OF ORNAMENTAL PERENNIALS. 1 5 
r.— ANEMONE VITIFOLIA Buch. THE VINE-LEAVED ANEMONE. 
Engravings. Bot. Reg. t. 1385 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3376 ; Botanist,!. with white wool beneath. Stem also covered with white wool. In- 
9 ; and o\xx fig. 6 in Plate 3. volucrum stalked, woolly beneath, and smooth above. 
Specific Charicter. — Leaves large, cordate, five-lobed, clothed 
Description, &c. — A very handsome species, a native of Nepaul, whence it was introduced by the late 
Countess Amherst in 1829, and first sown at Montreal, Seven Oaks, Kent. It is now common in every part of 
Great Britain. The plants grow about two feet high ; the flowers are large, and of milky whiteness ; they 
have also something of the waxy look of a white Camellia. It was found in Nepaul by Dr. Buchanan 
Hamilton, in moist woods on the mountains, always near a rill or torrent, and in a shady situation ; but in 
England it grows freely in the open border, or in a bed fully exposed to the sun. It is generally propagated by 
seeds, which it ripens in abundance, but which do not flower till the second year after they are sown. 
8.— ANEMONE NARCISSIFLORA Lin. THE NARCISSUS-FLOWEHED ANEMONE. 
Synonymes. — A. umbcllata Lam, ; A. fasciculata 7'o«rn. ; A. 
dubia Bell. ; Ranunculus niontanus Clus, 
■ Engravings. — Bot. Mag. t. 1120; and our fig. 7 in Plate 3. 
Specific Charactf.h. — Radical leaves somewhat hairy ; pnimately 
3 — 5-parted ; lobes deeply-toothed. Involucre large ; lobes 3 — 5- 
cleft. Flowers in umbels. 
Description, &c. — This species is very distinct, from its flowers being produced in umbels ; and it varies so 
much when raised from seed, that five or six varieties of it are recorded in books. They are, however, very 
seldom seen in this country. The species is a native of the Pyrenees ; but it is also found wild in Switzerland, 
on Mount Caucasus and the mountains of Siberia, and in Canada, and on the western coast of North America. 
A plant very similar, if not the same, has also been found on the mountains of Nepaul. The flowers are wnite 
or cream-coloured, and sometimes purple on the outside. The roots are fibrous, and the carpels are quite 
destitute of wool. This species grows best in calcareous soil, or in peat and sand. It is very ornamental, and 
highly deserving of cultivation. It flowers in April and May. It was introduced in 1773 by the Earl of Bute. 
One of the varieties is said to be sweet-scented. 
9 ANEMONE STELLATA Lam. THE STAR, OR BROAD-LEAVED ANEMONE, 
Synonymes. — A. hortensis Lin. ; A. versicolor Sal. ; A. pur- 
purea Hort. ; A. pavonina Dec. ; A. fulgens Gat/ ; Peacock 
Anemone, Purple Anemone. 
Engravings.— Bot. Mag. t. 123; Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 112; 
and OUT fig. 2 in Plate 3. 
Specific Character. — Ijcaves three-parted, lobes wedge-shaped, 
deeply-toothed. Involucre sessile, oblong, three-forked. Sepals ten or 
twelve, lanceolate. 
Description, &c. — The tubers of this species, and of six or eight varieties of it, may be purchased in the 
seed-shops generally under the name of Anemone hortensis. The varieties are generally purple or crimson, or 
white, or some of the intermediate shades ; but one, sometimes called /m^«ws, is of a bright scarlet. When these 
flowers become double, they closely resemble those of A. coronaria, but they may be always distinguished by 
their pointed sepals. The tubers are black, and generally they look as though a number of very small potatoes 
bad grown together. On the upper side there are several eyes or buds ; and when the tubers are planted this 
side must be kept uppermost, as from it the shoots will proceed ; while the fibrous roots, through which the 
plant derives its nourishment, grow from below. The tubers are very brittle, and care should be taken not to 
break them in planting, as it weakens the plants ; but if an accident does happen, the broken pieces should be 
