February  4,  1897. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER 
97 
and  it  blossoms  occasionally,  but  the  one  would  Boon  cover  the  whole 
place  with  its  pretty  stars  if  it  only  had  licence  to  do  so,  and  the  other 
seems  to  bloom  as  a  favour,  and  takes  no  particular  interest  in  it. 
With  regard  to  cultivation  I  do  not  think  I  can  do  better  for  you 
than  by  reading  a  passage  which  is  full  of  advice  on  the  part  of  Mr.  Fish, 
and  is  of  great  value.  He  says  that  “  care  should  be  taken  when 
or  flowers  of  the  next,  and,  of  course,  if  they  are  removed  or  smothered 
in  the  middle  of  their  work,  these  processes  are  either  wholly  arrested  or 
imperfectly  performed.  Hence  the  great  importance  of  allowing  the 
leaves  of  Anemones  and  such-like  plants  room  and  time  to  complete  their 
work  properly.  They  should  be  planted  in  September  or  October.  With 
regard  to  tuberous-rooted  Anemones,  it  iB  not  a  bad  plan  to  take  them 
Fig  24— CALANTHES. 
Anemones  are  planied  in  borders  that  they  are  not  cut  off  till  they  ripen 
and  die  down  of  themselves.  It  is  the  premature  destruction  of  the 
leaves  of  such  tuberous-rooted  and  bulboas  plants  as  Anemones,  Snow¬ 
drops,  &c.,  that  causes  them  speedily  to  dwindle  and  degenerate.  The 
leaves  of  oneseasonare  always  engaged  in  forming  the  roots, crowns,  bulbs, 
up  and  store  them  in  a  dry  place  for  a  few  months.  The  reason  is  they 
often  have  a  late  and  unseasonable  growth.  Anemones  left  in  the  ground 
start  afresh  in  wet  or  growing  weather.  The  strength  that  might  have 
been  expended  in  making  the  flower  is  wasted  in  the  growth  of  useless 
leaves  in  late  summer  or  autumn.  It  is  no  uncommon  thing  to  find 
