INDEX 



Adolphe Rousseau peony, 54, 83, 



84, 115 

 Adonis peony, 107 

 Advice, disinterested, 122 

 Agnes Mary Kelway peony, 84 

 Albert Crousse peony, 84 

 Alexandre Dumas peony, 50, 82, 84 

 Alfred de Musset peony, 84 

 Alice de Julvecourt peony, 84 

 Alsace-Lorraine peony, 58, 83, 84 

 American Peony Society, 64, 66, 80 

 Anthracnose, 243 

 Ants, 172 



Arnoldus de Villanov^a, 41 

 Artificial shade, movable cover, 168 



cone cover, 169 

 Asa Gray peony, 53, 83, 85 

 Augustin d'Hour peony, 85 

 Aurore peony, 54, 82, 85 

 Auguste Villaume peony, 85 

 Avalanche peony, 53, 82, 85, 115 

 Avante Garde peony, 85, 109 



B 



Baroness Schroeder peony, 47, 82, 



86, 105 

 Barr, Peter, 47 

 Bartram, John, 56 

 Bartram, list of John, 203 

 Beaute de Villecante peony, 86 

 Bed for peonies, 142 

 Bibliography, 233-236 

 Blanche de Chateau Futu tree 



peony, 111 

 Borders, 130, 136, 140, 141 

 Botan, 194 

 Botrytis blot, 47 

 Boule de Neige peony, 86 

 Bridesmaid peony, 86 



Calot, M., 52 



CaroHne d'ltalie tree peony, 112 



Catalogues, 120 



Chiswick, peonies at, 48 



Claire Dubois peony, 86 



Colour nomenclature, 123 



Colours, 78 



Compost, 147, 148 



Couronne d'Or peony, 52, 83, 86 



Cross-breeding, 182-184 



Equipment, 184 

 Crousse, M., 53 

 Cultivating, 160, 161 

 Cussy, Comte de, 52 

 Cutting, 166-168 



D 



Date to begin planting, 151 

 De CandoUe peony, 86, 137 

 Delachei peony, 86 

 Dessert, Auguste, peony, 27, 52, 62, 



148 

 Dioscorides, 35 

 Disbudding, 162 

 Diseases of the peony, 239 

 Distance apart for planting, 142 

 Dorchester peony, 61, 87 

 Drainage, 138 



Dr. Bretonneau peony, 50, 87 

 Due de Wellington peony, 83, 87 

 Duchesse de Nemours peony, 52, 



82, 87, 137, 166 

 Duchesse d'Orleans peony, 50, 87 



Edulis superba peony, 46, 59, 87> 



137 

 Eugenie Verdier peony, 52, 82, 87 

 Extending period of bloom, 105 



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