Some Charming Anemones 73 



matous, and, being in other respects suited to the rock 

 garden, might well be admitted within the scope of the 

 present work. 



Happily, too, in the plants we have in rnind, there 

 are those suited to dry and moist places, likewise to 

 sun or shade, hence it would be easy enough to dis- 

 tribute a selection of bulbous and allied plants far and 

 wide. For example, nearly or all the Crocuses revel 

 in comparative soil warmth and sunlight, to which 

 latter the flowers are ever ready to respond. The same 

 might well be said of the brilliantly flowered Anemone 

 fulgens in all its forms, and in slightly modified degree 

 of the Grecian Windflower (A. blanda) and its lovely 

 blue and white variety, A. b. scythinica. The exquisite 

 Anemone nemorosa Alleni and A. n. Robinsoniana, 

 revellers in thin woodland shade and moist, as well as 

 rich soils, are reserved for affording beauty spots in 

 quite another direction, and the bog bed chiefly built 

 for the accommodation of the Mocassin flower (Cypri- 

 pedium spectabile) might well be carpeted with these 

 and their kindred to flower ere the principal occupants 

 of the bed are half awakened from their winter's sleep. 

 The Anemones are not peat lovers as is the Lad)^s 

 Slipper named; they prefer rich loam freely mingled 

 with vegetable soil, leaf mould and the like, while the 

 moisture, which is so much to them/should never be 

 absent from January to December.-''^ Indeed, under no 

 other conditions is one half of the charm of these 

 precious spring flowers revealed. The charm, too, 

 strengthens with the years ; increased stature following 

 on the heels of the Established plant, and with it blos- 

 soms almost twice as large as those produced in the 

 first year of flowering. Hence culture of the right 

 kind merits every attention and care, so that the best 

 the plant is capable of giving may be ours at will. The 

 whole of the bulbous plants named should be planted 

 in early autumn, although that is the season of flower- 

 ing of not a few of them. The following list will give 

 some idea of the not inconsiderable variety of bulbous 

 plants suitable for the rock garden : 



