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ON ANEMONES (WINDFLOWERS) AS ALL-THE- YEAR- 

 ROUND PLANTS 



To many lovers of flowers the Anemone is merely a 

 charming denizen of the woodlands. When it is men- 

 tioned, radiant pictures of the shady undergrowth of 

 the forest rise into memory. The listener recalls bright 

 spring mornings in the secluded forest dales, when the 

 first note of the cuckoo was heard, and the startled 

 rabbits scurried at the sound of his footsteps. The 

 Windflowers spread in sheets at his feet, the white or 

 tinted flowers rising a few inches from the pretty green 

 leaves. 



But the Anemone is also a garden plant of outstand- 

 ing beauty and value. There are many species of it, 

 and these have their varieties, differing to some extent 

 in form and colour. Many bear little resemblance to 

 the Wood Anemone. They are of larger growth, the 

 flowers are many times the size, and the colours are 

 rich and varied. With culture, we can have some of 

 them in flower every month of the year. It is these 

 beautiful Anemones that I now propose to consider. 



Garden-lovers who trace the folk-lore and literary 

 association of flowers, grow them with a deeper interest 

 from the knowledge that they have become the subject 

 of tradition or rite with the multitude, or have come 

 under the special observation of great writers. Research 

 is carried to excess if the flower-lover deteriorates as 



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