ANEMONES 
other Anemones, and the character of the involucre. In Hepatica this 
consists of three simple leaves near the flower, so that it resembles a 
calyx; but it is sufficiently remote from the flower to make it clear that 
the involucral leaves are not sepals. The sepals indeed are coloured and 
petal-like, as in those other species of Ranunculacese we have already 
described. The rootstock is not so tuberous as are those of A. coronaria 
and A. hortensis, but more like that of A. japonica and our native A. 
nemorosa. The leaves are divided into lobes; they are glossy, dark- 
green above, reddish beneath, and persist for two seasons, so that the 
plant is always in leaf. 
Anemone Hepatica (liver: supposed cure for liver-complaints) was 
introduced from Europe in 1573. It is from 4 to 6 inches high, with the 
leaves in three almost equal lobes, with clear cut margins free from in¬ 
dentations ; the leaf stalks hairy. The flowers are solitary on the hairy 
scape, and consist of from six to nine sepals ; the normal colour is blue 
or purple, paler beneath. There are numerous varieties, from white to 
deep blue and crimson, double and semi-double, and large and small 
flowered. They are all worth growing either in the rock-garden, or in 
the front of a sunny border. The flowers first appear in February, and 
a succession is maintained until April 
A. angulosa (angled). The Large Hepatica, from Eastern Europe. 
Whole plant as large again as A. Hepatica; 8 to 12 inches high, with 
leaves divided into five-toothed lobes. Flowers, 2 inches across, with 
black anthers and yellow carpels, appearing in February. 
Cultivation. The cultural directions for Anemones in general apply 
equally to this section, but a few lines may be devoted 
specially to them. Both A. Hepatica and A. angulosa may be propagated 
by root-division in autumn, but this method should be practised with 
caution, for the great thing to aim at with Hepaticas is to get large 
clumps bearing a great number of flowers. This can be achieved only 
by allowing the plants to remain undisturbed for several years, for their 
roots do not increase rapidly. In this case seed-sowing is the better 
method for increasing our stock; in truth, by allowing the clumps to 
remain undisturbed, we shall probably get abundance of seedlings round 
the old plants without any trouble. The appearance of these tiny plants 
will suggest to us that the seed should be sown as soon as ripe. We 
have our choice, however, of sowing at once in the border, or holding it 
over the winter, and sowing it in March in seed-pans. If the latter 
course be adopted the seedlings will be up in April or May. They must 
be kept free from weeds, and watered when necessary, till September, 
when they may be planted out in a sunny border, where they will flower 
