly raised from seed, and a large stock of flowering 

 plants can be raised in a year. 



The double Poppy Anemones are particularly prized, 

 and the following are fine varieties or strains : 



Alderborough, a mixed strain. 



Chapeau de Cardinal, cerise. 



Chrysanthemum-flowered, a mixed strain. 



King of Scarlets, beautiful form and brilliant colour, no seed. 



L'Ornement de la Nature, azure. 



Queen of Roses, rosy-carmine, no seed. 



