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A, longisca'pa (long-stalked). White. June. 

 North Ind. 183Q. Half-hardy. 



micra'ntha (small-flowered). $. White, pur- 



pie. April. Austria. 1800. 



montu'jia. (mountain). 1. Purple. June. 



Switzerland. 1830. 



multi'fida (many-cleft). 3. White. June. 



Magellan. 1824. 



narcissiflo'ra (narcissus-flowered). 1. White. 



May. Siberia. 17/3. 



Nuttallia'na (NutUll'a). . White. July. N. 



Amer. 1827. 



obsole'ta (obsolete). . Purple. May. Germany. 



obtusifo'lia (blunt-leaved). White. June. Hi- 



malaya. 1844. 



r~obtusilo'l>a (blunt-lobed-fea??erf). $. White. 

 June. Himalaya. 1843. 



pa'tens (spreading). 1. Light yellow. June. 



Siberia. 1752. 



ochroleu'ca (yellowish- white). 1. Cream. 



April. Siberia. 1/52. 



Pennsylna'nica (Pennsylvanian). 1. White. 



May. N. Amer. 1706. 



prate'nsis (meadow). . Dark purple. May. 



Germany. 1ft I. 



pulsati'llu. (common pulsatilla). $. Violet. 



May. England. 

 u'lbida (whitishV?0">ered). . Whitish. 



April. Germany. 1334. 

 ru'bra (red-flowered). Jleddish-purpls. 



May. Germany. 1834. 



Richardso'nia (Richardson's). . Yellow. June. 



N. Amer. 1327. 



rivula'ris (river). lj. White. June. North 



Ind. 1840. 



Sibi'rica (Siberian). $. White. June. Siberia. 



1804. 



stella'ta (star-flowered). A. White. Italy. 1597. 



sulphu'rea, (sulphur-coZowred). . Sulphur. 



May. Europe. ,1816. 



sylve'stris (wood-snowdrop). $, White. May. 



Germany. 15Q6. 



trifo'lia (three-leaved). . White. April. 



France. 159/. 



Urale'nsis (Ural). . Blue. May. Siberia. 1824. 



verna'lis (spring). . White. April. Switzer- 



land. 1752. 



flo're-lu'teo (yellow-flowered). . Yellow. 



April. South of Europe. 



Virginia'na (Virginian). 4. White. May. N. 



Amer. 1772. 



grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 2. White. 



June. Gardens. Greenhouse. 



vitifo'lid (vine-leaved). 3. White. September. 



Nepaul. 1829. Half-hardy. 



The anemone, the florist's flower of our 

 gardens, is the offspring of the A. coro- 

 na'ria (poppy anemone), and A. hor- 

 te'nsis. Sprung from these there are an- 

 nually increased varieties. A variety lasts 

 about twelve years. 



Characteristics of a good single anemone. 

 The stem strong, elastic, and erect, 

 not less than nine inches high; the 

 flower at least two inches and a half in 

 diameter, consisting of large, substantial, 

 well-rounded petals, at first horizontally 

 extended, and then turning a little up- 

 wards, so as to form abroad, shallow cup 

 the colour clear and distinct when di 

 versified in the same flower, or brillian 



and striking if it consists only of one- 

 colour, as blue, crimson, or scarlet, &c. 



A double anemone should have the 

 outer petals quite flat, the second series 

 a little shorter, the third shorter still, 

 and so on till the centre is quite full, 

 when the whole should form a rather flat 

 lemisphere. Every double flower should 

 be of one full colour. 



Propagation. Offsets from the root,, 

 and new varieties from seed. 



By offsets, all the best kinds should be 

 taken up annually at the decay of the leaf,, 

 and the root divided, at the time of taking 

 up, to allow the wound to heal, into as- 

 many pieces or knobs as are furnished 

 with an eye or bud, observing, however, 

 that if they are divided very small, they 

 flower very weak the first year. 



The time for taking up the roots is 

 May and June, when the leaf and stalk 

 are withered ; for then the roots cease to 

 grow for a month or six weeks. 



Take them up in dry weather, spread 

 in an any place out of the sun for about 

 a week, then clear from earth, and store 

 in bags or boxes. 



The seed. Sow from the best single 

 or semi-double flowers. Double flower* 

 produce none. 



Sowing. Make the beds in a sheltered 

 part of your garden, facing the south ; 

 remove the old soil from the beds to the 

 depth of sixteen or eighteen inches. If 

 it is low and swampy, with a wet, clay 

 bottom, drain well, and do not dig so 

 deep ; if high and dry, or with a sandy 

 or gravelly subsoil, you may go a little 

 deeper. Then put in from four to six 

 inches of unmixed cowduug, such as 

 might be gathered up where these ani- 

 mals feed. Upon this layer of dung 

 place as much good fresh loam as will 

 raise the beds to their former level, or a 

 little higher. Make the surface very 

 fine, and then sow. Anemone-seed re- 

 quires to be well rubbed with the hand,, 

 either amongst some sharp sand or 

 finely-sifted coal ashes, to separate the 

 seeds. When the seed is sown, cover it 

 immediately with some-sifted, light, sandy 

 soil, half an inch. It will soon come up,, 

 and should be frequently watered in dry- 

 weather. Beds so made will flower the 

 same year ; mark the best, and preserve 

 them for planting the next year. 



Time for planting is October, or early 

 in November, and the plants will come 

 into flower in April and beginning of 



