Title: Cassell's popular gardening
Identifier: cassellspopularg00fish_0 (find matches)
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901; Fish, D. T. (David Taylor), 1824-1901
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: London ; New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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242 CASSELL'S POPULAR GAPtDEXING. feathery seeds, which his servant, following close upon his heels, brushed off his master's robe, and secretly appropriated; and before long mortification of the mg- seeino- his gardly florist had the highly prized "strain" in the posses- sion of his neighbours and rivals. There is no doubt that the improve- ment in the flower was due in great measure to the florists of Holland, France, and Flanders. Large quan- tities of Ane- mones arc grown in Holland, and annually im- ported to this country in a dry state dur- ing August and Septem- ber. When planted, they swell largely and in conge- nial soil make large roots that produce strong plants flowering superbly. There are double and single varie- ties, of great and diversi- fied beauty. The genus Anemone comprehends a large group of species and their varieties. We are now dealing with Anemone coro7iaria, the Poppy Anemone of southern Europe. This is the florists' Anemone, and it is the varieties of this species he has tended with so much care for years past. It would be difficult to enumerate the variations in colour this gay spring flower assumes.
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Anemone nakcissiflora So sportive is its nature in this respect that there is a marked diversity of the mixing of the whole with the various shades of scarlet, carmine, rose, red, violet, blue, slate, ikc, in each individual flower raised from seed, by which arc produced the double, semi- double, and single varie- ties; and few of them fail to claim our admiration. It is matter for wonder that this beautiful flower should have d e - CTPased in cultivation to such an extent, for it is not diffi- cult to grow. thri"\-ing well in o r d i- nary garden mould when of a sandy quality and tolerabl)' rich, a 1 - though it is always the practice of the florist to prepare, as in the case of the Ranun- culus, a spe- cial compost for the Ane- mone. We wall in a few words set forth tho ingredients of a compost that is within the reach of all:—Take fresh earth from a common, or some other pasture land, that is of a light or sandy quality, whether of a yellow hazel or the darker colour does not matter. It should be taken not more than four or six inches deep, with the turf adhering to it. Such soil will be sweet, and fit for immediate use;

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