INTRODUCTION. 
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The Anemone, according to Linnaeus, 
is a native of the fouth-eaft of Europe; 
but we are alfo informed by another 
author, 0 that M. Bachelier, a French gen¬ 
tleman, brought it from America to 
France, in the courfe of the laft century, 
where he cultivated and very much im¬ 
proved the fpecies, fince which it has 
attained its prefent degree of perfection, 
by the continued attention of Florifts to 
its culture: the Englilh, however, can 
claim little or no (hare in the advance¬ 
ment or improvement of this flower; for 
all the varieties of double Anemonies 
we poflefs in England, have been import¬ 
ed from Holland, France, or Flanders. 
The word Anemone is derived from a 
Greek word, fignifying the Wind, very 
applicable to this flower, as its petals are 
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fo foft and flexible, and its feed fo light 
e Vide Go Voorhelm’s treatife on the Hyacinth. 
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