ANDRYALA ANEMONE. 



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Andryala lanata ( Woolly A.} Like a 

 woolly Hieracium, 1 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in summer; yellow, like those of a 

 Hieracium, steins having a leaf at each 

 joint. Leaves, thick, very woolly, 

 oblong-ovate, entire or slightly toothed 

 near the base ; lower ones stalked and 

 blunt ; upper ones stalkless, pointed. 



Southern Europe. In collections of 



woolly-leaved and variegated plants, 

 in ordinary soil. Seed and division. 



Anemone alba (White A.) Resem- 

 bling A. sylvestris, but dwarfer, 4 to 

 6 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 white, like those of Clematis montana, 

 rising 1 to 2 in. above the leaves, on 

 single stalks ; sepals 5, obovate, con- 

 cave. Leaves, ternate or quinate, 

 purple on the under side, close to the 

 ground ; segments deeply toothed at 

 top; those of the involucre stalked. 

 Roots creeping aud librous. Dauria, 



Russian Asia, and the Crimea. 



Borders, or among the stouter plants 

 on rockwork, in deep fibry loam. 

 Division or seed. 



Anemone alpina (Alpine Wind/lower). 

 A noble species, 6 to 18 in. or 2 ft. 

 high, distinguished at a glance by 

 its large and much-cut leaves, and 

 the very soft down on the exterior of 

 its flowers. Flowers, in early summer ; 

 white or yellowish, sometimes bluish 

 or purple at" the back, erect; sepals 6, 

 spreading, very variable in size, some- 

 times but not always as large as those 

 of A. coronaria. Leaves, biternate ; 

 segments pinnate and deeply serrated ; 

 bracts like the leaves, stalked, some- 

 times smooth and sometimes sparingly 

 pilose. A . sulphurea is a variety with 

 yellow flowers, paler on the outside, 

 and with the leaves clothed with long 

 loose hairs. Sloping pastures and 

 mountains in Central Europe, and on 

 the Rocky Mountains in North 



America. Amongst low shrubs and 



the largest alpine plants on rockwork, 

 or borders, in sandy loam. Propa- 



gated either by division or by seed, 

 which should be sown as soon as pos- 

 sible after it is gathered. 



Anemone angulosa (Large Hepatica]. 

 Hepatica angulosa. A beautiful 

 plant allied to the Common Hepatica, 

 but fully twice the size of that species 

 in all its parts, 6 to 12 in. high. 

 Flowers, in spring ; of a fine sky-blue, 

 more than 2 in. across, with numerous 

 black anthers surrounding a tuft of 

 yellow styles. Leaves, 3 in. broad, 

 distinguished by their 5 lobes from 

 A. Hepatica ;ihe lobes coarsely notched. 



Transylvania. Rockwork, border, 



margins of beds of shrubs, and 

 naturalization in copses y etc. Divi- 

 sion. 



Anemone apennina (Apennine Wind- 

 flower). A well-known old favourite, 

 4 to 9 in. high. Flowers, in spring ; 

 bright sky-blue, V$ to 2 in. across, 

 1 on each stem ; style linear, and 

 equalling the younger seed-vessels in 

 length ; sepals more or less rough on 

 the outside with adpressed hairs. 

 Leaves, of stem in whorls of 3, ternate, 

 with long blunt lobes, all somewhat 

 pubescent ; root-leaves biternate. 

 Roots tuberous, irregular, elongated, 

 blackish. The double variety is not 

 so ornamental as the single one. South 



Europe. Rockwork, naturalization 



in half-shady places, in pleasure- 

 grounds, by wood- walks, and borders 

 in any soil, but best in a sandy loam 

 or peat, and in a somewhat shady 

 position. Division. 



Anemone-blanda (Blue Winter ^.) 

 Very like the last species. Flowers, 

 in early spring ; deep sky-blue ; sepals 

 9 to 14, oblong-linear, smooth on 

 the outside; seed-vessels pubescent, 

 tipped with a short black pointed 

 style. Leaves, 3-parted or cut ; seg- 

 ments stalked or sessile, 3-parted, cut 

 or slashed; those of the involucre 

 stalked, deeply cut. Southern Europe 

 and Asia Minor. Rockwork, or 



