16 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. 



clothed with woolly down. The large flowers are like white 

 anemones, the jiurity of the petals and the bright yellow 

 stamens in the centre assisting in completing the re- 

 semblance to Anemone nemorom. The white mountain 

 aveus needs a moist j>eaty or sandy soil, aud must be pro- 

 tected from slugs and snails. If planted in common soil 

 it is not likely to live long. 



Geiui} cocci neii III. is figured by Sweet in the "British 

 Flower Garden " (p. 293) as Geuiii quelii/oii, and he there 

 refei-s to another plant, a native of Greece, which he re- 

 marks " is doubtless a species of sieversia.'' The present 

 species, according to Feuillee, is a native of the sides of 

 mountains in Chili, and has not been introduced there from 

 Greece, as has been supposed. It makes a valuable 

 addition to the flower borders, thriving well in the common 

 garden soil. 



