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Show AN AN on a Mat in a dryfhady Place,till they are Brufh will fo feparate the Seeds, if carefully manag'd, as not to leave any entire Lumps; in Bags, and hang them outof. the Reachof then gently fift fome light Earth, about a Mice or other Vermin, which will deftroy Quarter of an Inch thick, over the Seeds, and many of the Roots, if they can come at if it fhould prove hot, dry Weather, it will be advifeable to lay fome Mats upon the Bed them. Obferve alfo to take up the latter planted in the Heat of the Day, and nowand then Roots fo foon as their Leaves decay, for if give it a little Water upon the Mats, which they are fuffer’d to remain long after in the will prevent the wafhing of the Seeds out of * Ground, and there fhould fall fome Showers the Ground, but be fure to uncover the Bed of Rain, they would foon put forth frefh Fi- at all times whenthereare gentle Showers, and bres, and make new Shoots, when it would as the Heat of the Weatherdecreafes, fo may be too late to remove them: At the time you begin to uncover your Bed. when you take up the Roots is the proper In about two Months after fowing, your Seafon for breaking or parting them, which Seeds will begin to appear, if the Seafon has maybe done byfeparating thofe that you would proved favourable, or your Care in Managechoofe to makeall poffible Increafe from, into ment hath not been wanting, otherwife they as many Parts as you can conveniently, pro- manytimes remain a whole Year in the Ground, vided each one of them have a good Eye or The firft Winter after their appearing above Bud; but thofe you intend to blowftrong Ground, they are fubjeé&t to Injuries from fhould by no means be parted too {mall, which hard Frofts, or too much Wet, againft both greatly weakens their flowering. of which you muft equally defend them ; for The principal Colours in Anemonies are, the Froft is very apt to loofen the Earth, fo White, Red, Blue, and Purple, and thefe in that the young Plants are often turn’d outof fome of them are curioufly intermix’d ; but the Ground, after which a fmall Froft will the moft prevailing Colours amongft our deftroy them ; and too much Wet oftenrots Englifo rais'd Anemonies, are White and Red; their tender Roots, fo that all your former but of late we have received from France great Trouble maybe loft in a fhort Time for want Varieties of Blues and Purples, whichare ex- of Care in this Particular ; nor do I knowof ceeding fine Flowers; we fhould therefore ob- any thing more deftrugtive to thefe tender ferve, in planting the Roots, to diftribute the Plants, than the cold black Frofts and Winds different Colours, fo as to make an agreeable of February and March, from which you mutt Mixture of each in every Bed, whichwill great- be careful to defend them, by placing a low ly add to their Beauty Reed Fence on the North and Ea/? Sides ofthe But fince all the fine Varieties of thefe Bed, which may be moveable, and only faftFlowers were firft obtain’d from Seeds, no ned toa few Stakes to fupport it for the pregood Florift, that hath Garden Room, fhould fent, and maybe taken quite awayas the Seaneglect to fowtheir Seeds; in order to which, fon advances, or removed to the South and we fhould provide ourfelves with a Quantity Weft Sides of the Bed, to fereen it from the of good fingle (or Poppy) Anemonies, as Violence of the Sun, whichoften impairs thefe theyare call’d, of the beft Colours, and fuch tender Plants, as have ftrong Stems, large Flowers, and As the Spring advances, if the’ Weather other good Properties ; thefe fhould be planted fhould prove dry, you muft gentlyrefrefh them early, that they may have Strength to pro- with Water, which will greatly ftrengthen your duce good Seeds, which will be ripe in three Roots; and when the green Leaves are deWeeks or a Month’s Time, after the Flower, cay’d, if your Roots are not too thick to reare paft, when you muft carefully gatherit, main in the fame Bed another Year, you mutt otherwife it will be blown away in a fhort clear off all the Weeds and decay’d Leaves Time, it being inclos'd in a downy Subftance; from the Bed, and fift a little more of the you muft preferve this Seed till the Begin{ame prepar’d good Earth, about a quarter of ning of Ayguft, when you mayeither fowit an Inch thick, over the Surface, and obferve to in Pots, ‘Tubs, or a well-prepar’d Bed of keep them clear from Weeds during the Sumlight Earth; in the doing of it you muft be mer Seafon, and at Michaelmas repeat the fame careful not to let your Seeds be in Heaps, to Earthing ; and if your Roots fucceed well, avoid which is a thing little underftood, and manyof them will flowerthe fecond Year, when is what I have beeninform’d of by Mr. Obayou may felectall fuch asyou like, by marking diab Lowe, Gardener at Batterfea, who hath, them with a Stick; but I would nothave you for feveral Years, rais’d large Quantities of deftroy any of them until after the third Year, thefe Flowers from Seeds; his manner js when you have feen them blow ftrong, at thus: which Time you'll be capable to judge of their After having levell’d his Bed of Earth, in Goodnefs, ee whichhe intends to fowhis Seeds, he rubs the But if your Roots are too thick in the Seeds well between his Hands, with a little Sced-bed to remain, you muit, fo foon as dry Sand, in order to make them feparate the their green Leaves are decay’d, fift the Earth better, then he fows them as regularly as poffible over the Bed ; but