THALICTEUM 



BUTTERCUP OBDEB 



ANEMONE 139 



ovate, rounded, 3-lobed, the lobes deeply 

 toothed. In June and July the flowers, 

 having four or five yellow sepals, are 

 borne on erect, compound panicles. 

 Culture do. as above. 



T. minus {Maidenhair Meadow Bue). 

 A native of the British Isles, growing 

 in dry places. The stems vary from 6 

 in. to 4 ft. high, stout, rigid, often zig- 

 zag, striped more or less throughout, and 

 usually furrowed when dry. Leaves 

 Fern-Uke, cut into numerous small smooth 

 roundish glaucous leaflets, toothed at the 

 apex. Flowers in summer, small, and 

 drooping in a loose panicle. Sepals 

 yellowish-green or pale purple with white 



Owing to the beautiful frond-like 

 foliage of this plant, it is suitable for 

 rockeries, borders, and even as a pot- 

 plant. For mixing with cut flowers in 

 vases, the foliage is very ornamental, and 

 lasts much longer than Maidenhair Fern. 



Culture do. as above. 



T. petaloideum. — A Dahurian species 

 with round almost naked stems about 18 

 in. high. Leaves ternately cut, with 

 smooth, ovate, obtuse, entire or 3-lobed 

 leaflets. Flowers produced in corymbs 

 in June and July, with white, nearly 

 round sepals, flesh-coloured filaments, and 

 yeUow anthers. 



Culture dc. as above. 



T. rhynchocarpum. — A very remark- 

 able and handsome species, about 8 ft. 

 high, native of the Transvaal. The foliage 

 resembles some of the finer forms of the 

 Maidenhair Fern. The flowers are borne 

 in large panicles during the summer 

 months, and are succeeded by the fruits, 

 which are borne on long stalks and present 

 a novel and attractive appearance. 



CuUu/re and Propagation. — This 

 species likes a warm, moist, and shaded 

 spot in the rockery, and will not flourish 

 in strong sunshine. The soil must be 

 well drained, and a little protection in 

 winter may be necessary. Increased by 

 seeds and division. 



T. tuberosum. — A Spanish species 

 about 12 in. high, with 2-3-pinnate 

 crowded leaves, and smooth roundish 3- 

 lobed leaflets. Flowers borne in loose 

 corymbs in June, and having 5 white 

 oval, blunt sepals. 



Culture So. as above. 



ANEMONE (Wind Flowbe).— The 

 generic name is derived from anemos, 

 the wind, in allusion to the light and 

 feathery seeds of some species which are 

 easily blown about by the wind. 



A genus of about 70 species of orna- 

 mental hardy perennials, with radical 

 leaves much cut or lobed. There is an 

 involucre of 3 cut leaflets some distance 

 from the flower. Sepals 4-20 petal-like. 

 Petals absent, or consist of the outer 

 stamens changed into stalked glands. 



The sub-genus Hepatica is now in- 

 cluded in Anemone, and may be distin- 

 guished by having an involucre of 3 entfre 

 leaflets just under the flowers, and a 

 calyx of 6-9 petal-hke sepals. 



Cultmre and Propagation. — Anemo- 

 nes are best grown in a rich sandy loam, 

 but most of them will thrive in ordinary 

 garden soil. Where special treatment is 

 required for any particular species, direc- 

 tions wUl be found in the proper place. 



There are various methods of increas- 

 ing Windflowers, and although division of 

 the rootstock and cuttings of the roots 

 are employed in autumn or early spring, 

 most of the species may be obtained from 

 seeds. These should be sown as soon as 

 ripe in pans or boxes, and may be pro- 

 tected in a cold frame. The other direc- 

 tions given under Seed Sowing at p. 42 

 will be found useful. 



A. alba. — A Siberian species about 6 

 in. high, with ternate or quinate leaves, 

 purple on the underside ; segments 

 deeply toothed at top. Flowers in June, 

 white, rising singly above the leaves, and 

 having 5 obovate, concave sepals. May 

 be used in borders or rockeries, in deep 

 fibrous loam. Increase by seed or division. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. albana. — A handsome and distinct 

 dwarf species 4-6 in. high, found in a wild 

 state from the borders of Armenia across 

 Central Asia to Siberia, growing on the 

 mountain sides. The nodding cup-shaped 

 flowers are produced very freely in April 

 and May, and although only of a dullisli 

 yellow, they look very handsome over the 

 green carpet of foliage. After the flowers 

 have withered, the seed-heads present a. 

 very ornamental appearance. Forms vsdth 

 purple or violet flowers have been recorded,, 

 but do not appear to be in cultivation. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species grows well either in the ordinary 

 flower border, or in the rockery in ordinary 



