PEONY CHECK-LIST 7 



Nothing whatever is attempted in this paper toward 

 classification or a working out of the synonomy, for the plants 

 themselves must be made the basis for such work. All names 

 whether synonyms or not are listed and their references given. 



In general, catalogues not bearing date of publication were 

 not considered. In some cases the dates were secured through 



One of the Poorest, yet a Common Method of Attaching a Peony Label. 



correspondence ; in other cases where the list of peony name^ 

 was manifestly spurious, the catalogue was rejected on the 

 ground that it was not dated. 



We wish in this connection to call attention to a poinr 

 which is often ignored by some of the growers. A varieta 1 

 name should not be translated, but should retain the language 

 in which it was first published. For example. Due de Welling 



