A. j. alba (white).* This is a splendid variety, with a profusion of large pure white flowers, which are produced from August to November. This white form is one of the handsomest of border flowers. The blooms are 2in. to 3in. across, with a centre of dense lemon coloured stamens. For cutting purposes the flowers are invaluable. It thrives best in deep soil. SYN. A. Honorine Jobert. See Fig. 97.
A. j. elegans (elegant).* Very like A. japonica, with broader leaves, and pale rose-coloured flowers, which are more than 3in. across. This is also called rosea and hybrida. Japan.
A. lancifolia (lance-leaved). fl. white; sepals five, ovate-acute; scapes one-flowered. May. l. all stalked, ternate; segments lanceolate, crenate-toothed. h. 3in. Pennsylvania, 1823. Very rare. Rockery. Tuberous rooted.
A. multifida (many-cleft).* fl. red, whitish yellow, or citron colour, small; sepals five to ten, elliptical, obtuse; peduncles three, one-flowered, one of which is naked and earlier, the other two longer, and bearing two-leaved multifid involucels on their middle. June. l. radical ones ternate; segments cuneated, three parted, multifid, with linear lobes; those of the involucrum multifid, on short petioles. h. 6in. to 12in. North America. Border or rockery. SYN. A. Hudsoniana.
FIG. 98. ANEMONE NARCISSIFLORA, showing Habit and Flower.
A. narcissiflora (Narcissus-flowered).* fl. usually cream coloured, sometimes purplish on the outside; umbels generally many-flowered; pedicels in some instances twice or three times longer than the involucrum, and in others very short; sepals five or six, ovate or oval, blunt or acute. May. l. radical ones palmately three to five parted; lobes deeply toothed; lobules linear, acute; those of the involucrum three to five cleft. h. about 1ft. Europe, North America, 1773. An extremely variable and beautiful species. Rockery. See Fig. 98.
A. nemorosa (grove).* Wood Anemone. fl. generally white; sepals six, elliptical; scapes one-flowered. March. l. ternate; segments trifid, deeply toothed, lanceolate, acute; involucral leaves stalked. h. 6in. This species varies greatly in the colour of its flowers. It is a most beautiful little plant, frequent in our native woods, and suitable for planting in shaded shrubberies, &c. Tuberous rooted.
A. n. cœrulea, (blue),* from the North-west States of America, is very near, if not identical with, the variety Robinsoniana, of our native woods.
A. n. flore-pleno (double-flowered).* fl. pure white, over 1in. across, solitary, double. This is an exceedingly pretty plant, and remains in beauty considerably longer than the type. It should be grown in large clumps, and in rich loam.
A. n. Robinsoniana (Robinson's).* fl. bright azure blue, large, over 1½in. in diameter. A charming variety for the rockery or border, and one of the prettiest in the whole genus.
A. n. rosea (rosy).* A very pretty form, with rose-coloured flowers, of which there is a double flowered sub-variety; there is also a double form of the type, named bracteata fl.-pl., white flowers, surrounded with a large involucrum.
A. obtusiloba (blunt-lobed-leaved). fl. cream coloured; sepals five, obovate; peduncles two to three, one-flowered, villous, naked, or the lateral ones are bracteate. June. l. three lobed cordate, and are, as well as petioles, very villous; segments broadly cuneated, and deeply crenate; involucral leaves trifid. Himalaya, 1843. This species requires a warm and sheltered position.
A. palmata (palmate).* fl. golden yellow; sepals ten to twelve, oblong, obtuse; scape one, rarely two, flowered. May. l. cordate, sub-orbicular, bluntly three to five-lobed, toothed; involucral leaves trifid. South-west Europe, 1597. A white flowered variety, though scarce, is in cultivation, and is very pretty. True alpines, which should be grown on the rockery, where the soil is both rich and deep, with a somewhat damp situation. Tuberous rooted.
A. patens (spreading).* fl. purplish, or rarely yellow, erect, spreading, in the involucre almost sessile; sepals five to six. June. l. pinnate, rising after the flowers; segments three parted; lobes toothed at the top. Northern Europe, &c., 1752.
A. p. Nuttalliana (Nuttall's).* fl. purple, sometimes cream coloured, erect, villous on the outside; sepals five or six, erect, connivent. June. l. three parted; segments cuneate, trifid, cut; lobes linear-lanceolate, elongated; those of the involucre with linear lobes. h. 1ft. North America, 1826. A pretty border plant.
A. pavonina (peacock). Synonymous with A. stellata.
A. pennsylvanica (Pennsylvanian). Synonymous with A. dichotoma.
A. pratensis (meadow).* fl. dark purple, pendulous; sepals six, erect, reflexed at the top, acute. May. l. pinnate, many parted; lobes linear. h. 6in. to 12in. Northern Europe, &c., 1731. Differs chiefly from the following species in having smaller flowers, sepals narrower and more acute, connivent at base, and reflexed at apex. SYN. Pulsatilla pratensis.
A. Pulsatilla (common Pulsatilla).* Pasque Flower. fl. generally violet, sub-erect; sepals six, spreading, externally silky, very handsome. April. l. pinnate; segments many parted; lobes linear. h. 6in. to 12in. England, &c. A singular and beautiful species, thriving best in a dry situation and well-drained soil of a calcareous nature. It is a very pretty plant for a border or rockery; when well grown, it forms handsome tufts, and flowers very freely. See Fig. 99. SYN. Pulsatilla vulgaris. There are numerous varieties, the best of which are:
A. P. dahurica (Dahurian). fl. erect; sepals oblong, very villous. Plant dwarf. Sunny border or rockery.
FIG. 99. ANEMONE PULSATILLA.
A. P. lilacina (lilac). fl. lilac.
A. P. rubra (red). fl. erect; sepals blunter. Plant dwarfer.
A. ranunculoides (Ranunculus-like).* fl. usually yellow (but in the Pyrenean variety purple), generally solitary, single or double; sepals five to six, elliptical. March. l. radical ones three to five parted; segments subtrifid, deeply toothed; those of the involucrum on short stalks three parted, deeply toothed. h. 3in. Naturalised in English woods, but rarely. Tuberous rooted.
FIG. 100. ANEMONE STELLATA.
A. rivularis (river).* fl. white; anthers purple; sepals five, oval, smooth; pedicels three, one of which is naked. April. l. villous, as well as petioles, three parted; lobes cuneated, trifid; lobules cut, acutely toothed. h. 1ft. to 2ft. North India, 1840. Should be grown on the banks of running water, or in a damp situation in the border.
A. sibirica (Siberian). fl. white; sepals six, orbicular; scapes one-flowered. June. l. ternate; segments deeply toothed, ciliated, those of the involucrum on short stalks, ternate; segments lanceolate. h. 6in. Siberia, 1804. Rockery; very rare.
A. stellata (star-leaved).* fl. purple, or rose red, or whitish, solitary; sepals ten to twelve, oblong, bluntish. April. l. three parted; lobes cuneated, deeply-toothed; involucral leaves sessile, oblong. h. 8in. to 10in. South Europe, 1599. A pretty and gay spring flowering plant. Tuberous rooted. SYN. A. pavonina. Double forms of this occur in cultivation. See Fig. 100.