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of an irregular form, a sketch of the bed should be made on 
paper, and their respective situations marked on it, the earth 
may then be returned and raked neatly over; if the roots are 
planted before the winter, a mulching of half-rotten leaves will 
be necessary to preserve them from frost; as soon as the foliage 
appears above ground the names may be put to them. The 
season of planting must be regulated by the desired time of 
blooming; the earliest may be planted in September, though 
for this very early season we should advise that only the single 
varieties be used ; as there would be much danger of losing the 
double kinds through the winter, if they are subjected to too 
early an excitement,-—in short very choice kinds should not be 
planted before February, for the more common double and the 
remainder of the single varieties October is the most preferable 
month.. The first planted generally bloom in March, the second 
in April, and the third in May; and if a few of the surplus roots 
are left in the ground, some flowers may be obtained till very 
late in the autumn, and again very early in the spring; though 
roots so treated usually dwindle on the second year, so that none 
but those which can be well spared should be used for this pur¬ 
pose. The subsequent treatment is precisely the same as for 
Ranunculus; the principal point being to secure them a suffi¬ 
cient degree of moisture when about to blow, and for this nothing 
is so efficient as a slight covering over the whole of the bed of 
half-decayed leaves; water must be given copiously if the weather 
should prove dry, as the slightest check at that particular period 
is often attended with the consequences of which we have heard 
complaints; the roots should be taken up as soon as the foliage 
is dead, and in drying them care should be taken that it is not 
done too fast, they should be laid thinly on shelves in an airy 
place, till sufficiently firm to put away. The single or poppy 
Anemone is readily increased by seed: this should be sown in 
September, in a warm situation in the flower-garden; they 
generally bloom the succeeding season, when new colours are 
sure to be produced, and occasionally double flowers. 
The roots of Anemone are, like those of ginger, solid flattened 
masses, and increased in number by division ; a root which has 
been well grown for two or three years attains a great size, and 
yet is only one root, and hence the mode of sale is by weight, 
and the purchaser may divide them when planting. 
