l-> FAiLILIAE GAKBEX FLOWERS, 



Garden anemones may be readily separated into two 

 classes. In one class we have the poppy anemones [A. 

 coronaria) , natives of the mysterious country called the 

 Levant, as also of many regions that fringe the Mediter- 

 ranean on its very irregular northern boundaries. In the 

 other class we have the star anemones [A. horiciiHis), in 

 which occurs that splendour of the spring garden, Anemone 

 full/ens, a very fiery star, and one that never fails to 

 surprise us when we see its first flowers in the forward 

 spring. These are garden anemones par excellence, and 

 one cannot have too many of them if life is to be made 

 endurable in these hyperborean regions. As for other 

 anemones, their name is not legion ; but there are many 

 that may properly demand a place in the rockery, and, 

 while the opportunity occurs, it may be proper to offer the 

 reader a list of the " indispensables." Anemone Aljjina 

 comes near to A. curonaria ; the flowers are white and 

 sulphur-yellow, growth vigorous. Anemone anr/nlusa is our 

 sweet old friend the blue hepatica; plant it anywhere on 

 rockery or border, and take care not to disturb it for at 

 least ten years. Anemone apennlna, a lovely starry blue 

 flower that appears at the same time as the early daffodils. 

 Anemone hepatica, the common hepatica, with flowers of 

 many colours ; it requires a deep, strong, loamy soil, and 

 to be left alone, for if moved often there will smjn come 

 a time when there remains nothing to move. Anemone 

 ■Taponica, of which there are two varieties, the red and the 

 white, both grand border plants for autumn flowering. 

 Anemone iieinoro>!ii is our dwn wild wood anemone, one 

 of the loveliest flo\\ers in the whole world. The double 

 variety makes an exquisitely beautiful rock plant. Have 

 as many more as you like, but you must have the foregoing, 



