ANEMONES AND HEPATICAS. 125 



which there are now several good varieties. The 

 Pasque flower, Pulsatilla^ with its flowers of silky 

 purple, and its liking for poor limestone soil, is abundant 

 but never seen too often, for it stands apart in form and 

 colouring. Coronaria, from which the crown or Poppy- 

 Anemones have sprung, is a good plant, and perhaps 

 more suitable for beds and borders than for the rockery, 

 where, however, it may be grown if desired. The 

 genus also includes the beautiful Wood Anemone, 

 nemorosa^ and its several varieties ; but these, like 

 the Hepatica, are too dependent on shade and moisture 

 to be perfect rockery plants. 



Every lover of hardy flowers loves the Anemones. 

 He hkes to put them in large patches, where they will 

 give a radiant break of colour while the spring days 

 are still young, or, indeed, yet unborn. They are not 

 rare and precious plants that need nursing, but are 

 full of a rich, spontaneous virility. Coming from 

 many different cHmes, they yet, in most cases, succeed 

 in British gardens. 



The rock gardener may mark the Windflower genus 

 as one that possesses all the attributes of greatness, 

 and give some of the best species prominent places. 

 Many are bulbous, or rather tuberous, and best propa- 

 gated by division, but they also come readily and fairly 

 quickly from seed. The majority thrive in ordinary 

 garden soil, and practically all in a good loam, but a 

 few, which shall be mentioned, are lime-lovers. 



The following notes will give an idea of the value 

 of the genus, and of the requirements of the various 

 species. 



