. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 16 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. clothed with woolly down. The large flowers are like white anemones, the jiurity of the petals and the bright yellow stamens in the centre assisting in completing the re- semblance to Anemone nemorom. The white mountain aveus needs a moist j>eaty or sandy soil, aud must be pro- tected from slugs and snails. If planted in common soil it is not likely to live long. Geiui} coccineiiIII. is figured by Sweet in the "British Flower Garden " (p. 293) as Geuiii quelii/oii, and he there refei
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. 16 FAMILIAR GARDEN FLOWERS. clothed with woolly down. The large flowers are like white anemones, the jiurity of the petals and the bright yellow stamens in the centre assisting in completing the re- semblance to Anemone nemorom. The white mountain aveus needs a moist j>eaty or sandy soil, aud must be pro- tected from slugs and snails. If planted in common soil it is not likely to live long. Geiui} coccineiiIII. is figured by Sweet in the "British Flower Garden " (p. 293) as Geuiii quelii/oii, and he there refei-s to another plant, a native of Greece, which he re- marks " is doubtless a species of sieversia.'' The present species, according to Feuillee, is a native of the sides of mountains in Chili, and has not been introduced there from Greece, as has been supposed. It makes a valuable addition to the flower borders, thriving well in the common garden Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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