If the aforesaid old author be an authority worth 
quoting for the virtue of plants, the Anemones may 
be considered a valuable tribe of vegetables in these 
inveterate snuff-taking days; for he saith, “the 
leaves stamped, and the iuce sniffed vp into the nose, 
purgeth the head mightily.” 
The major part of the tribe are extremely attrac- 
tive, and universal favourites ; some for their modest 
delicacy, others for their dazzling brilliancy ; whilst 
one or two species not only come with the earliest 
part of spring, but precede it. They are harbingers 
of that joyous season of the year. 
The dreary winter solstice is no sooner passed, 
than the anxious botanist encourages every pleasing 
anticipation of a season so reviving to his pursuits, 
and so welcome to every one. 
— “ Not all that Autumn’s lap contains, 
Nor Summer’s ruddiest fruits, 
Can aught for thee atone. 
Fair Spring ! whose simplest promise more delights 
Than all their largest wealth, and through the heart 
Each joy and new-born hope 
With softest influence breathes.” 
The cultivation of the numerous varieties of beau- 
tiful double Anemonies may, like that of the growth 
of Auriculas, &c. be almost ranked amongst the mi- 
nor sciences ; our present subject does not, however, 
require any peculiar care, nor would it be likely to 
yield its original modest colouring to any manage- 
ment of the florist. When the roots are required to 
be parted, it should always be performed early in the 
autumn, before they begin to vegetate. A light 
loamy soil is very favourable to its luxuriance. 
Hort. Kew. 2. v. 3, 338. 
