50 ALPINES AND BOG -PLANTS 



blue or lilac flowers, large, cross-shaped, but very like a 

 Clematis. This dear little creeper has a splendid Albino 

 form ; and both thrive easily on any sunny rockery (I 

 daresay they would thrive in shade quite as well) in any 

 cool, sound loam. 



On the heels of Clematis must come Anemonopsis — in 

 flower so like Atragene, yet so different in every other 

 way. Anemonopsis macrophylla is a singularly beautiful 

 Japanese herbaceous perennial, throwing up great, hand- 

 some leaves, recalling those of a Cimicifuga, though the 

 whole plant is juicier and less tough. The flowers are 

 carried on tall, graceful stems, and are vaguely reminiscent 

 at once of Anemone and of Clematis — large, pale-purple 

 and white. Anemonopsis has a bad reputation, I gather, 

 in gardens, and I have suffered many things at his hands 

 ever since I saw him years ago, blooming gloriously at 

 Edge, and resolved that happen what might, I must and 

 would possess him in health. Many failures, however, 

 at last disgusted me, and when a final stock came to 

 hand I said I couldn''t be bothered to make any more 

 beds or fussments for such an ungrateful creature. He 

 must go out with other herbaceous stuff", to shift for himself 

 in a rich border of peaty loam fattened with manure. I 

 confess I thought that Anemonopsis would be much 

 annoyed, and sulk even worse than he had been in the 

 habit of sulking when care had been bestowed on him. 

 With the amazing contradictiousness of plants, however, 

 that Anemonopsis has simply taken possession of his 

 strip, and throws up tall sturdy shoots after the wildest 

 winters. He is a deep-rooter, and evidently will take 

 kindly to deep, nourishing soil. And, this granted, he 

 seems to ask for neither protection nor care of any kind. 

 (Latest news : this tale is much too rosy.) 



As for the Christmas Roses, I don't think I need tell 

 my experience of them. They are splendid people — 



