34 THE GAEDENEE'S COMPANION 



and by name ; so I will now give you working 

 directions for those I have recommended you to 

 start with. 



Anemone. Nearly all Anemones are good, but 

 the Irish strain, A. coronaria S. Brigida, is most 

 valuable for making a gay appearance in the garden 

 from March till June, and also for providing cut 

 flowers for the house. They are of every imagin- 

 able colour and form, both single and double, and 

 have beautiful fern-like foliage; they thrive best 

 when raised from seed in your own soil. Sow the 

 seed as soon as ripe (in May or June), prick out 

 into boxes and keep moist. As soon as large enough 

 plant them in the open in shade ; they can be moved 

 into their flowering quarters in the autumn, and 

 should by that time be good plants with a quantity 

 of root ; they like a certain amount of chalk in 

 the soil, and seem to benefit by manure from the 

 poultry-yard. They flower best in an open sunny 

 situation, but it is not good for the bulbs to be 

 too much dried up in the summer, and it is well 

 to cover them in July with some fresh soil or leaf- 

 mould. The plants will flower well for several 

 years, but it is advisable to renew your stock about 

 every three years. 



Japanese Anemone, A. japonica, is quite a dis- 



