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that have thinner, or more jagged, leaves" ; and then 

 again into those "that bear single flowers and those 

 that bear double flowers." The wild kinds included 

 "all the Pulsatillas, or Pasque (Easter) flowers." 

 Parkinson mentions many varieties. He describes 

 the "tame" anemones as white, yellow, purple, crim- 

 son, scarlet, blush gredeline (between peach color 

 and violet), orange-tawny, apple-blossom, rose- 

 color, and many others. From his list we can have 

 no doubt that Shakespeare's flower was one of the 

 purple star anemones the Anemone pur pur ea 

 striata stellata, "whose flowers have many white 

 lines and stripes through the leaves." Parkinson's 

 name is "the purple-striped Anemone." 



Of recent years anemones have again become the 

 fashion. 



"How gorgeous are these flowers to behold," ex- 

 claims Ryder Haggard, "with their hues of vivid 

 scarlet and purple ! To be really appreciated, how- 

 ever, they should, I think, be seen in their native 

 home, the East. In the neighborhood of Mount 

 Tabor in Palestine, I have met with them in such 

 millions that for miles the whole plain is stained red, 

 blue and white, growing so thickly indeed that to 

 walk across it without setting foot on a flower at 

 every step would be difficult. I believe, and I think 



