SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CHAP. 



at the bottom, and being filled with turfy loam mixed 

 with some sand and a little peat earth. Give water re- 

 gularly 5 not much at a time j see that it drains off 

 well ; and keep the plant out of the heat of the sun or it 

 will quickly fade. -BELLADONNA LILY. Lat. Ama- 

 ryllis Bella-Donna. Fr. BeUadonne <T Automne. A 

 larger plant than the last, bearing much larger flowers, 

 hanging downward, five or six in number, and of a pale 

 blush. These are procured in the same manner -, but 

 sometimes they arrive in England earlier than at other 

 times, according to the season ; but about the first week 

 in September you should enquire for them. As they 

 come when just ready to blow, they come in and are 

 gone, almost in a day. This last plant, if put into the 

 ground deep enough, will live through our winters j but 

 it is properly a frame plant. 



416. ANEMONE, single, or poppy. Lat. Anemone 

 coronaria. Fr. Anemone des fleuristes. A hardy 

 tuberous-rooted plant from the Levant. There are 

 double and single sorts, both equally esteemed by the 

 florists, and both cultivated in the same manner : if from 

 seed, sow in January under a frame, having procured fine 

 earth that has received the frost. Make your bed very 

 fine, and sow the seed pretty thickly over it, and coveV 

 very lightly indeed with the same earth. Do not let 

 there be more than the thickness of a shilling of earth 

 over the seeds ; and give very gentle waterings of soft 

 water, from a fine-rosed watering pot, taking care that 

 frost do not penetrate by night, nor the mid-day sun j 

 for either Would destroy the young plants. When the 

 plants are all up and are out in their rough leaves, take 



