LIST OF HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 



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LIST OF TWELVE BEST PEONIES. PREPARED BY DR. A. P. SAUNDERS, HAMILTON COLLEGE, 



CLINTON, N.Y. 



White- 

 Mont Blanc (synonym, Alba Sulfurea), fine, large bloom, early. 

 Festiva Maxima. Midseason, white, with crimson flakes, fine in every way. 

 Marie Lemoine. Creamy white, late, superb variety. 



La Rosiere. Semi-double ; very fine for garden decoration, and equally lovely 

 for cutting. 



Flesh coloured and pink 



Delicatissima (synonym Floral Treasure). Good shade of pale pink, fragrant, 



and free bloomer. 

 Triomphe de 1'Exposition de Lille. Pale pink, covered with minute spots 



of a deeper colour. Like Asa Gray but a shade brighter in colour. 

 Richardson's Perfection. Superb, pale pink, late. 

 Richardson's Grandi flora. Superb, pale pink, late. 

 Eugene Verdier. Pale salmon pink, extra fine. 



Deep red 



Adolphe Rousseau. Fine, very dark red, quite free from magenta. 

 Tricolour 



Agnes Mary Kelway. Delightful garden plant. Light rose guard petals, 

 yellow petaloids; tuft of flesh pink in the centre. 



Jeanne d' Arc. Vigorous, free, dwarf; very good. 



In the officinalis section 



Off. rubra plena. The old double red. 

 Off. Sabinii. A fine deep red single. 

 Off. Otto Froebel. Single cherry red. 



A very desirable plant for the garden 



Albiflora, The Bride. Single white, very large; the whole plant a mass of 

 bloom. 



*P. albiflora, PALL. Siberia, &c. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 4 ft. Fl. 

 white or pink; June 10 to June 

 26. 



*P anomala, L. Siberia, &c. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 1J ft. FL 

 bright crimson; May 25 to May I 

 31. 



**P. anomala insignis. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 2 ft. Fl. 

 deep crimson; May 28 to May 31. 



**P. anomala insignis Peter Ban. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 2 ft. FL 

 deep crimson ; May 23 to June 11. 



*P. anomala intermedia. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 2 ft. Fl. 

 deep crimson; May 25 to June 11. 



P. arietina, ANDERS. Orient. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 1 .ft. FL 

 dark red; late May to early June. 



**P. arietina alba. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 15 in. FL 

 white; May 31 to June 14. 



*P. arietina Andersonii. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 14 in. FL 

 purplish rose; May 23 to June 5. 



P. arietina Baxteri. 



PL, 1899. Half hardy. 



**P. arietina Crown Prince. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 1 ft. 4 in. 

 Fl. purplish crimson; May 31 to 

 June 19. 



*P, arietina Diogenes. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 1 ft. 10 in. 

 FL crimson; May 28 to June 12. 



P. arietina Matador. 



PL, 1899. Half hardy. 



*P. arietina Northern Glory. 



PL, 1899. Hardy. Ht. 2 ft, 4 in. 

 FL purplish pink ; May 26 to 

 June 9. 



