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Hardy Anemones. 
We take great pleasure in presenting an 
engraving (see frontispiece) and calling the 
attention of our floral friends to an interest¬ 
ing class of plants, as yet but little known 
in this country, but which, for earliness, 
brilliancy and duration of bloom, are unex¬ 
celled in the whole floral kingdom. 
The genus Anemone includes many spe¬ 
cies of plants which differ greatly in size 
and color as well as in general habit. The 
most common plant belonging to this spe¬ 
cies which is found in America, is the Ile- 
patica Triloba , or three-lobed liverwort, so 
abundant in early spring upon all our 
wooded hills, which grows but a few inches 
in height. The A. Fiilgens and A. Corona- 
ria , shown in our engraving, are the most 
brilliant and beautif ul of all, but as yet very 
rare. No plant can compete, in early 
spring, with these splendid varieties. The 
flowers are large, of a dazzling vermillion 
or scarlet color, in bloom in this latitude 
from March till May, making them very 
valuable for bouquets. They are quite 
hardy, standing our rigorous northern win¬ 
ters with but little protection. The roots 
may thus remain in the ground for several 
years, but it is preferable to transplant them 
every year or two, thus freshening them 
by dividing and cutting off the old lumpy 
growth. They thrive best in good, loose, 
loamy soil, slightly shaded from the mid¬ 
day sun. The roots may be planted in 
either autumn or spring, but in order to 
obtain a fine show of flowers early in spring 
they ought not to be planted later than Sep¬ 
tember. Seeds sown in April or May will 
form plants that will bloom early the fol¬ 
lowing spring. We know of no class of 
plants more interesting to either the ama¬ 
teur or professional gardener, than the va¬ 
rious species of Anemone. The plants of 
A. Coronaria grow to about one foot in 
height. The flowers are large and brilliant, 
running through various shades of scarlet, 
purple, blue, white and striped, and quite 
often with an eye of a different hue from 
the rest of the flower. In our next issue 
we shall show a double variety of this truly 
splendid flower. 
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nounced, that we have decided hereafter to 
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cents, or as much more as you can conve¬ 
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willing to invest in our line of goods within 
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Beliiiul Time. 
At the very liberal rate at which we now 
furnish it, (free to all customers) there is, 
of course, little or no profit to us in the pub¬ 
lication of Seed-Time and Harvest ; hence, 
in order to sustain it iipon these terms, we 
are obliged to have all the work of printing 
and binding done in our own establishment. 
Just at this season of the year, with the 
filling of orders inside and the planting out¬ 
side, all our forces are driven to the utmost 
and the present issue has thereby been de¬ 
layed far beyond the time at which it 
should have appeared. Hereafter we shall 
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the first of the month in which it is dated. 
Can you not show this number to some 
Friend or Neighbor who is interested in the 
cultivation of choice Flowers and Vegeta¬ 
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