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The Species are, 
1. Anemone (Sylveflris) pedunculo nudo ferninibus fub- 
rotuiidis hirfutis. Lin. 5 p. Plant. 540. Anemone with 
a naked ftalk and a round head of hairy feeds. Anemone 
fylveftris alba major, C. B. P. 176. 
2 . Anemone ffNemorofla') ferninibus acutis foliolis incins 
caule unifioro. Hort. Cliff. 224. Anemone with pointed 
feeds , cut leaves , and a fingle- flower. Anemone nemo- 
rofa flore majore. C. B. P. 176. 
3. Anemone ( Apennina ) ferninibus acutis foliolis incifis 
petalis lanceolatis numerofis. Lin. Sp. Plant. 541. 
Anemone with pointed feeds , cut leaves , and many fpear- 
Jhaped flower leaves. Ranunculus nemorofus flore pur- 
pureo-cseruleo. Park. Theat. 325. 
4. - Anemone ( Virginiana ) pedunculis alterms longiflimis 
fruftibus cylindricis ferninibus hirfutis muticis. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 540. Anemone with very long alternate foot-ftalks , 
and cylindrical fpikes of chaffy feeds. Anemone Virginiana 
tertise Matthioli fimilis flore parvo. Hi L, 645. 
Anemone ( Coronaria ) foliis radicalibus ternato-de- 
compofitis, involucro foliofo. Lin. Sp. Plant. 539. 
Anemone w,ith lower leaves decompounded , and a. leafy 
involucrum. Anemone tenuifolia flrnplici flore. C. B. 
P-174- 
6 . Anemone ( Hor-tenfis ) foliis digitatis. Lin. Sp. Plant, 
540. Anemone with hand-floaped leaves. Anemone hor- 
tenfis latifolia. 3 Cluf. Hilt. 1. p. 249. 
y. Anemome ( 'Dichotoma ) caule dichotoma, foliis feffili- 
bus Dppofitis amplexicaulibus trifidis incifis. Amaen. 
Acad. 1. p. 155. Anemone with a forked flalk, and trifid 
cut leaves growing oppofite , which embrace the ftalks. 
8. Anemone (fThaliktroides) foliis caulinis fimplicibus 
verticillatis, radicalibus duplicato ternatis. Lin. Sp. 
763. Anemone with fimple leaves oyi the flalk, growing in 
whorles , and thofe at the root double ternate. 
The firft fort grows naturally in many parts of Ger- 
many -, this approaches near to our Wood Anemone, 
but the feeds of it are round and hairy ; the flower is 
large and white, but having little beauty, is feldom 
planted in gardens. 
The fecond fort grows wild in the woods in many parts 
of England, where it flowers in April and May, 
making a pretty appearance in thofe places where 
they are in plenty. The roots of this may be taken 
up when their leaves decay, and tranfplanted in wil- 
derneffes, where they will thrive and increaie greatly, 
if they are not difturbed ; and in the fpring, before 
the trees are covered with leaves, they will have a 
very good efleft, in covering of the ground and 
making a pleafing variety at that feafon. 
The third fort is found growing naturally in fome 
parts of England, but particularly at Wimbledon in 
Surry, in a wood near the manfion-houfe, in great 
plenty ; but it is not certain that they were not origi- 
nally planted there, as they are not found in any other 
place in that neighbourhood. This fort flowers at the 
fame time with the former, and when intermixed with 
them, make a fine variety. This may be tranfplanted 
from the woods as the former. 
There are of thefe two forts, fome with double flow- 
ers, which have been obtained from feeds. Thefe 
make a finer appearance, and continue longer in flower 
than the fingle, but are only to be procured from the 
gardens, where they are cultivated. As thefe are only 
feminal varieties, I have not enumerated them with 
the others. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in North America, 
from whence the feeds are frequently fent to England. 
This is a very hardy plant, and produces plenty of 
feeds in England, but having little beauty, fcarce 
deferves a place in gardens, unlefs for the fake of 
variety. 
