Plate 251. 
ANEMONE EULGENS. 
We have again taken one of the many new spring flowering- 
plants which have been brought forward lately by Messrs. 
Backhouse and Son, of York, for our illustration, and, although 
not remarkable for its rarity, we are inclined to believe it will, 
for the brilliancy of its colouring, be a valuable acquisition. 
There are already two varieties of Anemone well known to 
our gardens, the common garden Anemone, Anemone coronaria , 
distinguished for its brilliant scarlet flowers (and of which many 
fine varieties have been recently imported from the mountains 
of Greece), and Anemone hortensis. This differs considerably 
from, the previous variety, as the flowers are of a delicate 
shaded rose, ruby or rosy-purple, the petals more numerous 
and narrower than in A. coronaria. The species now figured 
has been recently imported by Messrs. Backhouse from the 
mountains of Greece, and is thus described in the Report of 
the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society: — 
“ Anemone fulgens, exhibited by Messrs. Backhouse and Son, 
of York. This beautiful Anemone had been imported last 
year from the mountains of Greece. It was closely allied to 
A. stellata or A. hortensis, which it resembled in foliage; but 
the numerous large flowers, which sprang up in a tuft to the 
height of six inches, were of a brilliant crimson, with a centre 
of black stamens. . . . This will be a charming ffower for the 
spring garden, in which probably it may require a sheltered 
situation. It received a first-class certificated 
All who know what pretty and brilliant objects the Ane¬ 
mones are for early spring flowering, will agree in the estimate 
thus formed of it; and as Messrs, Backhouse, who are no 
mean judges on such points, say that as a scarlet ffower it is 
unrivalled, it will no doubt be largely grown for spring garden¬ 
ing purposes. 
