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dung, or the rotten dung of an old melon or 
cucumber bed at the bottom ; in a wet soil 
let the beds be rounded, so that the water 
.may run off; but in a dry soil let them be 
nearer to a level : three weeks after the 
compost has been laid in, stir it about six 
inches deep with a spade, and then with a 
stick draw lines each way of the bed, at six 
inches distance, so 'that the whole may be in 
squares; then make a hole three-inches deep 
in the centre of each square, and plant a 
root in each ; and when all are planted, rake 
the earth of the whole bed smopth, so as to 
cover the roots two inches thick. The 
season of planting these roots for forward 
flowers is the latter end of September; 
and for those of a middle season is October : 
this is best done at a time when there are 
gentle rains. Some roots should also be 
saved to be planted after Christmas, for fear 
of accidents to the former, from very hard 
weather. These usually flower three weeks 
after those planted in autumn. They are 
propagated two ways, either by dividing 
the roots or by sowing. The roots are to 
be divided as soon as they are taken up out 
of the ground ; they will succeed if broken 
into as many parts as there are eyes or buds 
in them ; but they flower most strongly, if 
not parted too small. The way by sowing 
is this : choose first some good kinds of single 
anemones, called by the gardeners poppy 
anemones ; plant these early, and they will 
produce ripe seeds three weeks after the 
flower first blows. This must be carefully 
gathered, and in August it should be sowed 
in pots or tubs, or a well prepared bed of 
light earth, rubbing it between the hands 
with a little dry sand, to prevent several of 
the seeds from clinging together, and spread- 
ing them as even as possible all over the 
bed ; after this a light hair brush should be. 
drawn many times over the surface of the 
bed, to pull asunder any lumps of seed that 
may yet have fallen together ; observing not 
to brush off the seed, and as much as possi- 
ble not to brush it into lumps. When this 
is done, some light earth, about a quarter of 
an inch deep, should be sifted over the bed. 
If the weather be hot, the bed must be at 
times covered with mats laid hollow, and 
gently watered. In about ten weeks after 
sowing the plants will appear, if the season 
has been favourable, and they are to be 
carefully defended from the hard frosts by 
proper covering, and from the heat of the 
sun afterwards, by a moveable reed fence. 
As the spring advances, if the weather be 
dry, they must be gently watered, and when 
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their green leavffl decay, there must be a 
quarter of an inch more earth sifted over 
them, and the like again at Michaelmas; 
and the bed must be kept clear from weeds, 
and the following spring they will flower. 
The single or poppy anemones will flower 
most part of the winter and spring, when 
the seasons are favourable, and in a warm 
situation ; and they require little culture, 
for it will be sufficient to take up the roots 
every other year, and when they are taken 
up they should be planted again very early 
in the autumn, or else they will not flower 
till the spring. There are some fine blue 
colours among these single anemones, 
which, with the scarlets and reds, form a 
beautiful mixture of colours ; and as these 
begin to flower in January or February, 
when the weather is cold they will continue 
for a long time in beauty, provided that the 
frost is not too severe. The seeds of these 
are ripe by the middle or end of May, and 
must be gathered daily as they ripen, be- 
cause they will soon be blown away by the 
winds. The roots of wood anemone may 
be taken up when the leaves decay, and 
transplanted into wildernesses, where they 
will thrive, and in the spring have a good 
effect in covering the ground with their 
leaves and flowers. The blue anemone 
flowers at the same time with the foregoing, 
and intermixed with it, makes a fine variety. 
Double flowers of both these sorts have 
been obtained from seeds. This, and most 
of the other wild anemones, may be propa- 
gated by offsets from the root, which they 
put out plentifully ; and they will grow in 
most soils and situations. Virginian ane- 
mone and some others, produce plenty of 
seeds, and may be readily increased also 
that way. 
ANEMOSCOPE, a machine invented to 
tell the changes of the wind. It should con- 
sist of an idex moving about a circular plate, 
like the dial of a clock, on which the 32 
points of the compass are drawn, instead of 
hours. The index, pointing to the divisions 
in the dial, is turned by an horizontal axis, 
having an handle-head at its outward extre- 
mity. This handle-head is moved by a cog- 
wheel on a perpendicular axis, on the top of 
which is fixed a vane that moves with the 
course of the wind, and gives motion to the 
whole machine. The contrivance is simple, 
the number of cogs in the wheel, and rounds 
in the trundle-head must be equal, because 
it is necessary, that when the vane moves 
entirely round, the index of the dial should 
also make a complete revolution, A differ- 
