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CULTURE OF THE ANEMONE. 
not usually grown in beds but commonly in patches on the flower 
borders ; and for this purpose the seed is either sown in pots, and turned 
out entire, or sown in the border atonce. The season for sowing, is, 
as soon as the seed is ripe and gathered, in preference to keeping it 
till spring, by which a season is lost. 
Poppy, or Garland, Anemone, {A, coronaria) _Both the single 
and double varieties of this species are numerous, and common in 
our gardens, in which, when in flower, they are great ornaments. 
They are very hardy, easy of culture, and flower at almost all seasons 
of the year. 
The history of this flower is curious. See Vol. 2, page 28. 
Criterion of a fine double Anemone. —A perfect double 
Anemone should have its flower-stem from eight to nine inches in 
height, and of proportionate strength; its blossom at least two inches 
broad : its guard leaves (outer row of petals) large, rounded, horizontal, 
and turning a little upwards, forming thereby a shallow cup, filled in 
richly with fine long petals, regularly piled one over the other (not 
crowded confusedly) whose colours, as well as those of the exterior 
leaves, should be bright, and distinctly marked in variegated flowers; 
and, as it were, should be too brilliant for the eye to rest upon, in 
those that are of a single colour, which are termed self coloured. 
Anemones require very similar treatment to Ranunculuses, but are 
much hardier. 
The soil in which Anemones thrive best, is a fresh loam, rather 
inclined to be strong than otherwise. A small portion of very rotten . 
dung, or leaf mould, is necessary, but scarcely so much as for the 
ranunculus. In preparing the bed, take out the old soil one foot 
deep; lay about six inches thickness of well-rotted cow-dung at the 
bottom of the trench ; then obtain some good rich loam, (the top spit 
from a pasture,) break it well, and mix with it about a tenth or twelfth 
part of very rotten cow dung, at least two years old. Fill the trench 
with this compost to six inches above the level of the surrounding 
surface, sloping it on each side from the middle. This should be 
done not later than the beginning of October; and, for early flower¬ 
ing, not later than the middle of September. 
The seasons for planting are September, October, November, 
December, February, and March. Those planted in September will 
flower in the beginning of April; those in October, will flower by the 
end of April; those planted in November, flower in the middle of 
May; those in December, flower by the end of May ; those in February 
flower in the beginning of June ; those planted in March flower by 
the middle of June. But if it is desired to have them flowering: the 
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