CROWN ANEMONE. 105 



A shallow one-light frame is necessary for 

 the defence and nurture of the seedlings. In 

 this, when the soil is settled and levelled, sow 

 the seeds thickly and equally, and press them 

 into the earth with a board, or back of a spade. 

 The bed should be, and kept, rather moist. 

 While the seeds are vegetating-, the glass-light 

 should be kept close; and as they swell and force 

 themselves above ground, a slight covering of 

 loam may be sifted on from time to time, till 

 the seeds are hidden. Air must be given on all 

 occasions, when the weather permits, soon as the 

 plants begin to appear ; and, should the bed 

 become too dry, it must be lightly watered. If 

 the surface appear crusted when the seedlings are 

 rising, it must be cautiously loosened with the 

 point of a stick, to give freedom to the plants. 

 This treatment must be continued till the leaves 

 begin to die off; and when they are quite wi- 

 thered, the tubers may be taken up. 



As these small roots are irregular in form, and 

 of a dingy colour, they are not readily found, un- 

 less two or three inches of the surface be passed 



