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authorities, that the plant was found wild in the Esterel Moun- 

 tains, close by the track of the old Eoman road, Via Aurelia. 

 Still it seems scarcely credible that a species belonging to a 

 South African genus should be found isolated so far and in a 

 place so entirely disconnected with the station of all other 

 Lachenalias. 



Anemones, like Narcissi, are indigenous on the Mediterranean 



Fia. 12.— Anemone coronaria var. Chapeau de Cardinal. 



coast. From fields and meadows they were early introduced 

 into gardens. The Provencal varieties of Anemone belong mainly 

 to A. coronaria (fig. 12). A. hortensis is found also in a wild 

 state, but it is scarcely, if at all, subject to cultivation. In deep, 

 rich, moist soil it is found as A. pavonina, a large scarlet flower 

 with a golden disc in the centre. On pastures and hillsides it is 



