82 HARDY PERENNIALS 
varieties of the Windflower as the Anemone is 
popularly called, whilst a perpetual and never- 
waning interest may be found in a thoroughly repre- 
sentative collection of all its classes. We may 
have Anemones that flower amidst the snows of a 
prolonged Winter, Anemones of many kinds through- 
out the Summer, and some that will linger in bloom 
to keep company with the latest of the Michaelmas 
Daisies. There are dwarf miniatures that only 
reach a matter of two or three inches from the soil, 
with small nodding bells or starry flowers of blue, 
purple, or white. Such are A. acutiloba, and A. 
blanda which opens its deep blue flowers in February, 
to be closely followed by the taller A. angulosa and 
its white and other varieties. This plant resembles 
the well-known Hepatica, but is larger in all its 
parts. The tuberous-rooted A. coronaria may be had 
in a range of bright colours, but the most brilliant 
of all Anemones is A. fulgens grandiflora, really a 
variety of the species A. hortensis. This fine 
variety is of intense vermilion scarlet, but the gayest 
of the family are the St. Brigids, which range from 
dark crimson to flesh pink, and from deep plum 
purple to pale mauve and lilac, pure whites being 
available and proving useful as contrast to the vivid 
colours. By planting the corms or tubers at 
various seasons the St. Brigid Anemones may be 
had in bloom throughout the greater part of the 
year, and whether for garden decoration or for 
cutting they are of unique value. Anemone ranun- 
