AMARYLLIS — ANEMONE 



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The bulbs should be dormant four or five months in a dry place with 

 a temperature of about 50°. When wanted to be brought into flower,, 

 the bulbs, if to be repotted, should have all the dirt shaken off and 

 potted in soil composed of fibrous loam and leafmold, to which should 

 be added a little sand. If the loam is heavy, place the pot in a warm 

 situation; a spent hotbed is a good place. Water as needed, and as 

 the flowers develop liquid manure may be given. If large clumps are 

 well estabhshed in 8- or 10-inch pots, they may be top-dressed with 

 new soil containing rotted manure, and as growth increases liquid 

 manure may be given twice a week until the flowers open. After 

 flowering, gradually withhold water until the leaves die, or plunge 

 the pots in the open, in a sunny place. The most popular species for 

 window-gardens is A. Johnsoni (properly a hippeastrum), with red 

 flowers. Figs. 257, 261. 



Bulbs received from dealers should be placed in pots not much 

 broader than the bulb, and the neck of the bulb should not be covered. 

 Keep rather dry until active growth begins. The ripened bulbs, in fall, 

 may be stored as potatoes, and then brought out in spring as rapidly 

 as any of them show signs of growth. 



Anemone. — The wind-flowers are hardy perennials, of easy culture, 

 one group (the Anemone corunaria, fidgens, and hortensia forms) being 

 treated as bulbs. These tuberous-rooted plants should be planted 

 late in September or early in October, in a well-enriched sheltered 

 border, setting the tubers 3 in. deep and 4-6 in. apart. The 

 surface of the border should be mulched with leaves or strawy manure 

 through the severe winter weather, uncovering the soil in March. The 

 flowers ^"ill appear in April or May, and in June or July the tubers 

 should be taken up and placed in dry sand until the following fall. 

 These plants are not as well known as they should be. The range of 

 color is very wide. The flowers are often 2 in. across, and are 

 lasting. The tubers may be planted in pots, bringing them into the 

 conservatory or house at intervals through the winter, where they make 

 an exceUent showing when in bloom. 



The Japanese anemone is a wholly diiferent plant from the above. 

 There are white-flowered and red-flowered varieties. The best known 

 is A. Japomca var. alba, or Honorine Jobert. This species blooms 

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