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through a fine brass wire sieve, to separate them 

 from the mould. A more expeditious way is by 

 washing it away in water. For this purpose a 

 wide tub of water is used ; the sieve containing 

 the mould and roots, partly emerged in this, is 

 trundled ; the earth falls through, leaving the 

 roots to be picked out, dried, and stowed away in 

 a proper place, to be planted in due season. 



These seedlings, planted in a nursing-bed, 

 will for the most part flower the second year; 

 all that are worthless may be discarded, and the 

 best only kept to breed from, or take a place 

 among the superiors. The finest double varieties 

 are only procurable by a long course of succes- 

 slonal sowings from individuals of good colour, 

 and which show a tendency to become double. 



The anemone may be also propagated by di- 

 viding the tuber. When this becomes old, it rots 

 in the centre ; but as the vital crowns are dis- 

 persed over the surface, any portion thereof, 

 however small, containing a crown, if separated 

 and planted, becomes a new plant. 



The sleep of the anemone enables the florist 



