GARDEN NOTES IN 1921 



dren hearing the sound of ocean. This Peony- 

 has flakes of carmine on its inner petals and a 

 small but perfect centre of yellow stamens. Mme. 

 August Dessert is one of the cool, pale pinks with 

 a fine cup-shaped crown, a whitish collar, and 

 pink guard petals, turning down from the others. 

 Mme. Jules Dessert is a glory in white, very large 

 and fine, with the faintest pink blush toward the 

 centre; a purer white is Enchanteresse with cut- 

 tings of the petals which add much lightness to 

 the flower; also thread-like touches of carmine 

 along the edges of a few of the white petals. 

 Eugene Verdier is an old Peony; one of those de- 

 licious combinations of palest pink and palest 

 yellow. 



Raoul Dessert has its own fine flush of pink on 

 pinkish white. It is small but said to last wonder- 

 fully well in water. Livingston is rose pink, 

 splendid in form, held on a strong, stiff stem, and 

 with a delicious fragrance. Duchesse de Ne- 

 mours is small but elegant, with broad petals of 

 white, and a whole tuft of slender ones on top 

 deepening in the centre to pale primrose-yellow. 

 Philippe Rivoire is a rich, true solferino, beauti- 

 fully flat and well shaped. It is solid, with heart- 

 shaped guard petals, gradually narrowing to 

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