38 WILD FLOWER FAMILIES 



century : " The whole plant is acriminous to the 

 taste." Possibly this is the reason why the root- 

 stocks used to* be recommended for the cure of 

 rheumatism. 



We owe to the delicate fancy of the Greeks the 

 name " Anemone " the wind flower. It is in- 



WOOD ANEMONES 



teresting to know that a species very similar to 

 our own is found over a large part of Europe, 

 where, as with us, the flowers " are an ornament 

 to many a woodland scene and mountain pasture 

 in April and May." 



When the blossoms first open, the stamens are 

 curved over the pistils, but the filaments soon 



