6co ANEMONE. 
as to Jiave only the morning fun until October, when they 
fhould be removed into the full fun, to remain during the 
winter icafon ; but, in March, when the young plants will 
begin to appear, they muft be removed again to a lliady fi- 
tuation, and in dry weather frequently watered, and about 
tiie beginning of Augulf they will be fit to be tranfplant- 
ed; at which time you fhould prepare a border facing the 
eafl, of good frefh loamy earth, into which you fhould 
remove the plants, placing them about fix inches diflance 
each way, doling the earth pretty fall to their roots, to 
prevent the worms front drawing them out of the ground, 
which they are very apt to do at that feafon; and, in the 
fpring following, they will begin to (hew their flowers; but 
it will be three years before they flower flrong, and till 
then you cannot judge of their goednefs; when, if you 
find any double flowers, or any of a different colour from 
the common forts, they fhould be taken up, and trans¬ 
planted into the borders of tlie flower-garden, where they 
fhould continue at leall two years before they are taken up, 
or parted ; for it is remarkable in this plant, that, where 
they are often removed and parted, they are very fubjeft 
to die; whereas, when they are permitted to remain un- 
difturbed for many years, they will thrive exceedingly, 
and become very large roots. The double flowers, w hich 
never produce feeds, ate propagated by parting their roots, 
which fhould be done in March* at the time when they 
are in flower; but you fhould be careful not to feparate 
them into very fmall heads, nor fhould they be parted of- 
tener than every third or fourth year, if you intend to have 
them thrive; for the reafon before given. They delight 
in a flrong loamy- foil, and in an eaftern pofiticn, where 
they may have only the morning fun, though they will 
grow in almofl: any afpecl, not too warm, and are never 
injured by cold. Mr. Bradley relates a remarkable change 
that was made in the colours of thefe flowers. Seme roots 
of the double blue hepatica were lent to Mr. Karrifon, of 
Henley-upon-Thames, from Mr. Keys’s garden in Tot- 
hill-fieids, whofe foil was fo different from the ground they 
were planted in at Henley, that when they came to blof- 
fioni there they produced white flowers, and were there¬ 
fore returned back to their ftrfl flation, where they retook 
the blue colour they had at firft. 
The pulfalillas (2 —10) may be propagated by feeds, 
which fhould be fown in boxes or pots filled with very 
light fandy earth, obferving not to cover the feeds too 
deep with mould, which wull prevent their riflng, for they 
require no more than juft to be covered. Thefe boxes 
fhould be placed where they may have the morning fun 
until ten o’clock, but mult be fereened from it in the heat 
of the day ; and, if the feafon proves dry, the earth fhould 
be often refrefhed with water. The belt time for fowing 
thefe feeds is in July or Auguft, foon after they are ripe, 
for, if they are kept till fpring, they feldom grow. Thefe 
boxes or pots, in which the feeds are fown, fhould remain 
in this fhady fituation until the beginning of October, 
when they fhould be moved where they may enjoy the full 
fun during the winter feafon. About the beginning of 
March, the plants will begin to appear, at which time 
the boxes fhould be again removed where they may have 
only the forenoon fun; for, if they are too much expofed 
to the heat, the young plants will foon be deftroyed. 
They fhould alfo be carefully kept clean from weeds, 
which, if fuffered to grow among them, will in a fhort 
time overbear them. When the leaves are entirely decay¬ 
ed (which is commonly in July), you fhould then take up 
all the roots, which, being nearly of the colour of the 
ground, will be difficult to find while fmall; therefore you 
fhould pafs the earth through a fine wire fieve, which is 
the bell method to feparate the roots from the earth. The 
roots, being taken up, fhould be immediately planted again 
on beds of light frefh fandy earth, about three or four 
inches afunder, covering them about three inches thick 
with the fame light eartli. The fpring following mofl of 
thele plants will produce flowers, but they will not be fo 
large and fair as in the fucceeding years* when the roots 
are larger. The roots of thefe plants generally run down 
deep, and, being of a fleflty fubfiance fomewhat like car¬ 
rots, will not bear to be kept long out of the ground; 
therefore, when they are removed, it fhould be done early 
in the autumn, that they may take frefh root before the 
froft comes on; for, if they are tranfplanted in the fpring, 
they will not produce flrong flowers. Thefe piants thrive 
befl in a loamy foil, for in very light dry ground they are 
apt to decay in fummer. 
