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WIND-See also:FLOWER (from the Gr. avepos, wind), a genus of the See also:buttercup See also:order (See also:Ranunculaceae), containing about ninety See also:species in the See also:north and See also:south temperate zones. Anemone nemorosa, See also:wood anemone, and A. Pulsatilla, Pasque-flower, occur in See also:Britain; the latter is found on See also:chalk See also:downs.and See also:limestone pastures in some of the more See also:southern and eastern counties. The See also:plants are perennial herbs with an underground rootstock, and See also:radical, more or less deeply cut, leaves. The elongated flower See also:stem bears one or several, See also:white, red, See also:blue or rarely yellow, See also:flowers; there is an involucre of three leaflets below each flower. The fruits often See also:bear See also:long hairy styles which aid their See also:distribution by the wind. Many of the species are favourite See also:garden plants; among the best known is Anemone coronaria, often called the See also:poppy anemone, a tuberous-rooted plant, with See also:parsley-like divided leaves, and large showy poppy-like blossoms on stalks of from 6 to 9 in. high; the flowers are of various See also:colours, but the See also:principal are See also:scarlet, See also:crimson, blue, See also:purple and white. There are also See also:double-flowered varieties, in which the stamens in the centre are replaced by a tuft of narrow petals. It is an old garden favourite, and of the double forms there are named varieties. They grow best in a loamy See also:soil, enriched with well-rotted manure, which should be dug in below the tubers. These may be planted in See also:October, and for See also:succession in See also:January, the autumn-planted ones being protected by a covering of leaves or See also:short See also:stable See also:litter. They will flower in May and See also:June, and when the leaves have ripened should be taken up into a dry See also:room till planting See also:time.

They are easily raised from the See also:

seed, and a See also:bed of the single varieties is a valuable addition to a flower-garden, as it affords, in a warm situation, an abundance of handsome and often brilliant See also:spring flowers, almost as See also:early as the See also:snowdrop or See also:crocus. The genus contains many other lively spring-blooming plants, of which A. hortensis and A. fulgens have less divided leaves and splendid rosy-purple or scarlet flowers; they require similar treatment. Another set is represented by A. Pulsatilla, the Pasque-flower, whose See also:violet blossoms have the See also:outer See also:surface hairy; these prefer a calcareous soil. The splendid A. japonica, and its white variety called Honorine See also:Joubert, the latter especially, are amongst the finest of autumn-blooming See also:hardy perennials; they grow well in See also:light soil, and reach 22 to 3 ft. in height, blooming continually for several See also:weeks. A See also:group of See also:dwarf species, represented by the native See also:British A. nemorosa and A. apennina, are amongst the most beautiful of spring flowers for planting in See also:woods and shady places. The genus Hepatica is now generally included in anemone as a subgenus. The plants are known in gardens as hepaticas, and are varieties of the See also:common South See also:European A. Hepatica; they are charming spring-flowering plants with usually blue flowers.

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