The Aneino7te. 7 



some of its varieties, and is easily grown with us if protected during the 

 winter by a cold frame, but is not hardy enough to live in the open 

 ground. 



A brilliant variety of this species CdWed/uigens has lately attracted much 

 attention in England. 



Anemone paimata (Bot. Reg. 3, 200, and Lodd. Cab. 175) is a very fine 

 species with golden-yellow flowers, but is not hardy, and requires frame 

 protection in winter. A. appejiitia (Eng. Bot. 15, t. 1062) has flowers of a 

 clear brilliant blue. Although a native of Italy, it is hardy, and has stood 

 the winter with us for the last four years in the open border, 



A. ranunculoides (Lodd. Cab. 566), is an English species resembling our 

 wood anemone, except that the flowers are bright yellow. 



A. sylvestris (Bot. Mag. 2, 54, and Lodd. Cab. 1739), a native of Ger- 

 many, has elegant white flowers. 



A. vitifolia (Bot. Reg. 14, t. 1385, and Bot. Mag. 62, t. 3376) is a tall- 

 growiiig species with large, showy white flowers. It is a native of Nepal, 

 and has been an inhabitant of our gardens for the last forty years. It is, 

 however, rarely met with, although easily multiplied by division or by seed. 



One of the most charming of the family is the European A. narclssifloni 

 (Bot. Mag. 28, t. 1 120), which produces umbels of white or cream-colored 

 flowers in May. It is a very elegant plant, and is perfectly hardy, requir- 

 ing only common garden-culture. 



A.japoiiica (Pax. Mag. 14, 25 ; Bot. Reg. 31, t. 66 ; and Bot. Mag. 73, 4341) 

 is one of the best of the family, and in its variety Honorine Joubert is un- 

 equalled in beauty by any garden-plant. 



It is an autumn bloomer, and seldom expands its flowers before the first 

 of October. The flowers of the species are pinkish, or rather purplish-red, 

 very large, but somewhat loose in appearance. In the garden, they pro- 

 duce a fine effect, and will stand a frost without injury. 



The variety has white flowers, large, regular, and even, with clear yellow 

 centre ; it is of taller growth than the species, and for a mass in the flower- 

 garden is unsurpassed for autumn decoration. The foliage is very orna- 

 mental, and the flowers retain their beauty far into the autumn. We do 

 not know the origin of this variety, except that it was produced in France. 

 From its characteristics, we should judge it to be a hybrid between A. viti- 