The garden anemones (11, 12) are natives of the eafl, 
from whence their root:, were brought originally; but 
have been fo greatly improved by culture, as to render 
them fome of the chief ornaments to our gardens in the 
fpring. We fliall therefore proceed to give ample direc.- 
tions for their culture ; by which, if duly obferved, every 
perfon may have thefe flowers in perfeftion. Take a 
quantity of frefh untried earth (from a common, or fome 
other paflure land) that is of a light fandy loam, or hazel 
mould, obferving not to take it above ten inches deep be¬ 
low the furface; and, if the turf be taken with it the bet- 
ter, provided it has time to rot thoroughly before it is 
ufed : mix this with a third part of rotten cow-dung, and 
lay it in a heap, keeping it turned over at leaf! once a 
month for eight or ten months, the better to mix it, and 
rot the dung and turf, and to let it have the advantages 
of the free air: in doing this be careful to rake out all 
great flones, and break the clods, but by no means fift or 
fereen the earth, which is found very hurtful to many 
forts of roots; for, when the eartli is made very fine, up¬ 
on the firft great rains of winter or fpring, the fmall par¬ 
ticles thereof join clofely together, and form one folid 
niafs, fo that the roots often perilh forw’antof fome fmall 
ftor.es to keep the particles afunder, and make way for the 
tender fibres to draw nourifhment for the fupport of the 
root. This earth fhould be mixed twelve months before 
it is ufed, if polliblej but, if you are conftrained to ufe it 
fooner, you muft turn it over the oftener, to mellow and 
break the clods; and obferve to rake out all tiie parts of 
the greed-fward that are not quite rotten before you ufe it, 
which would be prejudicial to your roots if fuffered to re¬ 
main. The beginning of September is a proper feafon to 
prepare the beds for planting, which, if in a wet foil, fhould 
be raifed with this fort of earth fix or eight inches above 
the furface of the ground, laying at the bottom fome of 
the rakings of your heap to drain off the moifture; but, in 
a dry foil, three inches above the furface will be fuffi- 
cient: this compoft fhould be laid at lead: two feet and a 
half thick, and in the bottom there fhould be about lour 
or five inches of rotten neats-dung, or the-rotten dung of 
an old melon or cucumber bed, fo that you muff takeout 
the former foil of the beds to make room for it. And 
obferve, in preparing your beds, to lay them, if in a wet 
foil, a little round, to flioot off the water; but, in a dry 
one, let it be nearer to a level; in wet land, where the 
beds are raifed above the furface, it will be proper to fill 
up the paths between them in winter, either with rotten 
tan or dung, to prevent the froft from penetrating into the 
fides of the beds, which often deftreys the roots. The 
earth fhould be laid in the’beds at leaf! a fortnight or three 
weeks before you plant the roots, that it may fettle ; and, 
when you plant them, ftir the upper part of the foil about 
fix inches deep with a fpade; then rake it even and fmooth, 
and with a flick draw lines each way of the bed at fix 
inches diflance, fo that the whole may be in fquares, that 
the roots may be planted regularly: then with three fin¬ 
gers make a hole in the center of each fquare, about three 
inches deep, laying therein a root with the eye uppermofr; 
and, when you have finifhed your bed, with the head of a 
rake draw the earth fmooth, fo as to cover the crown of 
the roots about two inches. The bell; feafon for planting 
thefe roots, if for forward flowers, is about the latter end 
of September; and, for thofe of a middle feafon, any 
time in Odlober; but obferve to perform this work, if 
pollible, at or near the time of fome gentle fhowers ; for, 
if the roots are planted when the ground is perfectly dry. 
