342 Bulletin 278. 



The Cottage Gardens Nursery Co., Queens, N. Y. 



Messrs. Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y. 



Dr. J. Ehot Coit, Berkeley, CaHfornia. 



Mr. A. H. Fewkes, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts. 



Mr. James King, Elmhurst, Illinois. 



Rev. C. S. Harrison, York, Nebraska. 



Dr. C. S. Minot, Readville, Massachusetts. 



Mons. A. Brochet, Chatenay, France. 



Mr. William A. Peterson, Chicago, Illinois. 



Mr. J. F. Rosenfield, West Point, Nebraska. 



Messrs. Storrs «&■ Harrison, Painesville, Ohio. 



Mr. E. J. Shaylor, Wellesley Farms, Massachusetts. 



Mr. T. C. Thurlow, West Newbury, Massachusetts. 



Prof. A. P. Saunders, Clinton, N. Y. 



This publication, then, is to be regarded as a contribution towards 

 a permanent classification of the peony. The notes upon which the 

 descriptions are founded were taken jointly by Messrs. Batchelor, Farr 

 and Dauphin. The labor and skill with which these have been brought 

 together are to be credited to Mr. Batchelor. It is preliminary, subject 

 to revision, but nevertheless deemed a worthy addition to our knowl- 

 edge of the varieties of peonies. 



John Craig, 

 professor of Horticulture 



Published May, igio. 

 Reprinted May, 191 1. 



