138 ALPINE FLOWERS. Part II. 



ANEMONE CORONAEIA.— /'o/Zj' A. 



A NATIVE of sub-humid pastures in the South of Europe, this 

 plant has been one of the most popular in our gardens from the 

 very earliest times. There are a great number of varieties, both 

 single and double, all worthy of cultivation, and great ornaments 

 of the spring garden. The single sorts may be readily grown 

 from seeds, and they should be thus raised by those wishing a 

 large stock of effective spring flowers. Infinitely varied as they 

 are in colour, and possessing most vigorous constitutions, they 

 deserve to be cultivated even more than many double varieties 

 annually offered by our seedsmen. The plantation of these 

 double varieties may be made in autumn or in spring, or at 

 intervals all through the year to secure a continuity of flowers ; 

 but the best bloom is secured by September or October planting. 

 The Poppy Anemone does best in a rich deep loam, but- is not 

 very fastidious.. The roots of the more select kinds may be 

 taken up when the leaves die down, but they are in few cases 

 worth this special attention, simply because many splendid 

 varieties may be grown as readily as any native herbaceous 

 plant, and we had better cultivate new and distinct species of 

 hardy plants rather than the numerous varieties of one kind. 

 If the seed be sown in June, and the plants pricked out in 

 autumn, they will flower very well the following spring, so that 

 this fine old plant may be said to be almost as easily raised 

 as an annual. Flowers in April and May, and often through 

 the winter, red, white, and purple in variety. Height, six to 

 nine inches. Propagated readily by seed or division. 



ANEMONE FULG-ENS.— ^car/^/ Windflower. 



The white Lily is not more conspfcuous for its purity among 

 the border flowers of summer than this plant for its fiery 

 brilliancy amidst the flowers of spring. It is perfectly hardy — 

 vigorous too — the large scarlet flowers being boldly supported 

 on stems about a foot high, springing from a dwarf mass of hard, 

 deeply lobed and toothed leaves. A native of Greece and 

 Southern Europe, it is by no means common in gardens, and is, 

 indeed, unknown to the majority even of those who grow and 

 care for spring flowers ; but it will ere long become popular, 

 being one of the noblest ornaments of spring, and, as a scarlet 



