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Wind Flower. Anemfione nemat^osa. 



Wood Anemone. 



Found in thickets that yet are open to the sun, in early May or 

 perhaps late in April. 



The single stem, about 6 inches in height, is round and smooth 

 and green, showing purple at the foot. It bears a whorl of leaves 

 about midway its height, and a single flower upon its summit. 



The compound leaf has from 3 to 9 wedge-shaped leaflets, that 

 are slightly creased on their midribs, and irregularly notched on the 

 edges ; the texture is delicately thin, and the color a lovely green. 

 Three leaves on their short reddish stems are placed in a whorl. 



The flower is like a shallow cup formed of 5 oval, petal-like 

 calyx-parts that curve like shells ; it is of a very thin texture and 

 slightly veined, and its color is pure white, often rosy tinted on the 

 outside ; the many dainty stamens are a pale straw color, and the 

 pistils are gathered into a light green center. 



A more charming plant could hardly be imagined, — stem, leaf, 

 and blossom are alike perfect in growth and harmony of hue. Its bud 

 nods, but the fully open flower lifts itself lightly atop the slender 

 swaying stem. The Wind Flower is social in habit, and gathers in 

 lovely fellowship with its kind upon a favorable hillside. 



