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There are here some 300 varieties, including most of Dessert's, 

 Terry's, Lemoine's, Kehvay's, and Richardson's best sorts. Mr. 

 McKissock informed the committee that he was experimenting 

 with a solution of formalin in which he placed the peony tubers 

 for about ten minutes before planting. He hoped that this process 

 would be of benefit in the prevention of the peony rot. 



W. J. Clemson's Rose Garden at Tauntox. 



On June 10 the committee visited the ro.se garden of W. J. 

 Clemson at Taunton. This collection comprised some four 

 hundred plants distributed among fifty difterent varieties. They 

 were mostly Hybrid Perpetuals with a few Hybrid Teas inter- 

 mixed. Although the plants were somewhat crowded they showed 

 evidence of skilful cultivation on the part of the head gardener, 

 J. O. Christenson. The foliage was particularly clean and healthy 

 and the neat, low, box edging which inclosed the rose garden formed 

 an appropriate setting for it. 



At the request of the committee INIr. Christenson has furnished 

 a list of a few desirable varieties of Hybrid Perpetuals under the 

 head of their various colors. The list is as follows: 

 White : — Frau Karl Druschki, Margaret Dickson, Clio. 

 Pink: — Magna Charta, Mrs. John Laing, Mrs. R. G. S. Crawford, 



Mme. Gabrielle Luizet, Paul Neyron. 

 Bright Red: — Alfred Colomb, Prince Camille de Rohan, Ulrich 



Brunner. 

 Bright Vermilion : — Duke of Edinburgh. 

 Scarlet: — Fisher Holmes. 

 Red: — General Jacqueminot. 

 Cherry Rose: — Mme. Victor Verdier. 



E. J. Shaylor's Peony Garden at Weston. 



June 11 the committee visited the extensive peony gardens of 

 E. J. Shaylor at AVeston which had been entered for the prizes 

 offered by the Society for the best collection of peonies. Mr. 

 Shaylor had about two acres of upland devoted to the cultivation 

 of these plants and the long rows of variously colored blooms 



