AMARYLLIS — ANEMONE 353 
The bulbs should be dormant four or five months in a dry place with 
a temperature of about 50°. When wanted to be brought into flower, 
the bulbs, if to be repotted, should have all the dirt shaken off and 
potted in soil composed of fibrous loam and leafmold, to which should 
be added a little sand. If the loam is heavy, place the pot in a warm 
situation; a spent hotbed is a good place. Water as needed, and as 
the flowers develop liquid manure may be given. If large clumps are 
well established in 8- or 10-inch pots, they may be top-dressed with 
new soil containing rotted manure, and as growth increases liquid 
manure may be given twice a week until the flowers open. After 
flowering, gradually withhold water until the leaves die, or plunge 
the pots in the open, in a sunny place. The most popular species for 
window-gardens is A. Johnsoni (properly a hippeastrum), with red 
flowers. Figs. 257, 261. 
Bulbs received from dealers should be placed in pots not much 
broader than the bulb, and the neck of the bulb should not be covered. 
Keep rather dry until active growth begins. The ripened bulbs, in fall, 
may be stored as potatoes, and then brought out in spring as rapidly 
as any of them show signs of growth. 
Anemone. — The wind-flowers are hardy perennials, of easy culture, 
one group (the Anemone coronaria, fulgens, and hortensis forms) being 
treated as bulbs. These tuberous-rooted plants should be planted 
late in September or early in October, in a well-enriched sheltered 
border, setting the tubers 3 in. deep and 4-6 in. apart. The 
surface of the border should be mulched with leaves or strawy manure 
through the severe winter weather, uncovering the svil in March. The 
flowers will appear in April or May, and in June or July the tubers 
should be taken up and placed in dry sand until the following fall. 
These plants are not as well known as they should be. The range of 
color is very wide. The flowers are often 2 in. across, and are 
lasting. The tubers may be planted in pots, bringing them into the 
conservatory or house at intervals through the winter, where they make 
an excellent showing when in bloom. 
The Japanese anemone is a wholly different plant from the above. 
There are white-flowered and red-flowered varieties. The best known 
is A. Japonica var. alba, or Honorine Johbert. This species blooms 
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