ace regularly divided into Heads; of a brown Colour, 
hung with many Fibres, and of an acrid and dif | 
- agreeable Tate. 
The Leaves are fupported on shies Foorfalies, | 
and are large, of a deep green, divided and fub- | 
divided, but all the Way in-Three’s ; and the 
Divifions are irregular, oblong, and pointed. 
tle hairy. 
About its Middle ftands a Leafy Subftance, 
~ broad,’ fhort, — 
Manner of the Leaves; and at its Summit ftands 
a large and elegant Flower. | This, from the firft 
Opening of the Petals, fhews in its Centre the 
Rudiment of another, plac’d on its “a Stalk, 
which rifes in the Midft of the firft. 
As the firft Flower opens, the F ootftalk of the 
other rifes, and that on its Summit begins to 
open ; and by that Time the firft is  per- 
fectly expanded, this other is rais’d fome Inches 
above it, fpreads its Petals with the fame. Free- 
. dom, and the Flower in a Dayo or two ‘more be- 
comes perfect. peice 
In this State the Gardener, with good Care, | 
may keep it many Days; but, without fuch Ma- 
nagement, ‘the lower Flower begins to fade as_ 
foon as the upper one has its full Perfection. 
The Structure of each is perfectly alike, and 
_ they have the full Beauty of the Anemone Kind, 
when carry’d to the utmoft Perfection. They 
are of the Bignefs of a finall Rofe, and full of 
doubled Petals: thefé are oblong, narrow, pointed 
at the End, and plac’d in three or four diftine 
Series. 
Their Colour is naturally a th and igi 
Scarlet; but to this, the fame Culture that 
gives the Exuberance of the proliferous Flower, 
fometimes alfo adds Variegation. 
will be ftain’d with a paler Red, with White, and 
with Green. 
fummate Beauty. 
The Characters of Claffes are very obfcurely 
to know’ to what | 
g, we have: 
told the Student he is to trace the luxuriant. Varie-_ 
ty back to its fimple State, and that he may find | 
no Difficulty in that Matter, we ars name what | 
| vifible in thefe double Flowers : 
Part of a Syftem fuch Plants belon 
that original Plant is. 
He fees it is the common fingle fine-leav’d A- 
nemone, and in this the Parts of Impregnation 
are fufficiently confpicuous. © 
naked from the Stalk, and has, in: this Plain 
State, fix Petals. 
ries, and the Centre is occupy’d by a Head, com- 
pos’d of the Rudiments of numerous Seeds, and fur- 
rounded with a vaft Tuft of Threads: thefe are. 
— fhort, and crown’d with double Buttons. 
- The Student tracing thefe to their Bafe, finds 
them inferted not on the Petals but the Receptacle; 
_ this, with their Number, fhews the Plant one of 
' the Polyanaria; and each Rudiment of the clu- 
fter’d Head, having its pointed Style ‘ crown’d 
with an obtufe Top, thews it one of the Poly- 
gynia. 
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and divided in Three’s, in the. 
The Petals | right, tall, and ftrone Stalks, and have the 
In either sg it is a Plant of con- ! 
The Flower rifes 
_ They are difpos’d in two Se- 
Culture ne the ANEMoNg. 
We ist faid that fetes this Head we fhall 
deliver at large the Culture and’ Management of | 
The -Seafon is 
| now very proper; for the Seeds muft at this Time 
‘The Stalk is a Foot high, reddifh toward the’ 
Ground, not perfectly upright, round, and a ne 
the fine “Anemonies’ in general. 
be fav’d, and the Seed inh for receiv- 
‘ing them. 
With Regard to the firft Aintidle the Gaiaenl, 
~muft atflingulh carefully the three Kinds of Ane- 
monies, as they are characteris’d by the Condition 
of the Flower, the Single, the Semi-double, and . 
‘the Double. 
With ‘this firft Diftin@ion in his 
Memory, let him go over the Beds of Anemonies 
in full Flower, and {éleét Plants for Seed. 
The Seeds of ‘the fingle are excellent for tHe 
Produétion of the common femi-double, and fome 
double Flowers. Thefe have the full Strength of | 
Nature, but they are not tobe felected for the prefent 
Purpofe, becaufe more Time and Re- -fowing would 
be requir’d. The Seeds of the double F lowers — 
are not fit: many of them ripen none, and 
-in thofe which do, mows are weak, and often i im- 
perfect. 
This throws the: Choice upon the femi- dotible 
Flowers, that is, on fuch ‘as have fome Series of © 
fmall Petals within the larger, yet have not the 
whole Body fill’d with them, but: have plain, 
confpicuous, and vigorous Heads of Seeds in their 
Centre, firvobhded™ by ? os with is and 
perfect Buttons. ° ~ | 
From thefe Flowers nerfett Seeds may be ob- 
tain’d, and they have not the firft Change ‘to 
pafs, as they muft, if the Flower in which they 
were ripen’d had been abfolutely fingle. 
Among the femi-double Flowers which have 
this Charaéter, let him fele&t fuch as have’ up- 
Flower large and well Sti d. 
| “Phete let him mark with Sticks; tying up the 
| Stem, ‘to prevent the Wind from having too 
much Power upon it, and. then ele the Seed 
with all poffible Attention. 
‘To this Purpofe, let him take up the Roots 
that are neareft thefe ; 
fome rich light Compoft about the Plants, and 
every Evening give them a gentle Watering. 
As foon as they are mark’d, 
A Barrow of rich Mould from under the Turf 
in a dry hilly Pafture, a Bufhel of River-Mud, 
three Pecks of rotted Cow-dung 
large Sand, and Earth from under. a Wood Pile, | 
, .and of hard 
each a Peck and half. 
Throw thefe in a Heap, and once in ten Days 
turn them, working them well together, to break 
‘the Clods, mix the Ingredients, and prevent the 
Growth of Weeds. 
’ This will be preparing while the Seeds are rs 
pening. 
When they have acquir’d their Bignefs, leave 
off watering the Plants; and as foon as they be- 
gin to be loofe upon the Head, cut off the Heads 
POW ACAL 
ftrew a fmall Parcel of 
fee 2° Com: - 
poft be mix’d up for the Seed of the ihe 
Ingredients : 
May. 
