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that of the shadow of clouds passing over 

 the surface of the earth. This, however, 

 in general exceeds that near the ground. 

 M. d'Ons en Bray invented an anemome- 

 ter, which of itself expresses on paper, 

 not only the several winds that have 

 blown during the space of twenty-four 

 hours, and at what hour each began and 

 ended, but also the strength and velocity 

 of each. See Memoirs Acad. Scien. Anno 

 1734. 



ANEMONE, in botany, a genus of the 

 Polyandria Polygynia class and order. Its 

 characters are, that it has no calyx ; that 

 the corolla has petals in two or three 

 rows, three in a row, somewhat oblong; 

 the stamina have numerous filaments, ca- 

 pillary, half the length of the corolla : 

 anthers, twin and erect : the pistilluna 

 has numerous germs on a head, styles 

 acuminate, and stigmas obtuse : no peri- 

 carpium ; receptacle globular or oblong ; 

 seeds very many, acuminate, retaining 

 the style ; there are about 30 species. 

 The garden anemones are natives of the 

 east, from whence their roots were origi- 

 nally brought ; but culture has so improv- 

 ed them, that they are become the chief 

 ornaments to our gardens in the spring. 

 To prepare the soil for these plants, take 

 a quantity of fresh, light, sandy loam, or 

 hazel-earth, from a common or dry pas- 

 ture, not dug above ten inches deep ; 

 mix this with a third part of its quantity 

 of rotten cow-dung, and lay it up in a 

 heap ; turn this over at least once a 

 month, for eight or ten months, and every 

 lime pick out the stones, and break the 

 clods. After this mixture has been twelve 

 months made, it will be fit for use. The 

 beds of this earth must be prepared in 

 September, and should be made six or 

 eight inches deep, in a wet soil : but in a 

 dry one, three inches will be sufficient ; 

 lay this compost at least 2^ feet thick, 

 with about four or five inches of rotten 

 neat's dung, or the rotten dung of an old 

 melon orcucumber-bed, at the bottom ; in 

 a wet soil let the beds be rounded, so that 

 the water may run off; but in a dry soil let 

 them be nearer to a level : three weeks 

 after the compost has been laid in, stir it 

 about six inches deep with a spade, and 

 then with a stick draw lines each way of 

 the bed, at six inches distance, so that the 

 whole may be in squares ; then make a 

 hole three inches deep in the centre of 

 each square, and plant a root in each ; 

 and when all are planted, rake the earth 

 of the whole bed smooth, so as to covef 

 the roots two inches thick. The season 

 of planting these roots for forward flow- 



ers is the latter end of September; and 

 for those of a middle season is October: 

 this is best done at a time when there are 

 gentle ruins. Some roots should also be 

 saved, to be planted after Christmas, for 

 fear of accidents to the former from very 

 hard weather. These usually flower three 

 weeks after those planted in autumn. 

 They are propagated two ways, either by 

 dividing the roots or by sowing. The 

 roots are to be divided as soon as they are 

 taken up out of the ground; they will suc- 

 ceed if broken into as many parts as there 

 are eyes or buds in them ; but they flow- 

 er most strongly, if not parted too small. 

 The way by sowing is this ; choose first 

 some good kinds of single anemones, call- 

 ed the gardener's poppy anemones? plant 

 these early, and they will produce ripe 

 seeds three weeks after the flower first 

 blows. This must be carefully gathered, 

 and in August it should be sowed in pots 

 or tubs, or a well prepared bed of light 

 earth, rubbing it between the hands with 

 a little dry sand, to prevent several of the 

 seeds from clinging together, and spread- 

 ing them as even as possible all over the 

 bed; after this a light hair brush should 

 be drawn many times over the surface of 

 the bed, to pull asunder any lumps of seed 

 that may yet have fallen together; observ- 

 ing not to brush off the seed, and as 

 much as possible not to brush it into 

 lumps. When this is done, some light 

 eai'th, about a quarter of an inch deep, 

 should be sifted over the bed. If the 

 weather be hot, the bed must be at times 

 covered with mats laid hollow, and gently 

 watered. In about ten weeks after sow- 

 ing the plants will appear, if the season 

 has been favourable, and they are to be 

 carefully defended from the hard frosts 

 by proper covering, and from the heat of 

 the sun afterwards, by a moveable reed 

 fence. As the spring advances, if the 

 weather be dry, they must be gently wa- 

 tered, and when their green leaves decay, 

 there must be a quarter of an inch more 

 earth sifted over them, and the like again 

 at Michaelmas; and the bed must be 

 kept clear from weeds, and the following 

 spring they will flower. The single or 

 poppy anemones will flower most part of 

 the winter and spring 1 , when the seasons 

 are favourable, and in a warm situation ; 

 and they require little culture, for it will 

 be sufficient to take up the roots every 

 other year; and when they are taken up, 

 they should be planted a'gaiv very early 

 uciumn, or else they will not flow- 

 er tili ihe spring*. There are some fine 

 blue Colours among these single ane- 



