THE 



Canadian Horticulturist 



Vol XVI. 



1893 



No. 6. 



HERBACEOUS PAEONIA. 



MONG all the long list of herbaceous perennial 



plants with which we may decorate our lawns, there 



lone more desirable than the herbaceous paeonia, 



which our colored plate this month is an excel- 



ent representation. Some varieties are delicately 



scented , almost equal in perfume to the rose; 



and their huge blossoms, with their wide 



range of colors, as white, salmon, pink, purple, 



and even scarlet and crimson, make them 



very showy, and very suitable for planting in 



beds a little distance from the house, while if 



*set off by a dark green background, they will be 



yet more p'easing. Another suitable position is in front 



of a large shrubbery, and with perennials in the wid 



borders of the lawn ; for it is able to endure a certain 



amount of shade. 



The arrangements of shrubs and perennial flowering plants is too little con- 

 sidered in planting, and we too often see them dotted about over a lawn in the 

 regularity of a corn field. Such a mistake spoils the effect. The most pleasing 

 arrangement is secured by grouping varieties together, with the taller growing 

 ones in the centre and the whole perhaps edged with spring flowering bulbs. 



One essential to success is a deep rich soil with plenty of manure. If thus 

 treated, they will well repay the outlay by most magnificent blooms. 



