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THE LADIES MAGAZINE OF GARDENING. 
2.—ANEMONE JAPONICA, Sieb. THE JAPAN ANEMONE. 
Synonymes. — Atragene Japonica, Thunb. ; Clematis ? polypetala, Dec.; Kifune-gik’, 
Japanese ; Siu-jak’jak’, Chinese. 
Engravings.— FI. Jap. t. 5 ; and our fig. 2, in Plate 2. 
Specific Character. —Leaves tri-pinnate; segments cordate, three-lobed, unequal, doubly 
serrated. Peduncles 1-flowered, elongated and naked, or dichotomously branched. 
Sepals more than twenty, clothed with a thick down on the outside. 
Description, &o. —This species in its habits forms as strong a contrast 
as possible with A. cernua; as in Japan it is always found, in moist 
woods and on the margins of rivers, while the previous species requires 
a dry soil exposed to the sun. In Japan it is most common at the base 
of Mount Kifune, near the city of Miako, whence the plant has received 
its Japanese name of Kifune-gik’, which signifies the “ star of Kifune.” It 
is very common in Chinese gardens and shrubberies, where it is planted 
under the shade of trees, and where it produces its splendid deep rose- 
coloured flowers in autumn. It appears quite hardy, as it grows freely in 
the mountainous districts in the central part of Japan, where the climate 
is decidedly cold ; and it thrives best in a moist loamy or clayey soil. 
It is generally propagated by suckers (which it throws up freely), as it 
seldom ripens its seeds ; and it requires no particular care in its manage¬ 
ment. This species has not yet been introduced into England; but I 
have been enabled to figure and describe it from Dr. Siebold’s costly work, 
through the kindness of Mr. Lambert, so well known both by botanists 
and amateurs, for his zeal in promoting science, and for his liberality in 
permitting authors to consult his unique herbarium, and the many rare 
works contained in his noble library. 
ON ROCK WORK. 
BY THE EDITOR. 
( Continued, from p. 10.) 
Mr. Wells’s rock work at Redleaf is one of the finest specimens in the 
kingdom of what may be called natural rockwork. Redleaf is near 
Penshurst, and within a short distance of Tunbridge Wells. The country 
in this neighbourhood is finely undulated, and is remarkable for the 
frequent cropping out of the rocky strata, as must have been observed by 
every one who has visited Tunbridge Wells. This peculiarity, Mr. 
Wells has taken for what Mr. Loudon calls the keynote of his design ; 
and in the rockwork at Redleaf, the original character of the scenery has 
