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spring ; seeds or division. — Margins of shrubberies, 

 copses, and by wood-walks associated occasionally with 

 the Alpine Anemone, and the finer Crowfoots. 



Hepatica. Anemone Hepatica. Europe. Herbaceous 

 perennial ; 3 or 4 inches ; various colours ; spring ; 

 division. — A native of mountain woods, this thrives 

 very well in bare places, in shady or open woods and 

 shrubberies; also in rocky places, the chief care re- 

 quired being to plant it where its beauties may be seen. 



Three-leaved Wind-Plower. Anemone trifolia. 

 France. Tuber ; 6 to 9 inches ; white ; spring or early 

 summer ; seed or division. — Suitable for the same uses 

 as the wood and Apennine wind-flowers, and for asso- 

 ciation with them. 



Aconite-leaved Crowfoot. Ranunculus aconitifolius. 

 Europe. Herbaceous perennial ; i to i| feet ; white ; 

 early summer; seed or division. — Similar positions to those 

 for the Alpine wind-flower. — It is often found wild in great 

 luxuriance in rather low meadows under conditions nearly 

 like those enjoyed by our own meadows. 



Iiarge Double Crowfoot. Ranunculus " bullatus." 

 fl. pi. Garden variety. Herbaceous perennial ; | foot ; 

 yellow; summer ; division. — A handsome double variety, 

 which will thrive well by wild wood-walks, and in the 

 rougher parts of the pleasure-ground, where the vegeta- 

 tion is dwarf 



Stem-clasping Crowfoot. Ranunculus amplexicaulis. 

 Pyrenees. Herbaceous perennial ; i foot ; white ; spring 

 and early summer; division. — A lovely subject for 

 naturalization in open rocky spots, where there is a 

 moist free soil. Near the margins of a mountain bog 



