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widely as possible, as though it wished fully to enjoy the warmth and light ; but in gloomy weather the flowers 
close. In gardens it is a very beautiful ornament to the borders ; and it requires no care save that of never 
suffering it to become quite dry, as its roots are fusiform and furnished with very few fibres. 
4.— ANEMONE RANUNCULOIDES Lin. THE YELLOW WOOD ANEMONE. 
Specific Character. — Involucre of three or five shortly-sUlked, 
cut and tootlicil leaves. Flowers solitary, or in pairs. Petals five or 
six, elliptical. {Smilh,") 
SvNONYMEs. — A, lutca Lam. ; Crow-foot Anemone. 
Engravings.— Lodcl. Bot. Cab. t. 556 ; Erg. Bot. t. 1484 ; 2d 
edit. t. 779 ; and onr fig. 5 in Plate 3. 
Variety A. r. 2, purpurea. Flowers purple. 
Descbiption, &c. — The flower of this beautiful little plant is very like that of the Lesser Celandine (Ficaria 
ranunculoides) ; but it is easily distinguished from that pretty little flower by its involucre, and its stamens and 
pistil having only one covering, which modern botanists call a calyx, though it is as brilliantly coloured as any 
corolla. The species is sometimes found wild in Hertfordshire and Kent ; but it is doubtful whether it is really 
a native of England. It is, however, common in many parts of the Continent, and on the Pyrenees is found a 
variety of it with purple flowers. It has a long, fasifonu root, with few fibres ; and, when planted in gardens, 
it should be in deep, free soil. 
6.— ANEMONE SYLVESTRIS Lin. THE SNOW-DROP ANEMONE. 
Enghavings. — Bot. Mag. t. 54 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1739. I segments deeply-toothed at top; those of the involucre stalked. 
Specific Character. — Leaves ternate or quinate, hairy beneath ; | Sepals six, elliptical. Fruit very hairy. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c, — A very elegant plant with white flowers, which droop in the bud, and have very much 
the appearance of a snow-drop ; but become large and showy when they expand. There are frequently two 
flower-stalks from one involucre, as in A. palmata. It is a native of Germany, whence it was introduced before 
1596 ; but it is now very seldom seen in gardens. It is very hardy, and it will grow in any soil or situation ; 
and it is very easily propagated, as it has creeping roots, which it extends on every side, throwing up 
abundance of suckers, which of course only require to be divided from the parent plant. It also ripens abund- 
ance of seeds, the outside of which is quite woolly. 
6.— ANEMONE ALBA Juss. THE WHITE ANEMONE. 
Synonvme. — A. ochotensis Fisch. 
Engravings.— Bot. Mag. t. 2167 ; Bot. Cab. t. 322. 
Specific Character. — Leaves ternate or quinate ; segments deeply- 
toothed at top : those of the involucre stalked. Pedicel solitary. 
Sepals five, obovate, concave. Fruit very hairy. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — In botanical character this species is very nearly allied to the preceding one, but in 
appearance they are very different ; A. alia being a dwarf plant with a tuft of leaves, which are purple on the 
under side close to the ground, and a single flower-stalk rising from them like that of a daisy. The flowers are also 
very different, those of A. alba being produced in August and very small, with rounded, concave sepals ; while 
that of A. syhestria is large and flat. A. alha is a native of the Crimea, and it would probably be quite hardy 
in British gardens, were it planted in the open border ; but from its small size and habit of growth, it is generally 
grown in pots or on rock-work. The roots are creeping and fibrous ; and the seeds are so woolly, as to have 
their covering used in their native country aa a substitute for cotton. It was introduced in 1820. 
