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that these afore-mentioned varieties come more nearly in the rose 

 class than in the semi-double class which is typified by "Marie Jacquin." 



Single. — -This class is supposed to embrace all single peonies. They 

 consist of a ring of a few broad petals, with the center filled with a 

 mass of pollen-bearing stamens and seed-bearing carpels. As an example 

 of this, see "La Fiancee" (Dessert) and "Adam Bede." 



Japanese. — With this class the process of doubling has just begun. 

 The filaments of the stamens are widened and the anthers themselves 

 have become monstrous. The primary or guard petals are the same 

 as in the single. As long as the petaloids are all tipped with vestiges 

 of anthers, the flower is to be regarded as of the Japanese type. " Glory," 

 "Paradoxa," and "Mikado" are examples of this class. 



Anemone. — This is a step beyond the Japanese type in the doubling 

 of the bloom. The filaments of the stamens have become widened to 

 narrow petals which occur uniformly throughout the centre of the 

 bloom. The vestiges of anthers have disappeared, but the central petals 

 are still too narrow and short to allow these varieties to be classed as 

 bomb. This class is typified by such varieties as " Anemoneflora rubra" 

 and "Anemoneflora alba." 



Semi-double. — This class is formed to accommodate certain varieties 

 which, instead of widening their filaments uniformly until a petaloid 

 is formed, produce petaloids in all stages of transformation at the same 

 time. They are usually loose in structure and are especially common 

 in dark red kinds. Pollen-bearing stamens are visible throughout the 

 bloom. The guard petals may or may not be well differentiated in this 

 class. "Louis Van Houtte," "Marie Jacquin" and "Fulgida" are good 

 examples. 



Crown. — It often happens that the carpels will be either partly or 

 fully transformed into petaloids that differ from both the guard petals 

 and the petaloids which have been derived from the stamens. This 

 type of flower we call the crown. Very often crown varieties are noted 

 in which the guard petals and crown are one color and the collar a 

 different color or a much lighter shade than the guards, as "Agnes 

 Mary Kelway." "Avalanche," "Papaveriflora," and "Princess Bea- 

 trice" are typical varieties of the crown class. 



Bomb. — After the next step toward doubling has been taken, we have 

 the bomb. In this the petaloids have become much wider than those 

 of the anemone type, and no anthers are to be found scattered through 

 the bloom. The central petals, while approaching the guard petals 

 in form, are still very distinctly differentiated from them and nearly 

 uniform throughout the center of the bloom with no collar or crown 



