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cactus type; Yvonne Cayeux, an ivory 
white form with narrow petals, starlike; 
Schwan, another white, beautifully formed 
cactus; Marathon, yellow center, shading 
to carmine and tipped with white, very 
large; Marguerite Bouchon, flowers on 
long stems, one of the finest pink sorts; 
Ella Kramer, a rose pink with orange 
center; H. J. Jones, another pink sort of 
fine form with long, narrow petals; J. H. 
Jackson, a favorite, standard type of ma¬ 
roon shading almost to black; Standard 
Bearer, a fiery scarlet with flamelike rays; 
Countess of Lonsdale, a deep salmon red; 
General Buller, deep red with maroon 
petals; Mrs. Henry R. Wirth, fine scarlet. 
Decorative types : Colosse de Bellecour, 
well formed large flowers of white shaded 
purplish; Delice, one of the most famous 
pink decorative types, large flowers of 
delicate pink; Souvenir de Gustave Dou- 
zon, a very large dahlia of an orange red 
shade. 
Among the peony flowered sorts: 
Geisha is a remarkably good type, large, 
scarlet and gold with a ring of yellow at 
the center; Queen Wilhelmina, a large, 
pure white type, and the Edelweiss, 
another glistening white of good form. 
Among the single forms the Century 
dahlias are particularly fine and very large. 
Scarlet Century and Rose Pink Century 
are excellent. 
With the anemones there is some care 
necessary for protection from cold winds. 
They require fresh, sandy loam with a 
tendency to richness. They are not very 
fastidious of the soil, provided it is well 
drained. Anemones can be planted from 
early spring outdoors, and have wonderful 
foliage and blossoms. From a great mass 
of dark green foliage the flowers rise on 
tall, slender stems and are wonderfully at¬ 
tractive when massed in borders. They 
have the additional value of some being 
suitable to shady places. When the bloom 
is over the plants should be cut back and 
some light mulch protection spread over 
them and held down with brush as they 
need some protection to keep from being 
winter killed. 
The wavy petals of the anemone japo- 
nica are in a wonderful variety of color 
and shades, especially of reds and pinks; 
many are mottled and shade to purple. 
Some of the best varieties are, Queen 
Charlotte, a large, silvery pink; Alba, a 
clear white; Whirlwind, semi-double 
white; Kriemhilda, rose pink; Prince 
Henry, deep, rich pink; Purpurine, 
purplish rose. 
With these three mainstays of the fall 
garden one may well combine late planted 
gladioli, salvias, calendula and cosmos. 
Cosmos should not be neglected. The new 
Lady Lenox is a wonderfully attractive 
flower of much greater size than common 
heretofore and appearing earlier. With 
these varieties the householder need look 
no further for flowers within doors. His 
needs already have been met completely, 
for the types that have been mentioned are 
sufficient even for the most enthusiastic 
flower grower. 
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