112 CULTIVATION. 



and be thereby enfeebled for future exertion. 

 This is a material point in the culture of the 

 anemone, and deserves particular attention. It 

 seems that our summer should resemble their 

 own ; that is, to commence so as to stop their 

 growth instantaneously, and allow the tubers to 

 ripen in perfect drought. Checking all growth 

 by such means, the leaves will soon begin to 

 change colour; and, about a month after the 

 bloom, the roots may be taken up, carefully 

 cleaned, dried, and stored up. 



The properties of a fine double anemone, — 

 The stem should be strong, elastic, and erect, 

 not less than nine inches high. 



" The blossom, or corolla, should be at least 

 two and a half inches in diameter, consisting of 

 an exterior row of large, substantial, well-rounded 

 petals or guard-leaves, at first horizontally ex- 

 tended, and then turning a Httle upwards, so as 

 to form a broad, shallow cup, the interior part of 

 which should contain a great number of long', 

 small petals, imbricating with each other, and 

 rather reverting from the centre of the flower : 



