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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 19 11 



How to spoil a flower. Stake it and choke it with 

 a string. Contrast this with the other pictures. 

 (Queen Charlotte) 



the nearest to a double flower so far. 

 (See the photograph on page 113.) 



As to color these shameless improvers 

 doubtless have no scruples. Possibly 

 they have even dreamed of yellow, blue 

 and scarlet autumn anemones, for these 

 colors exist in the genus. But autumn 

 flowers are mighty scarce in the buttercup 

 family and so far the colors only run from 

 white through silvery pink to rose and 



Full of mystery, charm, and poetry in the early 

 morning, at dusk, or in partial shade, are these 

 white flowers 



purple. The deepest colored petals make 

 a bad discord with their yellow stamens, 

 just as peonies do, but the yellow adds 

 greatly to the charm of the white 

 flowers. 



Earliness seems to me undesirable. 

 The improvers often spoil flowers by 

 trying to make them bloom as long as 

 possible. It would be a shame to make 

 everything "everblooming," for the heart 

 demands some "season markers." Other- 

 wise we might wake out of a trance and 

 be unable to tell the time of year by the 

 flowers. The Japanese anemone means 

 autumn and I shall never buy any of the 

 varieties that start early in August. One 

 hardened old Scotchman claimed he had 

 anemones that would bloom in July. The 

 only reason I can see for having Japanese 

 anemones bloom in August is to have them 

 eaten up by aster beetles. 



THE WHITE VARIETIES 



The old single white is still sold under 

 the name of alba or Henorine Joubert. It 

 has single flowers about two and one-half 

 inches across and is considered one of the 

 most valuable for late bloom. It is doubt- 

 less the best for wild gardening. The 

 first great improvement was Whirlwind, 

 which originated at Rochester in 1888 and 

 was distributed in 1894. It is hardier 

 than alba and the flowers last longer, but 

 is less graceful both on the plant and as 

 a cut flower. It has three or four rows 

 of petals. It also has a good background 

 for its flowers by reason of its bracts. 

 Lady Ardilaun is now considered the best 

 white, as it has broad, thick, overlapping 

 petals, waxy texture, and larger flowers. 

 It has the effect of a single flower as there 

 are only two rows of petals. Semidouble 

 are Beaute Parfaite, Coupe dArgent, and 

 Perfection. 



THE PINK AND ROSE VARIETIES 



The best colors are simply dilutions of 

 the old rosy purple of Anemone Japonica, 

 which you can buy under the name of 

 variety rubra. Some nurserymen call it 

 a carmine, with a rose reverse, but this 

 seems to me too alluring. The next step 

 down the scale of color is represented by 

 rosea, which we buy to-day as rosea per- 

 fecta, rosea superba, and elegans. Next 

 we come to the soft silvery pink with a 

 satiny reverse as typified by elegantissima, 

 which gets three stars from the Ottawa 

 critics. Somewhere between is pallida, 

 described as pale purple. 



The favorite dark colored variety of 

 to- day is Prince Henry (See photograph 

 on page 113). 



The favorite rose-colored variety is 

 Mont Rose, which has three-inch flowers, 

 with four or five rows of petals. It is 

 dwarf, about one and a half to two feet 

 high. 



The favorite light-colored variety is 

 Queen Charlotte which is silvery pink, 

 of silky texture — the color of a La France 

 rose. It is a shade deeper than elegantis- 

 sima. The reverse of the flower is darker. 



The Japanese anemone is decorative, it com- 

 poses well with architecture. Whirlwind variety 

 at Mr. Eastman's. Rochester. N. Y. 



It is a strong-growing variety, sometimes 

 attaining four feet, and has extra long 

 stems for cutting. Whether it will be sur- 

 passed by Profusion, Couronne Virginale, 

 or Lady Gilmour remains to be seen. The 

 last named is the same as crispa. 



Other names which I find in cata- 

 logues, domestic and foreign, are : Brilliant, 

 Collarette, Cristata, Enchantment, Lord 

 Adilaun, Rose dAutomne, Soir d'Ete, 

 and Turban. 



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