ANEMONES. 
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degree of perfe£tion from the fifth to the 
tenth or twelfth year, after which it be- 
comes gradually fmaller and weaker; and 
if the flower was originally very full and, 
double, with age it lofes that property, 
the petals diminifh in number, become 
fmall and irregular, and finally the fort 
perifhes. It has more than ,once oc- 
curred, that the fame fort, although in 
the poffeflion of many perfons, refiding 
at remote diftances from each other, 
has been entirely loft in one feafon, 
without the poflibility of accounting for 
the fa6t in any other manner than the 
above. 
Anemones are raifed from feed in 
the following manner: in the fir ft place, 
the feed is to be faved from Angle or 
femi-double flowers, that have ftrong, 
tall, and ere£t Items, large well-formed 
cups and petals, of very brilliant colours: 
it 
