U WOOD ANEMONE. 



This pretty delicate species loves the moderate shade of groves 

 and thickets, it is oCten I'ound in open pinelands of second growth, 

 and evidently jirefers a light and somewhat sandy soil to any other, 

 with glinii)ses of sunshine stealing down upon it. 



The Wood Anemone is from 4 to 9 inches in heidit. but seldom 

 taller, the live rounded sepals which Ibrm the llowerare white, tinged 

 with a purplish-red or dull ]»ink on the outside. The leaves arc three 

 parted, divided again in three, toothed and shari)ly cut and some- 

 what coarse in texture ; the three upper stem leaves form an involucre 

 about midway between the root and the llower-cup. 



Our A\'ood Anemone is a cheerful little flower liiaddenin"- us with 

 its blossoms earlv in the month of ^lav. It is verv abundant in the 

 neigh))ourhood of Toronto, on tlie grassy banks and piny- dells at 

 Dover Court, and elsewhere. 



"There tliickly strewn in woodland bowers, 

 Anemones their stars unfold." 



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A somewhat taller species, with very white starry flowers, is 

 found on gravelly banks under the shade of shrubs near the small 

 lakes formed by the Oto!ial)ee river. X. Doiiro. where also, we find 

 the downy seeded species known as ••Thim])le-weed," Anemone ajUn- 

 (Jn'ca, from the cylindrical heads of fruit. The '* Thimble-weed" is not 

 very attractive for beauty of colour: the ilower is greenish-white, 

 small, two of the sepals being shorter and less conspicuous than the 

 others: the plant is from 1 to 2 ft. high: the leaves of the cut and 

 pointed involcure are coarse, ot a dull green, surrounding the several 

 long flower-stalks. The soft cottony seeds remain in close heads 

 thnnjgh the winter, till the spring breezes disperse them. 



