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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS 



ANEMONE 



same treatment as the Paaque Flower. 

 It looks best grown in broad patches in 

 light and rather sandy soil. 



A. rivularis. — A very distinct plant 

 from N. India. It grows about 2 ft. high, 

 and has 3-parted hairy leaves, with 

 cut and toothed wedge-shaped lobes. 

 Large loose umbels of white flowers, with 

 5 oval sepals, and purple anthers, are 

 borne in April. 



Cultu/re Sc. as above. The shaded 

 banks of streams or ponds, or damp situa- 

 tions in the flower border, suit this species 

 best. 



A. sibirica. — ^The typical form of this 

 Siberian rock plant is very rarely seen. It 

 is 6 in. high, vidth ternate leaves, and seg- 

 ments deeply toothed and oUiated. The 

 white flowers, with 6 rounded sepals, 

 appear in June. 



Oultv/re Sc. as above. 

 A. stellata [Star Windflower). — This 

 is identical with A. hortensis and A. 

 pavonina. It is tuberous-rooted, and 

 native of S. Europe, growing about 8 or 

 10 in. high. Leaves 3-parted, with deeply 

 toothed, wedge-shaped lobes. The star- 

 shaped flowers with 10-12 oblong bluntish 

 sepals appear in April, and are red, purple, 

 rose or whitish in colour. Double- 

 flowered varieties are sometimes met 

 with. 



Cultwre dc. as above. This plant likes 

 a warm and sheltered position in well- 

 drained soil, and may be increased by 

 seeds or division. 



A. sylvestris (Snoivdrop Windflower). 

 This handsome species is 6-18 in. high 

 and a native of Central Europe. It has 

 creeping roots, from which arise ternate 

 or quinate leaves, hairy beneath and with 

 segments deeply toothed at the top, those 

 of the involucre being stalked. The 

 slightly drooping, pure white, solitary 

 flowers, which in bud suggest Snowdrops, 

 appear in April. When fiiUy open they 

 are 2-3 in. across, fragrant and with 6 

 elliptic sepals, and remind one very much 

 of those of the white-flowered A.japonica. 

 The variety major has larger and 

 better flowers than the ordinary form, and 

 fl,ore plena is a new double form worth 

 growing. Badcalense is a larger flower- 

 ing variety, dwarfer in growth than the 

 type, with flowers purple on the outside. 



Culture am,d Propagation. — A light 

 soil, rich in humus, and a shaded, moist 

 situation are best for the Snowdrop 



Anemone. Increased by dividing the 

 roots as recommended above. 



A. trifolia. — This is a native of the 

 woody hillsides of Piedmont, the Tyrol, 

 and Siberia, and is closely related to the 

 Wood Anemone {A. nemorosa). It is 

 4-6 in. high, vsdth a creeping habit and 

 ternate leaves divided into ovate-lanceo- 

 late acute and toothed segments. The 

 white flowers with 5 blunt eUiptic sepals 

 appear in April. There is a rose-coloured 

 variety from Austria. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



A. vernalis {Pulsatilla vernalis). — 

 This is known as the Shaggy Anemone and 

 grows about 2-8 in. high, the whole plant 

 being covered with long tawny hairs. 

 The pinnate leaves are cut into wedge- 

 shaped lanceolate segments, while the 

 erect bell-shaped flowers which appear in 

 April are sohtary and terminal vidth 5-6 

 oval sepals, whitish inside, violet and 

 clothed with sUky down outside. 



Culture dc. as above. It is a native of 

 the Alps and Pyrenees and should be 

 grown in moist and well-drained sandy soil 

 or peat. Increased by dividing the roots 

 or by seed. 



A. virginiana. — A N. American species 

 1-2 ft. high with ternate leaves cut into 

 trifid, pointed and deeply toothed seg- 

 ments. About May the purplish-green 

 or pale purple flowers appear, having 5 

 elliptic sepals, with a silky down on the 

 outside. 



Cultu/re dc. as above. This species 

 requires a damp situation and may be 

 increased by division or seeds. 



A. ■vitMolia. {Vine-leaved Anemone). — 

 A Himalayan species about 1-2 ft. high, 

 related to the white Japanese Anemone. 

 Leaves heart-shaped, 3-5-lobed, with 

 pointed deeply toothed segments, the 

 under surface and stems being covered 

 with a white wool. The white flowers 

 appear in July, and are 2 in. or more 

 across, with eight oval-oblong sepals, 

 thickly covered with dov^m on the out- 

 side. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 plant does not thrive in aU places, but 

 where it does it is worthy of being 

 naturalised. It requires a warm shel- 

 tered position and peaty soil. 



ADONIS (Pheasant's Eye).— This 

 genus includes a few species of handsome 

 annual or perennial herbaceous plants 



