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ANEMONE. 
“ The Wood Anemone grows in the woods 
and hedges in most parts of Europe. In 
March, April, and May, many of our woods 
are almost covered with these flowers, which 
expand in clear weather, and look towards 
the sun; but in the evening, and in wet 
weather, close and droop their heads.” 
We shall conclude our brief account of the 
Anemone with an anecdote related by the 
Abbe la Pluche, who states that a Parisian 
florist named “ Bachelier, having procured 
some very beautiful species of these plants 
from the East, kept them to himself for ten 
years. A witty member of the French par¬ 
liament, disgusted at the parsimony of the 
Florist, paid him a visit at his country house, 
where, in walking round the garden, and ob¬ 
serving the Anemones were in seed, let his 
robe fall upon them as if by accident; by 
this device he swept off a considerable num¬ 
ber of the little feathery seeds, which stuck 
fast to it. His servant, whom he had pur¬ 
posely instructed, wrapped them up in a mo¬ 
ment, without exciting suspicion or attention. 
The innocent theft was made known to the 
friends of the member, who enjoyed the joke 
against the niggardly florist, and they by this 
project soon spread the young plants over the 
Parisian gardens.” 
The Anemone is of the order Polyandria, 
and class Polygynia. 
