. An encyclopædia of gardening; . ECT. 4. Anemone. — Anemone, L. Polyand. Polygyn. L. axiA. Ranunculace^s, , Fr.; Windblinne, Ger. ; and Anemone, Ital. 6275. There ai-e two species of anemone cultivated as florists flowers, under the com-mon name of anemone : the A. corojiaria, L., orpoppy-anemone (Bat. Mag. 841.) (Jig. 594. a),a native of the Levant, and introduced in 1596 ;and the A. hortensis, the star or broad-leavedanemone (6), a native of Italy, and introducedfrom Holland in 1597. Tlie anemone has beencultivated from as early a period as the tulip, andmany fine double varieties
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . ECT. 4. Anemone. — Anemone, L. Polyand. Polygyn. L. axiA. Ranunculace^s, , Fr.; Windblinne, Ger. ; and Anemone, Ital. 6275. There ai-e two species of anemone cultivated as florists flowers, under the com-mon name of anemone : the A. corojiaria, L., orpoppy-anemone (Bat. Mag. 841.) (Jig. 594. a),a native of the Levant, and introduced in 1596 ;and the A. hortensis, the star or broad-leavedanemone (6), a native of Italy, and introducedfrom Holland in 1597. Tlie anemone has beencultivated from as early a period as the tulip, andmany fine double varieties produced both by theDutch and British. The single and semi-doubleflowers are nearly in as high estimation as thedouble ones. 6276. Varieties. These are numerous, but fewof them are named. Parkinson, in 1629, enu-merates thirty sorts of single narrow leaved ane-mones, and nearly as many double and single ofthe broad-leaved sort. Masons catalogue for1820 contains seventy-five sorts. A variety willlast for twelve or fifteen Book II. ANEMONE. 837 6277. Criterion of a fine double anemone, (fg. 595.) The stem should be strong,elastic, and erect, not less than nine in-ches high. The blossom, or corolla, shouldbe at least two inches and a half in dia-meter, consisting of an exterior row oflarge substantial well rounded petals, orguard-leaves, at first horizontally ex-tended, and then turning a little upwards,so as to fonn a broad shallow cup, theinterior part of which should contain agreat number of long small petals, imbri-cating each other, and inther reverting*rom the centre of the blossom; there area great number of small slender stamens,intermixed witli these petals, but they areshort, and not easily discernible. Thecolor should be clear and distinct when diversified in the same flower, or brilliant andstriking if it consists only of one color, as blue, crimson, or scaidet, &c., in which casethe bottom of the broad exterior petals is generally white; but the beauty and
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