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THE CANADIAN HOETICULTURIST 



June, 1909 



and the 'peach industry renewed under 

 more favorable conditions than ever. 



It is ordinarily necessary to take fair- 

 ly good care of the orchard, at least to 

 give it fair cultivation and fertilization, 



in order to tell diseased trees. If trees 

 are weak and sick from nitrogen starva- 

 tion, growing in uncultivated and neg- 

 lected weedy orchards, it is oftentimes 

 'imposible to properly inspect them. On 



the other hand trees over-stimulated with 

 fertilizers, especially nitrogenous man- 

 ures, m a fyiatosohlw fgtmetwafthmm 

 ures may fail to show the yellowing or 

 leaf symptoms promptly. 



Notes on Some New Paeonies* 



WHEN in England last June, I vie- 

 ited all the exhibitions and nurser- 

 ies available, where paeonies were 

 shown and made careful note of those 

 that I considered the most desirable var- 

 ieties — ones that were new to me. Among 

 the many hundreds of good sorts in cul- 

 tivation there are doubtless many as 

 good, and possibly better, than those 

 noted, but any grower wishing to add 

 to his collection can rely on the desir- 

 ableness of any of the varieties in the 

 annexed list. 



At the Royal Botanical Society's show 

 at Regent's Park, on June 17, the first 

 one at which paeonies were staged in 

 any quantity, the large exhibitors were 

 Kelway & Son, Barr & Son, T. S. Ware 

 and Paul & Son, all of whom had very 

 large collection. On June 19, I visited 

 Barr & Son at Surbiton and carefully 

 examined their extensive collection. 

 Paeonies were one of the main features 

 of the Royal Horticultural Society's 

 show on June 23, and at the Franco- 

 British flower show on June 24th. At 

 both these shows the large exhibitors 

 were Kelway & Son, Barr & Sons, R. H. 

 Bath, Limited, George Bunyard & Co., 

 and J. Veitch & Son. 



On June 27, I visited the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society's gardens at Wisley and 

 found a few varieties in their large col- 

 lection in fine condition at that late date. 

 In the following list those that I con- 

 sidered the very finest in color, shape 

 and size, I have marked with XX. 

 Those marked with X, while they appear- 

 ed to me not quite up to the standard 

 of the XX, are still very fine sorts and 

 well worthy of a place in any collection. 

 In the light of my increased experi- 

 ence the list of twelve best sorts given 

 last year in my talk on "Paeonies and 

 How to Grow Them," might be revised 

 and improved by the substitution of four 

 of the best of the varieties in the an- 

 nexed list : Baroness Schroeder, Miss 

 Salway, Ella Christine Kelway, Bunch 

 of Perfume taking the place of Marie 

 Lemoine, Queen Victoria, Lady Lenora 

 Bramwell and Duke of Wellington. 



AT BOTANICAL GARDENS 



The paeonies exhibited at the Royal 

 Botanical Society's show, Regent's Park, 

 were as follows: Kelway, — XX, Bunch 

 of Perfume, rich deep pink, large, very 



•A paper read at the convention of the Ontario 

 Horticultural Asaooiation beld in NoTsmber. 



H. B, Whytc, Ottawa 



double, P; Dorchester, blush, very fine; 

 Duchess of Teck, creamy white to pink, 

 guard petals large, very fine ; Ella 

 Christine Kelway, extra fine pink, very 

 large, flat, large petals, P ; Miss Salway, 

 white primrose guard, large, extra fine 

 centres, P ; Lady Ester Smith, white 

 guard, cream centre, a few large petals 

 in centre; Mr. Manning, dark crimson, 

 very large, fine form. 



Barr & Sons — Lady Ardilaun, white- 

 slightly-tipped carmine, very large and 

 very double; Bonaparte, dark crimson, 

 very large, fluffy petals ; Humei Carnea, 

 pink guards, . white centre, large, very 

 fine, P. ; Delicatissima, (Floral Treas- 

 ure), blush, very large and double, P. ; 

 Mad. Calot, creamy blush, deep shape, 

 very fine, P. ; La Tulipe, white, faintly 

 tipped carmine, very fine shape, P. ; Al- 

 bert Crousse, clear pink, very large, very 

 double. 



