THE MANUAL OF GARDENING. 
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rennial, from China ; both sorts are propagated by seeds sown 
in the open ground, in spring or autum. After they come up, 
they may be transplanted into a permanent situation : they flower 
the second year. The common may be increased by dividing 
the roots. 
The Anemone, or Wind-flower , a hardy tuberous-rooted plant 
from the Levant. There are two sorts, the single and double. 
The tubers should be planted about the month of October, re- 
serving a few to plant early in February, or late in January, if it be 
mild and dry. By this means a succession of flowers will be 
obtained. A rich loamy soil, with a slight mixture of well-rotted 
dung, is best fitted for them. They should be planted in narrow 
beds, about three or four feet wide, finished a little rounding, with 
a smooth even surface. The beds should be formed by trenching, 
and laying in, about eight inches from the surface, a substratum 
of strong loam, and on this a surface layer of lighter earth to 
receive the tubers. These beds may be prepared in September, 
though they do not receive the roots till the following month. 
The tubers should be six inches apart each way, a shallow drill 
be drawn along the bed, and the roots be pressed down into it, 
and then covered with about two inches of soil. The tubers best 
adapted for planting are those of the middle size, as they will 
flower best; care must be taken to keep the eye of the root up- 
permost, to ensure their flowering well. If the weather should 
prove very severe, some slight protection may be afforded to those 
planted in the autumn, by laying a little straw or litter on the 
beds, always withdrawing it when the weather is favourable, and 
fully exposing them to light and air. When they appear above 
ground, the earth should be firmly pressed about each plant. 
When the flowers expand, they will keep in bloom a much 
greater length of time, if some thin light shade is placed over 
them during the heat of the day. The tubers should be taken 
up as soon as the leaves decay, which may be expedited by shel- 
tering them with canvass or mats in very wet weather. When 
the tubers are taken up, they should be carefully dried, all the 
soil removed from them with great care, and be stored in dry 
bags or boxes. The young offsets should not be detached till 
about a month after, or they are liable to shrivel; if, on the other 
hand, they are left on till the roots are again planted, they are 
apt to rot. 
When the young offsets are planted in October, they will fre- 
quently flower the ensuing year. If the Anemone be propagated 
by seed, it must be sown as soon as ripe, in pots or boxes, in a 
loamy soil, covered very thinly with light earth. They must be 
slightly protected during the winter, and in the spring the pots 
be plunged their whole depth in the soil, and the plants watered 
when requisite. When the leaves begin to wither, gradually 
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