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time of his death was thirty years, and in that period, at least, he 

 was actively growing seedlings. Some of the posthumous seed- 

 lings were named, described and distributed by his nephew. Dr. R. 

 T, Jackson, of Cambridge, Mass. His peonies are unique in that 

 they are mostly all late, double varieties of remarkable vigor and 

 height. A good type of his production is Rubra Superba, which 

 usually grows very strong and tall, and may easily be picked out at 

 a glance in a large collection at an exhibition. Most of his seedlingS( 

 are light in color, with the one exception of Rubra Superba (Jack- 

 son, 1904). 



About 1880, Mrs. Sarah A. Pleas, of Spiceland, Indiana, planted 

 a lot of seeds from a variety of P. alhiftora, and from this plant- 

 ing a large number of varieties were named by her an 1 sold more 

 or less widely over the United States. As Mrs. Pleas did not 

 register many of her original names of seedlings in the public 

 print, many of her varieties were put out by various growers under 

 different names. Her Golden Wedding is a good example of these. 



Of late years, Mr. C. S. Harrison, of York, Nebraska, and other 

 western nurserymen have done much to popularize the peony in 

 the West, where it is peculiarly successful. 



Some of the persons whose names have been more or less con- 

 nected with the introduction and development of the peony in 

 America are : 



William R. Prince, Flushing, L. I. ; M. P. Wilder, Boston, Mass. 

 H. A. Terry, Crescent, Iowa; John Richardson, Dorchester, Mass. 

 R. T. Jackson, Cambridge, Mass. ; C. M. Hovey, Cambridge, Mass 

 George EUwanger, Rochester, N. Y. ; William A. Peterson, Chicago, 

 III. ; George C. Watson, Philadelphia, Pa. ; Patrick Barry, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y. ; T. C. Thurlow, West Newbury, Mass. ; Sarah A. Pleas, 

 Spiceland, Ind. ; C. S. Harrison, York, Neb. ; George Hollis, South 

 Weymouth, Mass. ; C. W. Ward, Queens, L. I. ; A. H. Fewkes, 

 Newton Highlands, Mass. ; J. F. Rosenfield, West Point, Neb. ; 

 E. J. Shaylor, Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



IT. BOTANY OF THE PEONY 



The spelling of the name "peony" is quite various. There are 

 two correct ways, however. If we use the common popular Eng- 

 lish term, it should be spelled p-e-o-n-y, after the manner adopted 

 by the American Peony Society. If we wish to use the Latin 

 botanical name of the genus, it should be p-a-e-o-n-i-a. 