Kelway— X, Sainfoin, rich, deep pink, 

 semi-double; Hailam, crimson, large and 

 very double ; Limosel, deep pink, very 

 double, good size, P ; Baroness 

 Schroeder, pale pink to cream, large 

 guards, medium size, P ; Portia, as fes- 

 tiva maxima with a shade of blush ; Sir 

 M. Singe, deep crimson — ball shape — 

 very fine. 



Barr & Sons — Countess of Clancarty, 

 very fine, pure white, P ; Gloire de Patrie, 

 very large, deep pink, P ; Lord Roseber- 

 ry, fine shade of pink ; Leonie, pale 

 pink, medium size, fine shape and color, 

 P ; Triomphe de Paris, creamy, with a 

 shade of pink, large guards, Alba Su- 

 perba, white cream centre, good size. 

 barr's nurseries 



Marshall McMahon, light crimson, 

 large; Eugene Verdier, pale pink, semi- 

 double, shaded salmon ; Washington, 

 silery pink; Snowball, white — large 

 guards ; Silenus, silvery pink ; Gen. Cav- 

 aignac, rosy silvery pink, shaded clear 

 pink, P ; Charles Verdier, dark rosy ; 

 Duchess of Nemours, white to faint 

 primrose, P; Mistress Parkinson, laven- 

 der pink, fine form ; Duchess of Suther- 

 land, pink, good color and shape, med- 

 ium size, P. 



KEW GARDENS 



L'EIegance, rosy pink, good, P; Lady 



Carrington, blush to white, P ; Mons 



Dupont, very like La Rosiere, very 

 fine. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Kelway — XX, Sir George White,. 



very large, rosy pink ; Rev. W. Wilks, 

 very large, pink; Lady Romilly, as Md. 

 D'Hour, rather deeper pink ; Marie d' 

 Hour, rosy pink, very fine ; Mons. 

 Roussilon, very large, dark blush, P ; 

 X, Lottie Collins, very large, light crim- 

 son, semi-double, yellow anthers ; Lord 

 Cromer, large, rosy pink ; Duke of Dev- 

 onshire, light crimson, yellow centre. 



FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION 



R. H. Bath— XX, Mons. C. Leveque, 

 extra fine blush, P; Enchantress, very 

 pale blush; Claude Loraine, extra large 

 pink, good form ; Edmond About, extra 

 fine pink, streaked Carmine ; X. Marie, 

 very pale blush ; Gismonda, pink, very 

 large; Mad. Hutin, very double pink, 

 centre nearly white, ball shape. 



R. H. S. GARDENS AT WISLEV 



XX, Viscount de Fonceville, very 

 large pink, fine form ; Mde. D. Galhau, 

 very large pink,' extra fine; X, De Can- 

 dolle, rosy pink, fine shade ; Felix 

 Crousse, dark, rosy red, ball shaped. 



REVISED LIST OF BEST TWELVE PAEONIES 



Md. D'Hour — Very large, free bloom- 

 er, flesh color, tipped carmine. 



M. Jules Elie — Silvery pink, very 

 large. 



La Rosiere — White, yellow centre, 

 semi double, remarkably free bloomer, 

 very sweet. 



Festiva Maxima — Very fine, white- 

 ' tipped carmine. 



Floral Treasure — Soft rose, fragrant, 

 free bloomer. 



Asa Gray — Salmon pink, very large, 

 free bloomer. 



Claire Dubois — Light rose, very large, 

 free bloomer. 



Ella Christine Kelway — Extra fine 

 pink, very large, flat, large petals, 

 sweet. 



Baroness Schroeder — Pale pink to 

 cream, large guards, perfumed. 



Miss Salway — White, primrose guards, 

 3arge, very fine centre, perfumed. 



Bunch of Perfume — Rich, deep pink, 

 large, very double, perfumed. 



Rubra Superba — Purplish crimson, 

 very free bloomer. 



Try something new in the garden. 



The July issue of The Canadian Hor- 

 ticulturist will contain a number of 

 articles that deal with fruit growing 

 in the maritime provinces. Send articles 

 and photographs for publication in that 

 Ji umber. 



