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interposition, would have been fatal : a dense 

 cloud, floating high above the earth, shelters 

 the ground and plants below. Coverings for 

 anemones, therefore, should be placed at some 

 distance (say two feet) above the surface of the 

 bed ; the sides being left open for the admission 

 of air, except in frosty winds (called black 

 frosts), a curtain should be added on the wind- 

 ward side. Stakes, driven in the ground, and 

 connected by a surrounding rail, will serve to 

 bear straw mats of sufficient thickness to be 

 rolled on and off as they are needed, which 

 will be protection enough. 



The habits of the anemone, as being a pro- 

 duction of the moistest season of the year, seems 

 to point out the soil most congenial to it; viz. a 

 mellow rich loam. The success of many culti- 

 vators who have published their experience yields 

 ample proof, if proofs were wanting, of the suit- 

 ableness of such soil. It is such as absorbs and 

 retains an equable degree of moisture, without 

 repletion or deficiency. And, though surface- 

 water be neither naturally necessary nor suitable, 



