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like character, using suitable soil, the Anemone can be had as fine as in 

 any part of Europe. The Anemone delights in a due share of leaf mould, 

 or the loose black vegetable matter which is often found in woods ; add one- 

 third of either of these materials to two parts of good strong pasture loam, 

 and a very good compost is obtained. Let the frame be placed facing the 

 sun on a well drained bottom, fill in a foot in depth of the above material, 

 plant six inches apart about the beginning of October, and cover one and a 

 half inches. Through the winter season, cover, give air, water, and line 

 around the outside of the frame, as recommended in former articles in 

 frame culture. 



This kind of culture will cause them .to bloom earlier than they would if 

 planted in the open ground; the growth will be vigorous and not so subject 

 to be injured by the drying winds and hot suns of early summer; conse- 

 quently, the roots will swell, ripen off well, and increase accordingly. When 

 in flower, if a light canvas be thrown over the glass, on very bright days, 

 the colors will be more brilliant; but there is no real occasion for it if plenty 

 of air be given, for in the middle of March, when they ought to be " arrayed 

 in all their glory," the sun will not do much harm. After blooming is 

 fairly over, the foliage will soon begin to turn yellow and the roots ripen ; 

 when the top growth becomes withered, the roots may be carefully lifted 

 and spread out in a dry but cool room for a few days, after which they 

 should be cleaned from the rough soil and stowed away in paper bags, still 

 keeping them dry and cool, until next planting time. The only methods of 

 propagation are by division of the roots and from seed. 



Dividing of the Roots. — It is best not to break or divide the tubers until 

 immediately before they are to be planted ; for if done sooner, unless kept 

 very dry and separate from each other, they are subject to become mouldy 

 where injured, which sometimes goes so far as to destroy the root; every 

 portion to which there is a crown will grow, under favorable circumstances; 

 but it is best not to be too greedy, and only break the tuber into so many 

 parts as will readily come asunder without exposing too great a severed 

 surface. The irregularity of form will enable any one to judge accurately 

 of what is here meant. 



Propagation from Seed. — Some of the more double kinds do not produce 

 any seed, as both stamens and pistils are metamorphosed into bundles of 

 central petals, but occasionally even these will produce a few stamens 

 underneath the small petals, and the pistils are also sometimes sufficiently 

 developed to be able to perfect seed if impregnated ; other double sorts 

 produce both perfect, only not in so great a quantity and with the same 



