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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS anemone 



garden soil. It prefers an exposed sunny 

 spot, an4 will live for several years with- 

 out being disturbed. Seeds ripen freely 

 and may be sown as soon as ripe in cold 

 frames. The young plants are pricked 

 out and grown on but wiU not begin to 

 flower until the third year, according to 

 Mr. WoUey Dod. 



A. alpina {Pulsatilla alpina). — A very 

 handsome alpine species from the moun- 

 tains of Central Europe, growing from 

 6 to 24 in. high. Leaves biternate with 

 pinnate and deeply serrated lobes, some- 

 times smooth, and sometimes covered 

 with long crowded silky hairs. Flowers 

 produced in May, with 6 spreading ellip- 

 tic sepals varying in colour from white 

 to cream, white and purple, and yellow. 



The variety sulphurea has soft yellow 

 cup-shaped flowers, 2-3 in. across when 

 fully expanded, the sepals having a sUky 

 down outside. The white-flowered form 

 of A. al/pina is a vigorous plant and 

 delights in rich loam, peat and leaf soil, 

 with the addition of a little lime rubble. 



Culture dc. as above. The best 

 way to increase this variety is to sow seed 

 as soon as ripe in a rather moist peaty bed 

 and allow the seedlings to remain for one 

 or two seasons, and then transplant in the 

 spring to a fully exposed, weU-drained and 

 moist position. A little lime rubble or 

 old mortar mixed with the soil is usually 

 beneficial to A. alpina and its varieties. 



A. angulosa (Hepatica angulosa). — 

 A beautiful species from Transylvania, 

 €-12 in. high, with leaves 3 in. broad, 

 pahnately 5-lobed, the lobes coarsely 

 toothed. Flowers in February and March, 

 2 in. across, of a fine sky-blue, with 

 numerous black anthers surrounding a 

 tuft of yellow styles. Suitable for par- 

 tially shaded places in the rock garden, 

 margins of borders, shrubberies &o., in 

 deep rich soil. There is a fine variety 

 called atrocmrulea with large deep purple- 

 blue flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. Increase by 

 seed or division. 



A. apennina [Apennine Windflower). 

 A tuberous blackish-rooted species from 

 S. Europe, growing about 6 in. high. The 

 leaves of the stem are in whorls of 3, 

 ternate with long blunt lobes, all some- 

 what pubescent ; the root-leaves biternate. 

 Flowers about 2 in. across, bright sky- 

 blue, appear on single stalks in March. 



There is a white (alba) and also a rose- 

 coloured (rosea) variety. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 prefers sandy loam or peat, and thrives 

 under the partial shade of trees. It makes 

 a beautiful carpet of blue, and should be 

 grown for this purpose in large patches. 

 Increased by division. 



A. baldensis. — A rare tuberous-rooted 

 species about 6 in. high, native of Switzer- 

 land. The leaves are twice ternate with 

 many -parted linear-lobed segments. The 

 solitary flowers appear in May, and have 

 8-10 oblong oval sepals, white, hairy out- 

 side, and reddish tinged with blue. 



Culture dc. as above. Shady parts of 

 the rockery suit it best. 



A. blanda (Blue Winter Windflower). 

 A lovely tuberous -rooted species from 

 Greece. It grows about 6 in. high and 

 closely resembles A, apennina. Leaves 

 3-partite or cut, with stalked or sessUe 

 3-partite, cut segments ; those of the in- 

 volucre deeply cut and stalked. The deep 

 blue flowers, each nearly 2 in. across, 

 appear in winter or early spring, having 

 9-14 oblong linear sepals. The variety 

 scythinica from N. Kurdistan has pale 

 blue and white flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 likes a rich, light, and well-drained loam 

 and a warm sheltered place in rockeries 

 sunny banks, or warm grassy slopes. 

 Increase by seed or division. 



A. coronaria (Poppy Anemone) . — This 

 is an important species, inasmuch as it 

 has given rise to the many single and 

 double florists' varieties which appear in 

 such abundance in the early spring and 

 summer, are so varied in colouring, and 

 so popular in price. The typical species 

 grows about 6-9 in. high, and has ternate 

 deeply cut leaves with numerous narrow 

 pointed segments. The flowers have 6 

 oval rounded sepals varying from red to 

 white, purple and pink. It is a native of 

 S. Europe. 



Culture and Propagation. — The 

 Poppy Anemone thrives in warm deep 

 loam. The roots of the more select 

 varieties may be taken up when the 

 leaves wither, and planted at intervals in 

 September and October or from January 

 to March to secure a succession of flowers. 

 If allowed to remain in the ground, how- 

 ever, it often happens that the warm rains 

 of late summer will cause the plants to 



