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Arethusa. — Light rose, shaded with purple. This is a very large and fra- 

 grant variety, and a vigorous grower. 



BanTcsii (Chinese Double Blush). — Pale rose-colored flowers, four to six 

 inches in diameter. 



Gumpperii. — One of the finest kinds, producing bright rosy-pink flowers 

 of great size and perfection. 



Incarnata Flore Pleno. — A fine white variety; fine, large, fragrant flowers. 



KocMerii. — This is a choice dark rose-colored variety. Blooms large and 

 plant vigorous. 



Le Fevreiana. — A very large and showy variety ; bright pink flowers with 

 rosy center. 



Pride of Hong Kong. — A striking variety ; flowers of great size, light 

 cherry-red with purple center. 



Reine Elizabeth. — Blooms of immense size ; rosy-crimson in center, shading 

 off to a light rose toward the margin. 



Rosea Odorata. — Eose tinged with lilac ; very large and flat. 



Schultzii. — A beautiful and fragrant kind; carmine-colored flowers deeply 

 shaded with rosy lilac. 



Zenolia. — A large, fine, white variety. 



Herbaceous Pceonies are usually classified as Officinalis, Paradoxa, and Chi- 

 nese varieties, — the two first being European and the third Chinese sorts. 

 These flower in succession, the first being the Officinalis varieties, then the 

 Paradoxa, and the Chinese last. The Chinese varieties are particularly fine, 

 and we regret not being able to give such a description as would induce every 

 person who is the fortunate possessor of a garden to plant the entire collec- 

 tion. Herbaceous Pseonies increase rapidly in size, and soon form a large 

 clump, and like all herbaceous plants, they should be divided occasionally, and 

 the thriftiness of the plants will thus be greatly promoted. 



The most gorgeous floral exhibition we have ever seen was an acre of 

 Pgeonies in full flower. Will you review with me some notes made on the 

 ground ? 



Amlroise Verschaffelt. — This is one of the newest kinds, and up to the pres- 

 ent time one of the best dark varieties known. The flowers are purplish 

 crimson and full. 



Carnea Striata. — Flesh-color, striped with red ; very fine. 



Charles Vcrdier. — Another new and superb variety, producing light rose 

 flowers, of great size and perfect form. 



Delachii. — A striking and beautiful dark variety. Flowers purplish-crim- 

 son. 



Festiva. — This is a sort of which too much cannot be said in praise. Who- 

 ever possesses a plant of Festiva Pieony has something which will procure 

 more pleasure and greater satisfaction than money can afford, applied in any 

 way you choose, or in the acquisition of any object whatsoever. Imagine a 

 plant three feet high, with beautiful dark green, glossy foliage, and peering 

 away above ten to fifteen large heads of bloom, each six to nine inches in 

 diameter, pure white, marked here and there with bright streaks of carmine, 

 just enough to show how pure the white is and how beautifully the carmine 

 contrasts with it. Match this with an Ambroise Verschaffelt or a Delachii, 

 and you have a picture, or a pair of them, fit for the great and mighty ones of 

 the earth to admire, but within the reach of the humblest citizen to possess. 



Grandiflora Carnea Plena. — A variety of extraordinary size. A nursery 



