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cannot understand. Little, delicate Purity was too 

 tender for such a world. Drop White dropped white, 

 and everything else. The loss was not heavy, — ^just 

 enough to show that they could be killed. 



Right beside the tender ones were La Tulipe, Thor- 

 beckii, Alexander Dumas, Model of Perfection, Bar- 

 oness Schroder and fifty other sorts. The main planta- 

 tion was in a rich, well-drained valley, but the railroad 

 built a bridge, which proved to be a dam, and this gave 

 way, flooding the field four feet deep. So you see what 

 they had to go through. Sleet storm when near bloom- 

 ing, a flood and three terrible hail storms, and yet there 

 was no loss of plants in that field, but a good crop of 

 flowers. 



A GOOD LIST FOR BEGINNERS. 



We often receive letters asking for advice on the 

 best kind to plant, something hardy and vigorous, that 

 will increase rapidly and that will bloom freely. Vic- 

 toria Tricolor, Peine Victoria, Victoria Modesta, Thor- 

 beckii or Genuine Humei, I'Esperence, Edulis Superba, 

 Rubra Triumphans, James Vick, Andre Laures, Late 

 Rose, Grandiflora Alba, Compte de I^antuel. These 

 should be had at quite reasonable rates; good, strong 

 roots. One need not be entirely confined to this list 

 There may be an abundance of others as good. 



WHAT OF THE FUTURE IN PAEONY GROWING ? 



Evidently the cheaper sorts will remain at about the 

 same price, for the number will be swelled by rejected 



