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NOVEMBKU 7, 1907. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



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Anemone Japonica Alba. 



ry ('. Ostertaj;, of Ostertag Bros., died 

 November 3. after an illness of three 

 weeks. She is snrvived by her husband 

 and five children. Mr. Ostertag is well 

 known in the trade throughout the coun- 

 try, and is a member of the Florists' 

 Club and Horticultural Society, which 

 extend their sympathy. The funeral 

 took place Wednesday afternoon from 

 the family residence, 4727 Washington 

 boulevard, to Bethlehem cemetery. A 

 great many beautiful floral designs were 

 sent by Mr. Ostertag's friends, express- 

 ing sympathy. 



Florists Waldbart, Ayers and New- 

 man, at Grand avenue and Olive street, 

 are great attractions for the buyers in 

 that district, with their fine window dis- 

 plays of cut chrysanthemums. An ex- 

 cellent trade is reported in these blooms, 

 with good prices. 



Henry Kohrs, manager for Grimm & 

 Gorley, reports an abundance of funeral 

 work last week. A chrysanthemum win- 

 dow display is attractive this week. 



The Missouri Botanical Garden opened 

 its free chrysanthemum show November 

 4, and it will be open for two weeks. 

 The show, as usual, is held in a large 

 tent near the main entrance. A large 

 crowd was in attendance the first day. 



The members of the St. Louis Florists ' 

 Club should not forget that on next 

 Thursday afternoon, November 14, the 

 club holds its regular monthly meeting 

 in the Burlington building. Owing to 

 the great number of visitors who are 

 expected in town, extra preparations 

 have been made by the officers of th? 

 club to entertain them on that afternoon, 

 and an invitation is extended to all 

 Visitors to meet with us. President Wm. 

 Young says there will be plenty to eat, 

 drink and smoke for all who attend, and 

 requests that all members attend who 

 possibly can. 



Charles Johann, son of the well known 

 florist, Henry Johann, of Collinsville, 111., 

 WM married recently in Collinsville to 

 •Miss Anna Flahd, of Troy, HI. The 



church in which the wedding took place 

 was artistically decorated by Mr. Jo- 

 hann, assisted by his friend J. F. Am- 

 mann, of Edwanlsville. The happy 

 coupl? will reside in a new house, built 

 by the father on the Johann place. Mr. 

 Johann is well known among members 

 of the trade here, who extend their con- 

 gratulations. 



Among the visitors have been B. Esch- 

 ner and M. Reukauf. J. J. B. 



ANEWONE JAPONICA. 



During the last half of September and 

 the first half of October outdoor flow- 

 ers, outside of asters and dahlias, are 

 by no means plentiful. To those requir- 

 ing an abundance of flowers which can 

 be cut with long stems, there can be no 

 better plant than the Japanese anemone, 

 or Anemone Japoniea. Propagation 

 should be done in the winter, by cutting 

 up the roots into small pieces, laying 

 quite thickly in a propagating bed an<l 

 covering with sand. Growths will soon 

 start, and when a couple of leaves are 

 made the plants should be potted off 

 into 214-inch pots and grown along in a 

 cool house until the end of March, when 

 they can be placed in a coldframe anti 

 planted outdoors a month later. 



The plants will not flower so profusely 

 or so early the first season as in suc- 

 ceeding years. After the second season 

 they will produce flower stalks four feet 

 in length, which are very fine in large 

 vases and make beautiful table center- 

 pieces. The flowers should be cut and 

 their stems plunged in a tub of cold 

 water over night before they are mar- 

 keted or used for house decoration. In 

 planting, select a sheltered location for 

 a number of the plants, to avoid early 

 frosts. A light freezing will not hurt 

 them. In 1906 we cut flowers until No- 

 vember 1. A coating of leaves or strawy 

 manure is needed after the ground 

 freezes. Ground on which water stands 

 in winter is unsuitable for anemones, as 



the roots will decay under such condi- 

 tions. 



Of the several varieties of Anemone 

 Japonica we consider alba, single, pure 

 white, the most chaste and useful. 

 Whirlwind, semi-double white, is good, 

 but less graceful either growing or cut. 

 The common A. Japonica has two rows 

 of rosy pink petals, (^ueen Charlotte is 

 of a better shade, namely, silvery pink, 

 with large semi-double flowers. Lady 

 Ardilaun, single white with overlapping 

 petals, and liord Ardilaun, double white, 

 are other goo<l forms. It is surprising 

 that these anemones are practically un- 

 known commercially. They fill in a gap 

 just before the chrysanthemum season 

 opens, which should commend them to 

 florists. The blooms partially close at 

 night, which, however, does not destroy 

 their j)opularity with critical flower buy- 

 ers. W. ^'. Craig. 



SEEDS OF LILIUM. 



I am growing quite a variety of bulbs 

 in the Puget Soun<l region and I would 

 like to know something about the sowing 

 of seeds of Lilium Washingtonianum. 

 What is the proper time for planting? 

 Any other information will be welcome. 



G. G. 



Lily see<l is best s*)v\n as soon as 

 gathered. Germination will t-ommence 

 the following spring and continue over 

 a long period; in fact, seeds of some 

 lilies will remain in the ground and not 

 germinate until the second season after 

 sowing. The seedbed should therefore be 

 left undisturbetl for a considerable 

 period. A. H. 



Hoi'.STOM Heiohts.Tex.— W. A. Haw- 

 kins reports a fine business for All 

 Saints' day, better than ever before. He 

 had a nic? lot of pot mums, grown out- 

 doors in open ground, potted October 

 l.T, protected by 8-ounce ducking, well 

 flowered by October 30, and all sol<l. 



