JAPANESE ANEMONE. 



Anemone Japonica. 



HE white anemone represented 

 in the plate is variously 

 known as the vine-leaved, 

 or Anemone vitifolia, and 

 by a name that brings it 

 nearer to us, as Honorine 

 Johert. It should be under- 

 stood at the outset that it 

 is the white form of Ane- 

 mone Japonica, of which 

 we have a purplish-red form 

 that is regarded as the 

 specific type. As a matter 

 of fact, we know not which 

 of the two should be re- 

 garded as the specific type ; 

 nor does it matter. If we 

 ask the evolutionists to help 

 uSj they will be bound to 

 say that the white is the 

 original, the "real Simon 

 Pure." 



The vine-leaved anemone is a different plant, not so 

 good as the one before us, but a near relative, and in all 





