WOOD x\NEMONE. — Anemone nemorosa. 



CYasaPoLYANDRiA. Or(?f /• PoLTGYNiA. Nat.Onl. Raxunculacea:. 

 Crowfoot Tribe. 



How pleasant are the woodlands during 

 April and May, with the gentle Avaving of the 

 young leaves, the song of joyous birds, and 

 the sweet odours of violets, primroses, and 

 other spring flowers ! Then the Blue-bell waves 

 to every breath of wind, and the Celandine 

 glistens like gold, and the delicate Stitchwort 

 bends so low as the wdnd passes over it, that 

 we can hardly believe it will be left unharmed 

 by the breeze. 



But not one of these blossoms is more 

 beautiful than that of our Wood Anemone, 

 the Wind-flower of the older writers, and 

 which is still called by this poetical name in 

 some parts of oiu* country. Whether it was 

 named thus because it grows in the moun- 

 tainous woods where the wildest winds blow, 

 as well as in the sheltered valley ; or whether 

 because its petals are so light and delicate 

 that the wind soon ruffles them, we know not. 

 In many woods it is very plentiful, its light 

 seed being wafted by the spring winds, and 



