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The Florists' Review 



NOVBMBEB 30, 1916. 



WILL YELLOW TURNER SUIT? 



Can you tell me the name of any 

 yellow chrysanthemum that is similar 

 in habit and size to Wm. Turner? 



G. E. Y.— Okla. 



One yellow chrysanthemum that 

 ■comes into bloom at the same time as 

 Turner and has the same habit, etc., 

 is Yellow Turner. This is a trifle light 

 in color and, if you are looking for a 

 deeper yellow, Odessa would answer the 

 purpose. Chas H. Totty. 



JAPANESE ANEMONE MUMS. 



The Tuxedo Collection. 



The Japanese anemone-flowered chrys- 

 anthemum was grown considerably more 

 twenty-five years ago than it is today. 

 At that time the varieties like Judge 

 Hoyt and Le Chatillonaise were our 

 atandbys. They gradually dropped 

 from cultivation and at this time are 

 almost forgotten. 



It is, therefore, a great pleasure to be 

 able to report a renaissance of the 

 Japanese anemone mum. Carl Schaef- 

 f er, of Tuxedo, N. Y., has been working 

 patiently on this type for the last fif- 

 teen years and the resulting varieties, 

 which he calls the Tuxedo collection, 

 and which I am describing in the suc- 

 ceeding notes, created something ap- 

 proaching a furor at the exhibitions 

 in New York, Philadelphia and Tuxedo 

 this fall. 



Mr. Schaeffer has succeeded, by a 

 process of elimination, in getting to- 

 gether a remarkable collection of this 

 type, and a visit to his place this fall 

 created an impression not easily for- 

 gotten. He had one entire house de- 

 voted to these anemone mums and they 

 were certainly a wonderful sight. Mr. 

 Schaeffer is over 80 years of age, al- 

 though one would not think so when 

 listening to his sprightly conversation 

 and noting the ease with which he walks 

 about among his pets, as he calls the 

 Tuxedo collection. It is doubly pleas- 

 ing to be able to chronicle his splendid 

 success at this age, while he is still liv- 

 ing to enjoy the fruits of his many 

 years of labor. 



A Cultural Hint. 



In growing these anemones, Mr. 

 Schaeffer sets the plants out on the 

 bench in early May and allows three 

 shoots — consequently three flowers — on 

 each plant. When grown in this man- 

 ner, they leave nothing to be desired 

 either in size or finish. 



One of the prettiest of the entire set 

 is Innocencia, the outer petals of which 

 are pure white and the quilled center 

 petals beautifully flushed pale pink. The 

 edges of the individual petals are lined 

 with light yellow. This is a chaste and 

 beautiful sort. 



Old Eose, as its name implies, is old 

 rose in color. The center, which of 

 course is prominent in all of the true 

 anemone type, is over six inches across. 

 The flowers that I saw were all nine 

 inches across and these were grown five 

 or six flowers to a plant. The center 

 tubular petals are tipped with gold and 

 make a splendid contrast. Old Eose is 

 one of the most generally admired of 

 the entire collection. 



H. J. Heinz showed up as the largest 

 of the set. The outer petals, like the 

 center, were also tubular and stood 

 straight out at right angles from the 

 center. These petals are light canary 

 yellow, but the center is a deep bronzy 

 orange. This is a strong-growing vari- 

 ety and is most impressive, standing 

 straight up, stiff and erect, with a 

 marshal-like aspect of trimness and 

 neatness. 



Exceptionally Full in Center. 



In Clemencia the ray petals are deep 

 pink, shading in the tubular petals to 

 a deeper shade of pink. The center 

 petals are exceptionally prominent in 

 this variety, as the outer or ray petals 

 fall down considerably. Many of the 

 ladies who saw this variety on exhibi- 

 tion insisted on handling it, sinCe they 

 claimed it looked like a flower cut from 

 tissue paper. 



Graf von Fleming is one of the most 

 charming and refined varieties. The 

 color is a pale lavender. The inner 

 petals are not so prominent as in some 

 of the others of this type. The outer 

 petals are tubular until about half an 



inch from the edge, when they open and 

 droop back in the most graceful and 

 artistic fashion. 



Wee Wah is the name of an old In- 

 dian village in Mr. Schaeffer 's neighbor- 

 hood and he desired to perpetuate the 

 name by applying it to one of his vari- 

 eties. The general effect in the color 

 of this variety is bronzy yellow, some- 

 what of a flame color. The outer petals 

 look as if gold dust were powdered 

 over its crimson-yellow surface, it 

 glistens so in the sunlight. Wee Wah 

 is a dwarf grower and wonderfully ef- 

 fective when grown as an exhibition pot 

 plant. 



Pepita also is a refined looking 

 flower. In this variety the orange-yel- 

 low center predominates over the pale 

 pink of the outer petals. The latter 

 are much more numerous in this variety 

 than in any other of this type, and this 

 permits its being used more extensively 

 as a cut flower for shipping than many 

 of the others. The indications are that 

 a large number of this anemone type 

 will be grown for the market next year, 

 and Pepita is the most valuable for that 

 purpose. 



A Special Favorite. 



Yellow Prince was my favorite of the 

 entire collection. The outer or ray pet- 

 als droop considerably and the center 

 tubular petals are loosely arranged, giv- 

 ing the flower a much more light and 

 airy appearance than is possessed by 

 most of the others in this set. The 

 color of the ray petals is light yellow 

 and the shading gradually runs to 

 orange in the center of the flower. Yel- 

 low Prince is one of the most attrac- 

 tive of the group in color and style 

 of growth. 



Graf von Oriola is a particularly 

 strong grower. As in the case of Heinz, 

 the petals are stiff and crisp. The color 

 is a pure rose-pink and the tubular 

 petals in the center are all tipped with 

 bright gold. The ends of the outer pet- 

 als in every case incurve slightly, in- 

 stead of drooping back as some of the 

 others do, and this makes the flower 

 much larger and gives it a bold ap- 

 pearance. 



Titian Beauty is well named and the 

 picture does not begin to do it justice. 

 The color is a rich bronze, shaded in 

 the center to what is practically scarlet. 

 This is a striking variety and effective 

 in its combination of coloring. A table 

 decoration I saw in Tuxedo, arranged 

 with this variety and autumn foliage, 

 was the most novel I have ever seen. 



Wilfreda is particularly strong in 

 stem and foliage. The outer petals are 

 numerous and placed at right angles. 



H. J. HetDz. Titian Beauty. Yellow Prince. Innocencia. 



A Portion of the Tuxedo Collection of Anemone-flowered Chrysanthemums^ Grown by Carl Schaeffer. 



