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will grow in any common garden soil. The fragrant vari- 

 ety is the most esteemed for cultivation as an ornamental 

 iiower. 



ANEMONE. 



(ANEMONE CORONARIA.) 



"Not a tree, 



A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains 

 A folio volume. We may read and read, 

 And read again, and still find something new, 

 Something to learn, and something to digest, 

 E'en in the humble weed." 



The Anemone is a species of wind-flower, and is consid- 

 ered a florist flower, was imported into Europe 1596, about 

 the same time as the Ranunculus was. A Coronaria is 

 the poppy or garland flower, is a native of the Levant, but 

 A. Hortensis is a native of the most elevated parts of the 

 countries in Siberia, Switzerland, Germany, and the most 

 northern parts of the continent, and more hardy than the 

 Ranunculus. The leaves of the Anemone are terminate, 

 segments multified and linear, muricated lobes, stem about 

 nine inches branching, flowers terminal and various, flower- 

 ing in May and June. The management of one is applica- 

 ble to the other ; the single and some semi-double are held 

 in as high repute as the double, but the colors must be bril- 

 liant and distinct. The roots resemble in some respects the 

 roots of ginger, and the flowers have a family resemblance 



