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double varieties should be cut just as they are opening, and the 

 single kinds soon after they show color, so that they will open 

 the first time in water. 



The American Paeony Society has done much to straighten 

 out the names of peonies. There is also a pseony committee 

 of the Society of American Florists, who are working along the 

 same lines. They recommend the following twelve paeonies as 

 best for general cultivation, covering the entire season of flow- 

 ering: 



Tenuifolia, single and double. 



Festiva Maxima, white. 



M. Jules Elie, glossy pink, fragrant. 



Delicatissima, delicate rose. 



Gigantea, early pink, large. 



Louis Van Houtii, crimson. 



Officinalis, crimson, also white. 



Pottsii Alba, white. 



Livingstone, pale pink bordered carmine. 



Richardson's Rubra Superba, deep crimson, late. 



Couronne d'or, white with yellow shading. 



Delachei, dark crimson. 



Twelve additional valuable ones are : 



Baroness Sliroeder, white. 



Floral Treasure, bright pink. 



Lady Alexandra Duff, French white. 



La Tulipe, flesh pink, shading to ivory white. 



Modele de Perfection, clear pink. 



Mt. Blanc, white. 



Edulis Superba, shell pink. 



Golden Harvest, white and yellow. 



Lady Bramwell, silvery rose. 



L'Esperance, rose. 



Marie Lemoine, sulphur white, late. 



Richardson's Dorchester, bright rose, dark centre. 