The fifth and fixth forts are natives of the eaft, from 
whence their roots were brought originally but have 
been fo greatly improved by culture, as to render 
them fome of the chief ornaments to our gardens in 
the fpring. The principal colours of thefe flowers are 
red, white, purple, and blue, and fome are finely 
variegated with red, white, and purple. There are 
many intermediate lhades of thefe colours 5 the flowers 
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are large and very double, and, when properly ina- 
naged, are extremely beautiful. I lhail therefore pro- 
ceed to give ample directions for their culture, which, 
if duly obferved,. every perfoii may have thefe flowers, 
in perfection. 
Take a quantity of frefh untried earth (from a com- 
mon, or fome other pafture land) that is of a light 
fandy loam, or hazel mould, obferving not to take it 
above ten inches deep below the furface -, and if the 
turf be taken with it the better, provided it hath 
time to rot thoroughly before it is ufed : mix this with 
a third part of rotten cow dung, and lay it in a heap, 
keeping it turned over at lead: once a month for eight 
or ten months, the better to mix it, and rot the dung 
and turf, and to let it have the advantages of the free 
air : in doing this be careful to rake out all great 
ftones, and break the clods (blit by no means fife 
or fereen the earth, which is found very hurtful ro 
many forts of roots) f for when the earth is made very 
fine, upon the firft great rains of winter or fpring, 
the fmall particles thereof join clofely together, and 
form one iolid mafs, fo that the roots often perifli for 
want of fome fmall ftones to keep the particles afundejr, 
and make way for thfe tender fibres to draw nourifh- 
ment for the iupport of the root. 
This earth fliould be mixed twelve months before it 
is ufed, if’poflible ; but if you are conftrained to ufe 
it fooner, you muft turn it over the oftener, to mellow 
and break tjie clods ; and obferve to rake out all the 
parts of the green fward, that are not quite rotten, 
before you ufe it, which would be prejudicial to your 
roots, if fuffered to remain. The beginning of Sep- 
tember is a proper feafon to prepare the beds for 
planting (which, if in a wet foil, fliould be raifed with 
this fort of earth fix or eight inches above the furface 
of the ground, laying at the bottom fome of the 
takings of your heap to drain off the moifture j but 
in a dry foil, three inches above the furface will be 
fufficient): this compoft fliould be laid at leaf! tv/o feet 
and a half thick, and in the bottom there fliould be 
about four or five inches of rotten neats dung, or the 
rotten dung of an old Melon or Cucumber-bed, fo 
that you muft take out the former foil of the beds to 
make room for it. 
And obferve in preparing your beds, to lay them (if 
in a wet foil) a little round, to flioot off the water j 
but in a dry one, let it be nearer to a level ; in wet 
land, where the beds are raifed above the furface, it 
will be proper to fill up the paths between them in 
winter, either with rotten tan or dung, to prevent the 
froft from penetrating into the flues of the beds, which 
often deftrqy their roots. The earth fliould be laid 
in the beds at leaft a fortnight or three weeks before 
you plant the roots, that it may fettle ; and when you 
plant them, far the upper part of the foil about fix 
inches deep, with a fpade ; then rake it even and 
fmooth, and with a flick draw lines each way of the 
bed at fix inches diftance, fo that the whole may be 
in fquares, that the roots may be planted regularly : 
then with your three fingers make a hole in the cen- 
ter of each fquare, about three inches deep, laying 
therein a root with the eye uppermoft •„ and when you 
have ii milled your bed, with the head of a rake draw 
the earth fmooth, fo as to cover the crown of the roots 
about two inches. 
The beft feafon for planting thefe roots, if for for- 
ward flowers, is about the latter end of September ; 
and for thofe of a middle feafon, any time in Odcober; 
but obferve to perform this work, if .poffible, at or 
near the time of fome gentle {bowers -, for if the roots 
are planted when the ground is perfectly dry, and 
there fliould no rain fall for three weeks or a month 
after, they will be very apt to grow mouldy upon the 1 
crown, and if they once get this diftemper, they feldom 1 
come to good after. 
You may alfo referee fome of your Anemone roots 
till after Chriftmas, ' before you plant them, left by 
the feverity of the winter your early planted roots 
fliould be deftroyed, which fometimes happens in 
very hard winters, especially in thofe places where 
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