38 Making a Garden of Perennials 



sonous, should not be grown where children 

 are apt to get at its roots, and when trans- 

 planted care should be taken not to allow 

 any of its small, beet-like tubers to lie 

 around, the surplus being burned. They 

 grow about four feet high, blooming in 

 the latter part of summer. A. autumnale 

 and A. Napellus are among the best. 



Anemones Wind Flower 



Anemone Pennsylvania is a native, 

 growing a little over a foot in height, pro- 

 ducing in profusion fairly large white flow- 

 ers in July and August. Having a 

 " woodsy " look, it seems at home in semi- 

 shaded positions, where it does well, but 

 will thrive in full sun. The king of the 

 tribe, however, is the Japanese variety, A. 

 Japonic a, especially the variety Alba, with 

 large, showy, pure white flowers, blooming 

 late in the fall, often after the first slight 

 frost, and at a time when all others are 

 gone. For this reason they should be 

 planted where they may be seen from some 



