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ANEMONE. 
they perceive them begin to grow, then first shift them 
into fresh soil and place them in a warm room window 
and keep them moist, and if they require it, change 
them into a larger pot and give them a good supply 
of water, and they will come into flower about the 
month of May or June. 
ANEMONE. 
Anemones are showy flowering plants, and in Eu¬ 
rope are cultivated as florist flowers, as the Ranunculus 
and Hyacinth. Anemones are often imported along 
with the Dutch bulbous flowering roots and are planted 
in beds, as the Hyacinth, in October and November, but 
the severe frost of the winters in this climate will 
destroy the roots if they are not well covered with old 
tanners’ bark, leaves or straw, so as to exclude frost 
from them. The kinds mostly cultivated for the beauty 
of the flowers, are A. coronaria, and hortensis, of each 
species of which there are many varieties, and the 
prevailing colors are red, white and blue, with double 
and semi-double flowers. The soil preferred by An¬ 
emones is a good fresh loam, not too light or sandy, 
and they will flower in almost any month in summer, 
according to the time the roots are kept out of ground 
and the season when they are replanted. The roots 
maybe planted in April, May and June, and they will 
flower in succession, planting them about six or eight 
