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10 black stamens. All the forms of this species rank among the most beautiful of hardy spring flowers. A. alpina (alpine). Europe. A handsome plant, 12 to 24 inches high ; sepals varying white, cream, yellow, with backs pale or purple ; May; suitable for rockery or border, requiring good, deep soil. Var. sulphur ea, cup-shaped, yellow, 18 inches. A. apennina (apennine). Europe. 6 inches ; bright blue ; March ; requires light sandy loam sheltered by trees. Vars. alba, pure white ; blanda, deep blue, early flowering, wants shelter. One of the best for the rockery or wild garden. A. japonica (Japan). 2 to 3 feet ; rosy carmine with yellow anthers ; autumnal. Vars. alba (Honorine Jobert), pure white; elegans (rosea), very large, pale rose, broad leaves ; rubra, deep red. A. multifida (many-slits). 6 to 12 inches ; pale yellow, citron or red ; June ; border or rockery. A. narcissiflora (Narcissus-like). 1 foot ; creamy, purplish at back, variable; May; rockery. A. nemorosa (wood or grove). 6 to 8 inches ; our native Wood Anemone, which does well in a shady border; white or purplish, roots creeping ; March. Vars. flore pleno, double pure white ; /. p. rosea, rose- coloured ; Eobinsoniana (ccerulea), bright azure. A. palmata (palmate). The Cyclamen Anemone. 9 inches ; golden- yellow, narrow sepals ; May ; suitable for damp rockery, Var. alba, pure white, very early. A. polyanthes (many-flowered). 12 to 18 inches ; white ; May. A. ranunculoides (Ranunculus - like). 3 inches; golden - yellow, hairy at back ; April. A. sylvestris (wood). The Snowdrop Anemone. 12 to 18 inches; white satiny flowers, nodding <>n tall scapes above foliage; April; roots creeping. Damp, shady position in leaf mould. There are two distinct sections of Anemones which gardeners have long treated as belonging to separate genera lie Pasque-flowers and the Hepaticas. They all really belong to the us Anemone, but we have here kept them distinct. A. Pulsatilla A British species, forming tufts 6 inches to 9 inches li, with finely-divided leaves and well furnished with elegant flowers, ch appear in April. These are dull purple in colour, covered with y hairs. There are several varieties ;—<],<}, a riai, more erect than e, wry dwarf; lilaciua, dwarf with lilac flowers; rubra, dwarf with red flowers.