Bulbs: a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers . Of anemones, there are about twenty species with tuber-ous roots, and some forty herbaceous species. Many ofthese are very fine: among which we may mention thepretty wood-anemone (.4. nemorosa) and the double variety;A. Appenina, with blue flowers ; A. narcissiflora ; A. Japon^ 140 THE ANEMONE. ica, and the white variety; A. 2?usatilla, the well-knownPasqiie flower ; and A, vernalis. Of the varieties of A. coronaria and hortensis, the follow-ing are good: —Shaksjoeare, incomparahle^h\\ royal^ superhe, sca
Bulbs: a treatise on hardy and tender bulbs and tubers . Of anemones, there are about twenty species with tuber-ous roots, and some forty herbaceous species. Many ofthese are very fine: among which we may mention thepretty wood-anemone (.4. nemorosa) and the double variety;A. Appenina, with blue flowers ; A. narcissiflora ; A. Japon^ 140 THE ANEMONE. ica, and the white variety; A. 2?usatilla, the well-knownPasqiie flower ; and A, vernalis. Of the varieties of A. coronaria and hortensis, the follow-ing are good: —Shaksjoeare, incomparahle^h\\ royal^ superhe, llerveille, rose and white,Sigh Admiral, , de la Nature, blue, , scarlet. Queen of the Netherlands, white and surpassante, bright , orange. X. THE OXALIS, IXIA, BABIANA, SPARAXIS, TRITONIA, IIILE many of the bulbsof ^vllicll wc have hitherospoken are suitable forgarden-culture, the sub-jects of our present chapter thrive only in the England, however, they are planted in the open border,and survive in sheltered situations with little the flowers of all are very delicate, and liable to beinjured by storms or changeable weather : therefore they areseen to much better advantage under glass, where, if wellcared for, they make a splendid display. The culture of allthe species mentioned in this chapter is the same. Allbloom in early spring; though many of the oxalis may be 141 142 THE OXALIS. had in flower at any season by forcing, and some few-species naturally bloom in summer or early autumn. In potting these bulbs, and starting them into growth,one of the primary rules of bulb-culture must be observed;that is, when the base of the bulb swells, or young rootsbegin to protrude, the bulb should be potted and a family so large as the oxa
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