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beautiful varieties. They are 

 named after the physician Pseon, 

 who was first to recognise their 

 properties in medicine. They 

 bear single and double flowers, 

 and display rich colours ranging 

 from white, through delicate 

 shades of pink, to rich dark 

 purple. At one period they 

 were a very fashionable flower, 

 and the roots sold at high prices ; 

 they are now, however, less 

 regarded. The Daurians and 

 Mongols boil the roots in their 

 broth, and grind the seeds, and 

 infuse the powder in their tea. 

 The varieties are chiefly derived 

 from China, Siberia, and Switzer- 

 land. 



Anemones, 1, are showy flow- 

 ering plants. Their name is 

 derived from 

 a Gre^k 

 word, signi- 

 fying wind, 

 because they 

 grow in ele- 

 vated and 

 exposed si- 

 tuations. 

 Their flow- 



2 ers are va- 

 riously co- 

 loured, 

 white, yel- 

 low, red, 



3 blue, purple, 

 849 - and striped. 



They are also single, semi-double, 

 and double, the latter being held 

 in highest esteem. They are 

 derived from Siberia, Switzer- 

 land, Italy, Portugal, Germany, 

 France, North America, &c. ; 

 but a few of the species are 

 indigenous to Great Britain. In 



the species figured, the leaves, 2, 

 are ternate — another name applied 

 to leaves that grow in threes; they 

 are also divided into mucronate — 

 pointed, sharp — lobes, 3. The 

 flowers of the different species 

 vary in shape : some are poppy- 

 like, others star-like, while a few 

 are bell-shaped, and pendulous. 



The clematis, or virgin's bower, 

 4, is a climbing plant, deriving 



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850. 



its scientific name from a Greek 

 word, meaning a tendril. The 

 provision by the Creator of these 

 slender twining arms, by which 

 plants whose stalks are unable to 

 sustain their weight, avail them- 

 selves of the strength of trees 

 and shrubs that flourish near 

 them, is one of the most beautiful 

 evidences of design in nature. 

 Some of the clematis tribe are 

 highly odoriferous, and the large- 

 flowered virgin's bower, American 

 clematis, and the sweet - scented 

 clematis, are favourite varieties. 

 North America gives us several 

 species ; others come from Sibe- 

 ria, China, the East Indies, West 

 Indies, New Holland, &c. 



Very curious flowers are the 

 snap-dragons, 5, with their dragon- 

 shaped single petal. Eemove 

 the flower from the calyx, and 



