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because they are distinct and good ; but the word " good" 

 is very poor in this connection. The anemone now before 

 us is a " florist's flower/' consequently \ou may^, if you 

 choose, form a collection to name ; and time was when the 

 named sorts realised prices running into gold, and at least 

 two figures. But times are changed, and it is no longer 

 necessary to have a deep purse to enjoy fine flowers. 



The pojjp)' or garland anemone appears to have been 

 introduced in 1-596, just in time to be included and 

 faithfully figured in Johnson's Gerarde and other of the 

 grand old books on floriculture. Parkinson enumerates 

 sixty sorts of anemones, but these include plants that 

 are far removed from A. corcmann. Mr. Carey Tysoe, 

 of Wallingford, published some twenty-five years ago a 

 treatise on this flower, with a list of the best varieties; 

 and this must be regarded as a truly authentic work on 

 the subject from the florists' point of view. 



The poppy anemone varies in colour immensely, but 

 its structural characters are constant. Experience has 

 taaght the writer exactly why the named varieties are not 

 much cared for, and it is that seedlings can be easily 

 raised, and will give abundant variety and fine quality, 

 provided only that the seed is taken from first-class 

 flowers. Now here comes in the argument for the florists' 

 named sorts, however costly. In the subject now under 

 consideration the cost is of no consequence, because named 

 anemones are extremely cheap. But as florists' flowers are 

 now much decried by j^eople who know nothing about 

 them, we feel bound to say that they serve the purpose 

 of thorough-bred horses in stud stables, and of Duchess 

 Shorthorns, and pedigree Jerseys, and Jonas Webb's 

 fleecy lords of the flock. To the amateur who would 



