FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
black stamens. All the forms of this species rank among the most 
beautiful of hardy spring flowers. 
A. alpina (alpine). Europe. A handsome plant, 12 to 24 inches 
high; sepals varying white, cream, yellow, with backs pale or purple; 
May; suitable for rockery or border, requiring good, deep soil. Var. 
svlphurea, cup-shaped, yellow, 18 inches. 
A. APENNINA (apennine). Europe. 6 inches ; bright blue; March; 
requires light sandy loam sheltered by trees. Vars. alba, pure white; 
blanda, deep blue, early flowering, wants shelter. One of the best 
for the rockery or wild garden. 
A. japonic a (Japan). 2 to 3 feet; rosy carmine with yellow anthers; 
autumnal. Vars. alba (Honorine Jobert), pure white; elegans (rosea), 
very large, pale rose, broad leaves; rubra, deep red. 
A. multifida (many-slits). 6 to 12 inches; pale yellow, citron or 
red; June; border or rockery. 
A NARCissiFLORA (Narcissus-like). 1 foot; creamy, purplish at back, 
variable; May; rockery. 
A nemorosa (wood or grove). 6 to 8 inches; our native Wood 
Anemone, which does well in a shady border; white or purplish, roots 
creeping; March. Yarn jlore pleno, double pure white; /. p. rosea, rose- 
coloured ; Robinsoniana (cserulea), bright azure. 
A palmata (palmate). The Cyclamen Anemone. 9 inches; golden- 
yellow, narrow sepals; May; suitable for damp rockery, Yar. alba, pure 
white, very early. 
A. polyanthes (many-flowered). 12 to 18 inches ; white ; May. 
A. ranunctjloides (Ranunculus - like). 3 inches; golden - yellow, 
hairy at back; April. 
A sylvestris (wood). The Snowdrop Anemone. 12 to 18 inches; 
white satiny flowers, nodding on tall scapes above foliage; April; roots 
creeping. Damp, shady position in leaf mould. 
Pasque flowers There are two distinct sections of Anemones which 
gardeners have long treated as belonging to separate genera 
— the Pasque-flowers and the Hepaticas. They all really belong to the 
genus Anemone, but we have here kept them distinct. 
A Pulsatilla A British species, forming tufts 6 inches to 9 inches 
high, with finely-divided leaves and well furnished with elegant flowers, 
which appear in April. These are dull purple in colour, covered with 
silky hairs. There are several varieties:— dahurica, more erect than 
type, very dwarf; lilacina, dwarf with lilac flowers; rubra, dwarf with 
red flowers. 
A vernalis (spring). The Shaggy Pasque-flower. A European 
