THE PROPERTIES OP THE ANEMONE. 
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all far behind what they should be, and so 
equal, that after taking a dozen each of the 
following, one each may be taken of any of 
the Dutch kinds, for at present they excel us 
in the culture of the (so called) double ane- 
mone. Those we should choose would be 
Josephine, bright scarlet and fine centre. 
Cramoise Royal, fine red ditto. 
Rose surpassante, fine rose ditto. 
Couleur de sang, fine crimson ditto. 
Azure incomparable, fine blue ditto. 
Celestina, dark blue or purple ditto. 
High Admiral, scarlet ditto. 
Scarlet superhe, splendid scarlet ditto. 
Beyond these we should only have one each 
of as many varieties as were described double : 
some will be found worth propagating sepa- 
rately, but the majority may be thrown into 
mixtures. Still the flower has been compara- 
tively but little cultivated as a florist's flower, 
so that the distinct varieties have not been 
paid much attention to. On this account, 
therefore, and taking into consideration the 
cheapness of the flower as imported in collec- 
tions, it would be unwise to omit any with a 
moderately good character, though it would 
be quite as unwise to buy more than one of a 
sort until they were tried. Many will be 
found to vary so little as not to be worth keep- 
ing ; in this case the best of a particular colour 
or shade ought to be kept, and all others that 
are too near it should be thrown out as border 
flowers, or mixtures. There may be found 
among a collection some even better than 
those we have mentioned, but not even known 
in this country. 
THE PROPERTIES OF THE ANEMONE. 
We shall, notwithstanding all the gaudy varieties which are cultivated in our gardens, 
treat the Anemone as one quite worthy of being elevated to the distinction of a florist's 
flower. The single ones are beautiful in a border or a clump; they bloom early in the spring, 
late in the summer, and even all through a moderate winter, if they are managed well for suc- 
cession. The flowers are bright 
and abundant, and nothing can well 
beat them in appearance during 
the untoward season in which they 
bloom. The single ones have, for 
the most part, the finest made 
petals, and we have seen the flower 
cupped like a tulip, and even as 
large as some tulips. The so-called 
double varieties are not properly so 
called, because they have but a sin- 
gle row of petals, and a crowded 
fuzzy centre of small florets. 
These also are pretty border flow- 
ers, but they are not so hardy nor 
so constant as their single brethren; 
nor are they much better represent- 
atives of double flowers than they 
are of single ones, inasmuch as we 
require petals instead of florets to 
constitute a proper double flower. 
It is from the single ones we should 
breed ; and when they come, as 
some will, with two rows of petals, 
we should breed from these until 
we increase the number of rows 
of petals sufficiently to reach the 
centre. "We shall be told this is 
impossible — be it so. We remem- 
ber, however, to have seen in the 
year 1841 a beautiful collection of 
seedlings, some with as many as 
four rows of petals, smooth, thick, 
even and bright ; and, as some of 
that seed was distributed, we hope 
if any body has been fortunate to 
bring good flowers, and save seed, 
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