as thefe Seedswill ftill of your Bed thro’ a very fine Sicve, in order to get out the Roots, which can be nootheradhere clofely together, he takes a {trong Hair Brufh, and gently fweeps over the whole Bed, ways found, as being {mall, and fo nearly the Colour of the Ground ;_ but in doing.of ebferving not to bruth of the this, Seeds ; this obferve not to difturb the Ground too deep perfectly dry’d, when you mayput them up AN AN fo as to endanger the burying any of the permittted to remain in a Garden undifturb’d, Roots; for notwithftanding all your Care, many {mall Roots will be left behind ; therefore, fo foon as you have fifted your whole Bed, and taken out all the Roots you can find, you muft Jevel the Earth of your Bed again, and Jet it remain till next Year, when youwill find a plentiful Crop of Roots come up again: The young Roots which you take up muft be dry’d, as was directed for the old ones, but fhould be planted again three Weeks before them, that they mayincreafe in Strength, fo as to flower ftrorigly the fucceeding Year. ANEMONOIDES;; [of ’Aveuoun and cidG-, Gr. i.e. the Form, or Image of Anemone.]} The Characters are; The Root is perennial, andfor the moft part they will multiply exceedingly, and produce great Quantities of Flowers; but if they are often remov'd, it will deftroy them; there- fore they fhould be planted in fuch fhady Parts of Wilderneffes as are feldom digged. ANEMONOSPERMOS ; [of ‘Avedon and ompua, Gr. Seed, becaufe the Wind eafily bears awaytheSced. ] The Characters are ; It bath an bemifpberical fcaly Cup; The Flower is radiated like the Ragwort; but the Seeds are copioufly furrounded with a pappous Down, as are thofe of Anemone. The Species are ; I. ANEMoNospERMos 3 Africena, folio Facobee, flore luteo, extus puniceo. Boerb Ind. The African Anemonofpermos, with Leaves like Ragwort, and Flowers which are yellow within, and red on the outfides, 2, ANEMONOSPERMOs ; 4fricana, folio, Cardui Beneditti, florum radiis intus albicantibus. Hi. A. The African Anemono[permos, with grumofe and creeping; the Leaves are Jinely hich, for the moft part, [urround ath a fingle Flower upon each sof many Leaves, andare of an Anemotie, having ma+ Threads in the Middle; the Leaves like the Blefféd Thifile, and the Rays collected into an Oblong Head, and of the Flower are white on the Infide. are, i pe, like thofe of the Ranunculus, 3. ANEMONOsPERMOs ; Africana, folio having no Down adbering to them. Facobea tenuiter laciniato, flore aurantio pulThe Species are ; cherrimo. Boerh. Ind. 'The African Aneniono-~ ANEMONOIDEs ; flore 9. Boerb, Ind. Spermos, with {lender divided Ragwort-leaves Wood Anethony with White Flowers. and fair Orange-colour’d Flowers. NEMONOIDEs ; flore ex purpura rub JEMONOSPERMOS; Africana, folio &F ¢ Ind. ‘Wood Aitémone with purplifh facie Taraxaci incanis. Par. Bat. App. The i Flowers. African Anemonof{permos, with Leaves like 3. ANEMONOIDES ; flore majore, intenfiore eo, Boerb, Ind. Wood Anemone with ge deep Blue Flowers. 4. Ind. ANemonoipEs ; flore albo pleno. B Wood Anemotie with Flowers. §. ANEMONOIDEs; lore double pleno ; White purpureo, Boerb. Ind. Wood Anemone with Purple Flowers, double Dandelion, but are hoary. Thefe Plants were originally brought from about the Cape of good Hope into the curious Gardens in Holl, where they have been propagated, and from whence they have been diftributed into the feveral Parts of Europe, where they are now growing. They are propagated byplanting Cuttings of them in a Bed of light frefh Earth, in any at firft taken from fome Woods in England ; in this Place they increafe fo faft, that the Surface of the Groundis cover’d with them in the Spring; and what is more remarkthat there the large blue and double Sorts are the moft common: Thefe Plants are of the Summer Months, obferving to fhade themfrom the Heat of the Sun until they have taken Root, as alfo to refrefh them often with Water, and in fix Weeks or two Months after planting, theywill be rooted fufficiently; at which Time, you fhould tranfplant them into Pots fill’d with the like frefh Earth, ferting the Pots in a fhady Place until the Plants are fettled in their new Earth: After which Time you fhould expofe them to the open Air until the latter End of Oéfober, or later, according as youfind the Weather is favourable, when you muft remove the Pots into the Green-houfe, where they fhould be plac’d very pretty Ornaments to Wildernefs Quar- as near the Windowas poffible, 6. ANEMONorpEs; flore pleno ceruleo ma- jove.. Wood Anemone with large double Blue Flowers. The firft of thefe Plants is found wild in the Woods in moft Parts of England, the other Va s I have gathered in great plenty, in derneffes belonging to the Gardens at in Surrey, which were, probably, ters, or fhady Walks in the Spring of the Year, continuing a long Time in Flower, and bytheir agreeable wild Appe arance, have a verypleafing Effect on the Eye The beft Seafon for tranfplanting thefe Flowers is in May, when the Leaves are de; for if theyare fuffer’d to remain unLeaves are quite gone, it will be very to find their the Colour of th ich are nearly that they may have a good Quantity of free Airat all times when the Weather is mild; nor fhould they be over-hung by other Plants, which would occafion them to take a Mouldinefs, and rot; you muft alfo frequentlyrefiefh themwith Water, but give them buta little at each Time during the Winter-Seafon; but in Summer they will requir be often repea ter Plenty, as al{fo to The |