WHERE TO PLANT 



A garden devoted exclusively to peonies, or 

 to peonies and some other early summer peren- 

 nials, is the height of simplicity and beauty. Such 

 a garden also has the advantages of being easily 

 planned and of being at its best when most proud 

 garden owners are at home. A planting of peo- 

 nies, both herbaceous and tree (selected for a 

 succession of bloom), combined with iris (also 

 selected for succession), lilies of the valley and 

 lilacs, gives flowers that need little care and pro- 

 vides both perfume and splendour in soul-satis- 

 fying quantities. 



The requirements for peonies for mass effects 

 are white or strong colours so as to fade the least, 

 and low price so as not to bankrupt the purchaser. 

 Umbellata rosea and Duchesse de Nemours, 

 both white. Rubra triumphans and De Candolle, 

 both red, and Edulis superba, deep pink, fill these 

 needs and are readily obtainable in quantities. 

 For wild planting, P. officinalis— red and reason- 

 able—lends itself gracefully: after becoming es- 

 tablished it takes care of itself for many years. 

 A group placed beyond, but visible from, the con- 

 fines of the garden, makes a dazzling effect. 

 " Outside " planting, so successfully employed 



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