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May; but if some are planted in the 

 middle of September, and a second parcel 

 towards the middle or latter end of Oc- 

 tober, they will afford a succession of 

 bloom from the beginning of April until 

 the middle of May ; and, if a third plant- 

 ation is made in February or beginning 

 of March, they will come into flower 

 about the middle of May, and continue 

 until the middle of June. 



Soil and site. The situation should be 

 thoroughly drained, and open to the 

 south. Any common, moderately light 

 earth suits the anemone ; overmoist and 

 stiff soils rot the roots in winter. If 

 necessary to make a soil, proceed as de- 

 scribed for the seed-bed. Take maiden 

 loam from the surface of a pasture, the 

 top spit, turf and all ; to every load of 

 this add one of cowdung, and half a load 

 of sea or drift sand; blend the whole to- 

 gether, and form it into a ridge, in which 

 let it remain a year, at least, turning it 

 over once in two or three months. But, 

 in default of pasture-earth, a good com- 

 post may be formed of common, light 

 garden-soil and rotted cowdung, adding, 

 to every load of the former, half a*load of 

 the latter, and about a quarter of that of 

 drift or sea-sand ; and of either of which 

 composts the bed is to be formed. Make 

 it aboiit twelve or fifteen inches in depth, 

 and three feet and a half broad. 



Planting in borders. Plant five roots 

 together, in a patch of five or six inches 

 in breadth, two or three inches deep. 



Beds should be three feet and a half 

 broad, with alleys eighteen inches wide 

 between bed and bed, and fifteen or 

 eighteen inches deep; break the earth 

 small, but do not sift it ; elevate the beds 

 three inches above the general surface ; 

 but, if there is danger of moisture stand- 

 ing in winter, double or treble that is a 

 proper height, working the whole a little 

 rounded, and after planting, rake the 

 surface smooth. 



Plant six rows lengthwise, the roots at 

 six inches distance in each row, and two 

 inches deep. 



The autumn plantation comes in leaf 

 in November; but, as the plants are hardy, 

 nothing is needful to be done till the 

 !>loom begins to appear, and then arch 

 the beds with hoops.. to support mats, to 

 protect them from frost. 



Forcing. Double anemones, potted in 

 September or in October, in some com- 

 post, as above particularized, may be 



placed in a cold frame or pit, and watered 

 but sparingly until the following spring, 

 when they may be put into a warmer 

 place. They will not stand much forcing. 

 A second blooming may be obtained, by 

 planting more roots, in a similar way, ia 

 December. 



Mildew. This disease first appears as 

 pale spots on the under sides of the 

 leaves. These spots gradually rise into 

 tubercles, and a minute fungus bursts 

 through. This parasite is JEci'dium gua- 

 dri'jldiim. Sea-sand, or a little salt mixed 

 with the compost of the bed, is a good 

 preventive ; and sprinkling with sulphur 

 is the best remedy. Anemones are liable 

 to have distorted, swollen leaves, the cure 

 for which is to render the soil more free 

 from stagnant moisture. 



ANE'THUM. (From ano, upwards, and 

 t/ico, to run; in reference to its quick 

 growth. Nat. or d., Umldlifers [Apiacese]. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria, 2-Digynia.) 



A genus of useful plants, succeeding well in 

 any common garden-soil ; all hardy, readily in- 

 creased by seed or root division. 



ANNUAL. 

 A. So'ua (Sowa). 1. Yellow. July. E. Ind. 1810. 



BIENNIALS. 



A. grave'olens (strong-smelling, or dill). . Yel- 

 low. July. Spain. 15/0. 



pipcra'tum (peppered). 6. Yellow. July. Italy. 

 1824. 



PERENNIALS. 



A.fceni'culum (fennel). 6. Yellow. August. 

 England. 



1 du'lce (sweet). 4. Yellow. August. Italy. 



See DILL and FENNEL. 

 ANGE'LICA. (In reference to its fabled 

 angelic virtues in medicine. Nat. ord. y 

 Umlellifers [Apiacerc]. Linn., 5-Pentan- 

 dria "2-Dii/ynia.') 



Common water-side perennials, of not much 

 beauty as garden-plants. The only species re- 

 quiring notice here is the common Angelica. 

 A.archangc'lica (archangel). 4. July. Green. 

 England. 



The stalks of this are cut in May for 

 candying. Formerly, the stalks were 

 blanched for eating, like celery. Soil and 

 Situation: Grows best in moist situations, 

 such as the banks of ponds and ditches. 

 Soiviny : Sow soon after the seed is ripe, 

 about September, being almost useless if 

 preserved until the spring. Cultivation : 

 Sow thin, in drills a foot asunder, and 

 half an inch deep. When five or six 

 inches high, the plants must be thinned 

 to a distance of at least two feet and a 

 half from each other. In May, or early 



