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ANEMONE ANTENNAR1A. 



those of the involucre scarcely 

 stalked, 3-parted, deeply toothed. 

 There are two varieties, one with 

 purple, and the other with white 

 flowers. Middle and Northern Europe. 

 Rockwork and borders, and natu- 

 ralization in calcareous soil, or well- 

 drained, sandy loam. Division. 



Anemone stellata (Star A.} A. hor- 

 tensis. A pretty kind, with star-like 

 flowers springing from the much dis- 

 sected leaves ; 8 to 10 in. high. Flowers, 

 in early summer; red, purple, rose, 

 or whitish ; sepals 10 to 12, oblong, 

 bluntish. Leaves, 3-parted; lobes 

 wedge-shaped, deeply toothed, of 

 the involucre stalkless, oblong, 

 entire, or a little toothed. Southern 



Europe. On rockwork, borders, 



and in the choice spring-garden in 

 warm and sheltered positions, and 

 sandy, well -drained soil. Division. 



Anemone sylvestris (Snowdrop Ane- 

 mone.} A handsome species, with 

 drooping flower-buds, 6 to 18 in. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; pure white, 

 solitary, sometimes as large as a crown 

 piece when opened; sepals 6, ellip- 

 tical. Leaves, ternate or quinate, 

 hairy beneath ; segments deeply 

 toothed at top ; those of the involucre 



stalked. Europe and Siberia. 



Borders, on the lower parts of rock- 

 work, by wood-walks and in half -wild 

 spots, shrubberies, etc., in ordinary 

 soil. Division. 



Anemone trifolia (Three-leaved A.) 

 Nearly allied to the Wood Anemone ; 

 4 to 6 in. high. Flowers, in spring or 

 early summer ; white ; sepals 5, ellip- 

 tical, blunt. Leaves, all stalked, ter- 

 nate ; segments ovate-lance-shaped, 

 acute, toothed. On woody hill-sides 

 of Piedmont, the Tyrol, and Siberia. 



Borders, or naturalization with 



our own Wood Anemone. It grows in 

 any soil. Division. 



Anemone vernalis (Shaggy Anemone}. 

 A singular and interesting kind, 2 to 



8 in. high. Flowers, early in summer ; 

 solitary, terminal, bell- shaped, with 

 5 to 6 almost erect, oval divisions, 

 whitish inside, violet and covered 

 with silky down outside. Leaves, 

 small, downy, winged, with one or two 

 pairs of leaflets, oval -rounded, or 

 wedge-shaped at the base, 2- to 3-cleft 

 at the point. Whole plant covered 

 with long tawny hairs. Alps and 

 Pyrenees. Rockwork and borders 

 in well-drained, moist, sandy soil or 

 peat; in borders surround the plant 

 with stones. Division and seed. 



Anemone vitifolia ( Vine - leaved 

 Windflower). Resembles the Japan 

 Windflower in habit ; 8 to 10 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; few, white, 

 each blossom 2 in. or more across ; 

 petals oval ; sepals oval - oblong, 

 thickly covered with silvery down on 

 the outside. Leaves, almost all radical, 

 stalked, 3- or 5-lobed ; lobes unequally 

 incised- dentate. Whole plant velvety. 



Borders and the rougher parts of 



the rock garden, thriving best in peat 

 soil. Where it thrives it is worthy of 

 naturalization, but it is not so vi- 

 gorous as the Japan Windflower. 



Anomatheca cruenta (Bloody A.) A 

 pretty and distinct little bulbous 

 plant, 6 to 12 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; rich carmine-crimson, three 

 lower segments marked at the base 

 with a dark spot ; tube of flower long 

 and whitish. Leaves, two-ranked, nar- 

 row, sword-shaped, spreading above ; 

 bulb ovate, rather large. Native of 



S. Africa. Warm slopes of rock- 



work, in very sandy dry soil, or on 

 warm borders among the smaller and 

 choicer bulbous plants ; the bulbs to 

 be planted rather deep. Increased by 

 separating the bulbs, or by seed. 



Antennaria dioica (Mountain Everlast- 

 ing}. Gnaphalium dioicum. A dwarf 

 greyish herb, 4 to in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; whitish, inconspicuous, 

 in heads, several together in a corymb. 



