THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Fig. 1490. — Some-ganoko. 



suming every hue and shade from the 

 deepest crimson, through all tints of red 

 and pink to pure white. 



Of the herbaceous paeonies, there 

 are now in the collection at Ottawa 141 

 named varieties, consisting mainly of 

 those sorts which have been produced 

 within the past thirty or forty years by 

 florists in Europe. Most of these were 

 planted in 1895, with a more recent ad- 

 dition of about thirty varieties from 

 Japan. They are arranged in three 

 large beds each containing three rows 

 of plants put out three feet apart each 

 way, and are planted so as to have the 

 plants in the second row alternate, and 

 those in the third row opposite those in 



at 



the first row. A 

 part of one of 

 these beds is 

 shown in the 

 frontispiece in 

 bloom. The 

 mass of flowers 

 produced under 

 t hese circ um- 

 stances, when the 

 plants are well es- 

 tablished is very 

 effective, and the 

 beds are much 

 admired when at 

 their best in the 

 latter part of June 

 and early in July. 

 With so many 

 beautiful varieties 

 to choose from 

 3 ele ct i o n be- 

 comes somewhat 

 difficult. I shall, 

 however, venture 

 to name a few 

 which appear to 

 be among the 

 most desirable of 

 those which have 

 the Experimental 



yet been tested 

 Farm. 



In Figure 1485 we have a single flower 

 of a variety known as Madame tfHour. 

 This was planted in 1895, bloomed well 

 in 1897, and magnificently in 1898 and 

 is certainly one of the best in the col- 

 lection. The flowers are very large and 

 double, the petals nearly white with a 

 delicate rosy tint becoming deeper in 

 color towards the base. The specimen 

 from which the illustration was taken 

 measured seven inches across and the 

 blooms were produced in great profu- 

 sion. 



Berlioz, shown in Figure i486 is an- 

 other good sort. The flowers are large 



