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THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



trees and shrubs, or in a neglected corner screened by 

 walls, than in the open parterre. It increases fairly, 

 both by root and seed, remaining dormant about eight 

 months of the year. In removing, take up a large patch, 

 to make sure of having a sufficiency of the creeping 

 fleshy root to furnish good eyes. Under pot-culture, it 

 must have large shallow pans ; common flowerpots cramp 

 it too much. A mignonnette-box all to itself answers 

 very well. In any case, it must remain where it is during 

 both growth and rest, with a renewal of the surface soil 

 every other year. Like the true hellebores, its bright 

 yellow flowers exhale an odour which many persons find 

 oppressive and disagreeable. For other Aconites, see 

 Monkshood, 



Anemone, i.e. Windfloiver. — Of the Florists' Anemone, 

 A. coronaria, the very numerous varieties may be sepa- 

 rated into two classes, the single and the double. The 

 former are multiplied both by seed and by division of the 

 root ; the latter by division of the root only. As with 

 hyacinths, double anemones should be grown on different 

 beds from the single ones, since they bloom at a later 

 period; the character of the flowers, moreover, does not 

 harmonize well together. Semi-double flowers, or those 

 with more than the normal number of petals, sometimes 

 called Kilkenny anemones, take rank with single ones ; 

 they are also capable of bearing seed. In double ane- 

 mones, the stamens and pistils, the organs of reproduc- 

 tion, are changed into a thick rosette of small petals. 

 Single anemones are in esteem amongst gardeners, 

 although double roots fetch a higher price. The colours 

 of anemones are red, blue, and white, or very pale straw- 

 colour, and their intermediate shades. The plant is par- 

 ticularly valuable from its flowering late in autumn and 

 throughout mild winters, more or less, to burst into 

 brilliant bloom in early spring. 



Anemone roots may always be had of respectable seeds- 

 men. Plant them as soon as possible after they are taken 

 up in summer. But to make a bed of single anemones, 

 the best plan is to sow seed, which many people make a 



