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petals— are tubular until they reach the tips where they 
open and turn back, giving the whole flower a novel 
appearance. 
H. J. Heinze — The largest of the set; light canary- 
yellow on outer petals with a very fluffy, deep-orange 
raised center. This is another variety where the outer 
as well as the center petals are tubular. 
Clemencia — Deep pink with a very much deeper pink 
center-cluster. The center-tuft is very compact in this 
variety also very large, reaching across the flower about 
four inches. Looks very much like a flower made of 
crepe-paper. Very showy. 
Titian Beauty — The most beautifully colored of the 
entire collection. Deep rich-bronze on outer petals 
shading to almost crimson in the center tuft. The outer 
petals reflex considerably and show the center to charm- 
ing advantage. This flower in contrast with the bright 
green foliage of the variety cannot fail to attract atten- 
tion. 
Pepita — Pale-pink on outer petals with an orange-yel- 
low center. This variety can be used as a market-variety 
to good advantage since the strong texture of its outer 
petals will permit of its being shipped any distance. 
Yellow Prince — Well named, since it is a "Prince" in 
its color which is maize-yellow on the outer petals with 
a brilliant yellow loose-tufted center. A very airy and 
graceful sort. 
Wee Wah — This is a georgeou sly-colored variety; 
terra-cotta shading to bronze-yellow ; generally described 
as "flame-color." Outer petals very brilliant and distinct 
appearing as tho' gold-dust was powdered over their 
crimson-yellow surface. A dwarf and handsome grower. 
Graf von Oriola — Strongest grower of the set ; pure 
rose-pink with deep pink tufted-center, tipped with gold ; 
ends of the outer petals incurve slightly making a bold 
and striking flower. 
It. is impossible to do justice in describing these 
Anemones. Suffice to say, they are the "greatest break" 
we have had in chrysanthemums for a good many years. 
Mr. Schaeffer deserves the praise and compliments of all 
chrysanthemum growers for his achievement. 
He has done more than any other one man to bring 
these Anemone 'Mums to their present high state of 
perfection and has the reward of seeing his work in this 
direction recognized by other professional horticulturists. 
Each individual variety in this "Tu?*edo Collection" 
was awarded a certificate, and a special diploma awarded 
the entire collection in the New York Show, by the Com- 
mittee of the Chrvsanthemum Society of America. 
ALPINE FLOWERS UNDER GLASS. 
A PHASE of gardening that has not been much con- 
sidered is the growing of alpine plants under glass. 
Of course, one prefers to see them in the rock garden, 
the aubrietia draping the stones with purple and the 
alyssum making clouds of yellow during the spring 
months. But early in the year, when cold winds whistle 
through the tree tops, making a visit to the rock garden 
unpleasant, one may enjoy these alpine gems in comfort 
under glass. I believe this way of bringing the flowers 
closer to one's self originated in the Royal Gardens, Kew, 
the alpine house there being the home of many rare 
species and varieties. 
As Mrs. Davidson mentions in her excellent book, "The 
Unheated Greenhouse," the simplest form of this type of 
house is to be found at Kew. It is nothing more than a 
low span-roofed glass house 40 feet long by 9 feet wide, 
with flat stages on each side of a narrow gangway, and 
has no heating apparatus of any kind. It is provided, 
however, with shading to temper sunheat, should it prove 
too powerful, as it often does in early spring. There, 
throughout the winter and spring months, a succession of 
low-growing plants and bulbs indigenous to the alpine dis- 
tricts of all parts of the globe may be seen in happier cir- 
cumstances and in better flower than would be possible 
out of doors in our changeable climate. A large propor- 
tion of such plants perfect their growth rapidly during 
the short but strong summer heat of their native habitats, 
and are almost ready to burst into flower again when their 
progress is arrested, sometimes quite early in autumn, by 
a thick fall of snow, which tucks them up safely for their 
long winter sleep. Anyone who has had experience, for 
example, of a Canadian spring will understand the sud- 
den transformation from the winter shroud of snow to 
gay, green woods and plains studded with flowers. Trans- 
plant the denizens of such climates to our sea-girt Britain, 
and, so far from being happier, they are sorely bewildered 
and tried beyond endurance by the alternations of mild- 
ness and rigor to which they are subjected; and we who 
try to cultivate rare and beautiful species under these al- 
tered conditions too often meet with disappointment. 
Under the protection of a simple glass roof, however, 
the want of the snow coverlet is not so much felt, and 
such plants can go on, without any check from wind or 
weather, to perfect their pure, stainless flowers. It is a 
rare delight to see the flowers in their freshness under 
glass. I well remember a wintry day when a keen easter- 
ly wind was blowing, but with the flowers as company 
the unpleasant weather was forgotten. There were pan- 
fuls of the little hardy cyclamens — C. ibericum, C. Coum 
and others, Hyacinthus azureus, the winter aconites 
(Eranthis hyemalis and E. cilicious), Adonis amurensis, 
and one of the earliest and most beautiful of the rock- 
foils (Saxifraga Burseriana) and its larger-flowered form 
called major. Both of the last mentioned are easily 
grown in pans, the dense tufts snowed over with white 
flowers, which seem whiter still through the soft pink 
color of the stems. The smaller saxifrages are a sheet 
anchor to those who "garden" under glass. The prim- 
rose-colored flowers of S. apiculata are a sweet foil to 
those of S. Burseriana, and there are the snowdrops, daf- 
fodils, windflowers or anemones, the varied-colored A. 
blanda in particular, and the irises. 
The scent of violets seems to fill the house ; it comes 
from potfuls of Iris reticulata, also known as the netted 
iris, a flower as deep in color as the wayside wilding that 
breathes its fragrance into the spring winds. Most of 
the earlv irises are beautiful and interesting — I. Held- 
reichi, Histrio, histrioides, bakeriana, Danfordiae and 
Tauri. I was once shown a potful of Iris reticulata that 
had been grown throughout in a cottage window, and the 
majority of the same class are as amenable. No more 
fascinating branch could be taken up than the furnishing 
of an alpine house for six months of the year, from 
November till May, providing occupation for the summer 
and enjoyment for the winter. The form of it, besides, 
may be varied, for another arrangement which can be 
adopted for the alpine house is a permanent rock garden 
under glass, the lights being so put together that they may 
be entirely removed during the summer. Evergreen ferns 
of low stature, some of the dwarf vacciniums and gaul- 
theria, and other suitable greenery might here be grouped, 
intervening spaces being left with a view to the introduc- 
tion of plants in flower in their season from outside 
frames. Such an alpine house, which may be larger or 
smaller according to circumstances, would make as charm- 
ing a winter garden as could well be devised. — The Gar- 
den, English. 
