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CULTURE OF THE ANEMONE, OR WIND-FLOWER. 
There are more than sixty species of Anemone known to botanists and 
gardeners, all of which are showy, and well worth cultivation. 
The A. capensis and tenuifolia are greenhouse herbaceous plants, and require 
similar treatment to other Cape herbaceous plants; viz. : — 
Pot them in a mixture of equal parts of light sandy loam, very rotten dung or 
leaf mould, sandy peat and sand. Break and mix these well together, but do not 
sift them, with the exception of the dung, which should be sifted before being added 
to the rest. 
Carefully avoid over-watering them when in a state of torpidity, but give a good 
supply when they are in a state of active growth and flowering. 
There are three modes of increasing these — by seeds, cuttings, and division of the 
roots. 
Seeds. — Sow these early in spring, in light soil, and plunge the pots in a gentle 
heat until the plants appear, then give abundance of air ; afterwards transplant 
into single pots, and finally treat like the old plants. 
Cuttings. — These should be taken just at the time when the flowers begin to 
fade ; that is, about April. Plant them in the same kind of soil as mentioned 
above. This may be either done in pots, or otherwise. In either cases they should 
have a little bottom heat, and be covered with glass. 
Division. — This is performed early in the season, just before the plants begin to 
grow. 
All the hardy herbaceous species thrive well in a light loam, and require very 
little care. 
They are readily increased by division of the roots and seeds, which some of the 
species produce plentifully. 
Many of the herbaceous kinds are very handsome flowering plants, and deserve 
every attention that can be shown them. 
All the tuberous-rooted kinds are propagated either by parting the roots, or by 
seeds. Two sorts are in particular repute, and are grown in our gardens as florists' 
flowers-— the A. coronaria and hortensis. The former of these has broad round 
petals, the latter narrow and pointed ones. Both have numerous varieties ; and 
their culture may be taken as the standard for the whole of the tuberous-rooted 
kinds. 
Culture op the A, hortensis. — This species is cultivated in the same 
manner as the single variety of the A. coronaria. It is not usually grown in beds, 
but commonly in patches on the flower borders ; and for this purpose the seed is 
often sown in pots, and turned out entire, or sown in the border at once. The 
season for sowing is as soon as the seed is ripe and gathered, in preference to keeping 
it till spring, by which a season is lost. 
