322 The Anemone, or Wind-Flower, 



garden, and drills about two inches deep should be draw 

 from one end of the bed to the other. White sand should 

 then be sprinkled along the drills, and the tubers should be 

 planted three or four inches apart, according to their size the 

 largest kinds being of course planted farthest apart. The 

 drills should then be covered level, and the beds raked quite 

 smooth and even. When the plants begin to appear above 

 ground, if the season be dry, they should be occasionally 

 watered with rain water ; and then watering may be continued 

 regularly, as the plants approach flowering. In England, little 

 or no protection is required for the roots during the winter • 

 but in our colder climate the roots will be destroyed by the 

 frost, unless they are well covered with tanner's bark, or straw. 

 The roots may also be planted in spring, in April, May, and 

 June, in succession, when they will flower during the succes- 

 sive summer months. The Anemone may also be grown in 

 flower-pots. The roots should be planted in October, five or 

 six to a pot of nine inches in diameter. The pots should be 

 placed in the green-house, and watered whenever the soil be- 

 comes dry, and the plants will flower in March. By planting 

 the roots in November, they will flower a month later, so that 

 some may be in blossom every month in the year. 



After flowering, they should be kept quite dry, by covering 

 the beds with mats, until the stem and leaves become withered. 

 The roots should then be taken up, the stem cut off, and when 

 the roots are quite dry they should be placed in paper bags, 

 and kept till it is time to plant them in the following season. 

 They may be planted every year for fifteen or twenty years in 

 succession ; but they flower best from the fifth to the twelfth 

 year. 



It is proper to mention here, that the old genus Anemone 

 has been divided, and that all those species whose carpels 

 have feathery tails, are arranged in the genus Pulsatilla. 



