~  terated from the vaft Multiplicity of the Petals. 
The Root is brown, thick, irregular, whitifh , 
— within, and hung with many Fibres. 
- The farft Leaves are divided, in a ternate Man- 
e ner, into numerous {mall Segments, and their 
Colour is a fine frefh green. | 
The Stalk is round, weak, and fix or eight 
Inches high, rarely much more: its Colour green, 
: ftain’d lightly with red, efpecially in: that Part 
‘near the Ground. The Middle of this Stalk is 
adorned, as in the others, with the leafy Involu- 
crum : this furrounds it at the Bafe, and is divided | - 
| two or three Times. during Winter, that it may 
| be ready for the fowing of thefe Seeds the follow- 
irregularly, inthe fame ternate Manner asthe Leaves, 
into numerous {mal} Segments of a paler green. 
The Top. is loaded with a large and heavy | 
Flower, too much for its perfect Support. It na-_ 
ote droops a little, and it is extremely pretty. 
_ Six Petals, difpos’d of two Series, compofe the 
outer Part, as in the fingle Kind; and they are 
in Colour of the moft delicate Crimfon: not of | 
the full Blood-red of the other, but of a fine 
glowing though tender Colour, diverfify’d with 
Streaks of a more perfect red, and of white. - 
In the Midft ftand {maller Petals, altogether in- 
daearblo: they are oblong, pointed, and of a 
very pleafing Colour, deeper than the outfide Pe- 
tals, but of the fame kind of red; and ting’d in 
different Degrees with greenifh and whitifh. They 
ftand in a great many circular Series, filling up 
the Body of the Flower; ; and they coirrpaitiors 
large half rounded Body. The three innermoft 
are erect; the feveral furrounding Series, except 
the two or three outer ones, are convergent ; and 
thefe laft fpread themfelves out ‘upon the Bafes of 
the other Petals. 
_. The Characters of the Flower are the fame 
with thofe of the plain and fingle Kind, to which 
it owes its Origin: the Filaments are often obli- 
Culture of this ANEMONE. 
. The raifing of this, vihich 3 is one of the hardieft 
_ of the Double Anemonies, will lead to the Cul- 
ture of the more elegant and fpecious Kinds, of 
which we fhall fpeak in a. fucceeding Number ; 
for the Practice will be in general the fame, tho’ 
more Care is requir’d for the raifing thofe 1 more 
tender Varieties. 
In the Seafon of the Blood-red Anemonies 
flowering, let the Gardener look over his Plants, 
and mark for Seed thofe which have the largeft 
and deepeft-colour’d Flowers, the firmeft Stalks, 
and in general, the beft Afpect of Health and 
Vigour, 
Let him forward the ripening of thefe Seeds, 
by watering at Times, and by breaking the Mould 
about the Plants with a Trowel. 
When full tat and a little harden’ d, Jet him 
fpread them feparate to harden; and after a few 
Weeks lying thus, tye them up in shea to be 
= oi for Sowing. = 
Mix up a Compoft thus: | 
Put together a Load of Pafture-Mould, taken 
from under the Turf in a hilly Place, and not 
too rich, and a Quarter of a Load of old rotted 
Cow Dung : add to thefe three Bufhels of Wood- 
pile Farth, the fame Quantity of Pond Mud, and 
the fame of large, coarfe, but clean Sand: it 
fhould be either River Sand, or Pit Sand wath’d, 
by. pumping upon it till the Water runs off 
clear. 
Let this be put together in Autumn, and turn’d 
ing gah: » 
_Chule a Spot in the Nurfery that is open to 
the Sun from. its rifing till toward Noon, but 
not to the full Blaze of the Middle of the Day : 
letit bein a rifing Part of the Ground, and dig- 
ging out the Mould throw in this Compoft. 
‘Level the Surface, and then prepare the Seeds 
| for. fowing, by mixing them with a Quart of the 
Mould dry’d a little, and rub’d to powder. — 
‘Rub theSeeds well among this between the 
Hands, and in a ftill Evening fcatter them evenly 
over the Ground. Sift upon them a Quarter of 
an Inch of the Mould; and throw a few Pieces 
of loofe Hawthorn Buthes to defend the Place 
from accidental Injuries. 
If the Weather be very dry, give them once 
in a Week a flight and careful Watering : this 
muft be done wah a Pot that has very fine Holes; 
and it muft be held near the Ground, and- moved 
{wiftly: if the Bed be water’d carelefly, half the 
Seeds: will be wafh’d out of the Ground. 
In the Beginning of OZfober the Plants will ap- 
pear, and they will continue coming up feveral 
| Weeks. Let the Bufhes be lifted Of, and the 
Weeds very carefully pulled up by Hand; then 
a. lay on the Bufhes again; and when the Frofts 
grow fharp, let a Mat be drawn over the Bed 
every Night, and taken off in the Morning. 
The young Plants will make fome Procrefs 
during Winter; in Spring they muft be weeded 
| and water’d at Times. In this Manner they muft 
be nurs’d till the following Year, and then in the 
End of May they muft be taken out of the 
Ground. This is to be done by fifting the 
Mould, and the Roots mutt be laid to dry in the 
Manner of thofe of larger Growth when taken 
up after flowering. 
Let them be kept out of the Ground till the 
End of 4uguft, and then planted at four Inches 
Diftance in a Bed of the fame Compoft. Many 
of them will flower the following Spring; and al- 
moft all the Seafon after. There will be fingle 
Ones in a great Variety of colouring from the deep 
Blood-red of the original Flower to white; and 
there will be feveral double ones of this true 
kind that we have deferibed here. Thefe muft be 
mark’d, and when the Flowers are faded, and 
the Leaves grown brown, they muft be taken 
Bede planting the fucceeding Autumn in the 
eds 
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4. PAINTED 
M ays 
