Junk 2"), 11)08. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



• loop pink; I'raiiio Kinjf, lato, tall, (loop 



10(1. 



llo thinks that, nitiniatoly we will 

 oonie down to about s(n-onty-fivo vari- 

 otios. (;. S. JIarrison. 



SINGLE PEONIES. 



Notes on a Little Known Flower. 



.('oniniorcially, the single peonies are 

 much loss grown than their beauty and 

 other good (]ualitics would seem to war- 

 raut. The fact that they flower oar]i(!r 

 than the double herbaceous class is one 

 great i)oint in their favor. Then, again, 

 their extreme grace appeals to many 

 critical Hower buyers far more than the 

 doubles, the beautiful golden stamens 

 setting ofl" the light-colorod and crimson 

 varieties wonderfnlly. For dining-table 

 centerpieces they are decidedly preferable 

 to the doubles, which are too heavy, no 

 matter how carefully they may be ar- 

 ranged. 



It is tolerably well known that peony 

 flowers, to keep well, should i)o cut either 

 late in tiic evening or (\'n-ly in the morn- 

 ing, preferably tlu; latter, aiul stood 

 in a good bulk of water in a cold room 

 as soon as jiossible. In the case of 

 the singles it is better to do this before 

 the blooms lia\e reaclicil their full *izo. 

 If treated in this way tlu\v will last in 

 the house fully as well as the doubles. 



Culture. 



<'ultural dirci-tious for peonies have 

 been gixcn so often that it would seem 

 as though nothing new could be said 

 on this point. They love rich, deep, well- 

 manured ground, and if it is rather 

 moist, all the better. They succeed well 

 in partial shaile and. it' smne are [ilanteil 

 in such locations, it will jdlow of a 

 longer succession of bloom. While plant 

 ing may lie done from .\ugust until 

 A])ril. we haxc found Se|itemlier an ex- 

 cellent month for this work. If set out 

 thus early, the di\isions get a i-hance to 

 root freely bel'ore freezing \veatlier 

 sets in. 



Some Goo(i Sorts. 



I'lach ye;ir sees an addition to the v;i 

 rioti(^s of single peonies from I'luropean 

 and honu' sources, and striking advances 

 are being made in tluMii. A few of the 

 older and better kimwn varieties worthy 

 of attention are: Albitlora. jiure white 

 with golden st.aiiuuis; Hridesmaid. a beau 

 tiful white of largo size; fostiva fr.'igrans. 

 rose; Whitloyi major, )>nre white, a good 

 old .sort; La Fraicdu'ur. pinkish white; 

 L;i Fiiincoo. silky, jmre white jietals; 

 Clarilx'I. purple; Hac(duis. dark crims(m ; 

 tennifolia, crimson, xciy early: oflicina- 

 lis, rosy j>ur|)le. iind the \arielies rosea, 

 red. ami Striat.a eleg;tns. crimson, tiakeil 

 maroon, are also \aluablo early blooming 

 soi'ts. Ilespei'us is a lovely bright pink, 

 .ami Ideality, of ;i deep rose color, is su 

 perb ; Stanley, rich maroon crimson, with 

 pure gold stamens, is a lov(>ly \ariety, 



.\ few other s(irts wc lunc grown are: 

 Mrs. \'ernoe. Ilarcourt, beautiful fl(>sh 

 shade; Sir l-ldward Lawson. pure lose; 

 Lady .learn-, blush white; Lady ll(den 

 X'incent. white. tinge(l (jcsh. a beauti- 

 ful variety; Duchess of Sntherland. flesh 

 pink; Karl of I'a\ is. cherry rose, nnd 

 Countess of Warwick, soft flesh. The 

 |ir(unin('nt w;iy in which tln^ masses of 

 gol(l(Mi stamens stand out from the 

 (•(Miters of the flowers make them doiddy 

 ch;irming. 



The Japanese Class. 



The lU'Wci' race nf .lajiauese lmperi:il 



Single Peony Venus. 



iSlmwiuK cliJiriietcr of I lie pliitil . > 



single jieouies are centers ol' al I r.ici inn 

 at all exhibitions. These aic imt sin;ile 

 (lowers, as are the \;iiieties |ire\ ioii'-ly 

 referrecl U>. usually having twd nr three 

 i-ows of petjils. The yellow stanu'US ;idd 

 much In their beauty, lying Innsely in the 

 centers of the (lowers. Of those, the fol 

 lowing have prn\('<l sat isfact(U'y ;inil ;iie 

 ;ii|inire(l more than any other single sorts 

 while in binnm : I'riiici^ss ( )paleep. single 

 pink, with \erv luinninent golden .an- 

 thers; L.ady ('ecilia K'nse, |iure white; 

 <'endrillon, cherry red; .Mooidighl, sii 

 \cry white, and \Vhite Lady, |iuro white 

 iind w.ator-lily like in t'oiiu. .\s they be- 

 come better known we look tn see the 

 .lapanoso class become more widely grown 

 ;ind jiopular than the ordinary singles. 

 Sonu' ot' ciur .\uu'ric;in specialists are 

 now carrying a go(i(| selection of these 

 in stock. W. X. Tk.vKi. 



PEONY TESTS. 



"Wlii'ii \\c ilii lint >|icak nf i|iiiii,'s witli a 

 |i:iiti:ilit.v liMl of Icivc. \vli;it wc Miy is not 

 wiirtli In-ill;; r»'[icaUMl." 



How a|iropos this sentiment .'liter 

 feasting for .almost a month amid the 

 beauti(s of the kinj; of (lowers, the 

 jieony! I''idm the time the tirsi lln\\er 

 opened ( L ' |-N|ieiaiice. M.iy III), until thi' 

 last flower was gom- ( I )orchesler, .lime 

 1")), there was disjilavcd before the won 

 dering eyes of the lucky beholder a paii- 

 or.aimi. ot' coloring that by its rapid tr;iii 

 sition was kaleido<cnpic in etfect ;ind 

 simply imlesciiliable. .-i veritable monih 

 of beauty. 



As t<i those whose I'.imili.Mi ity with the 

 ]ieony lecalls only the old. cominoner va 

 lieties ot' our giaiidmot 111 I >- ' y:ndens nr 

 the Miiieties usually soM by the nui^^eiy 

 tr.ade. 1 would s;iy to ihiiii that lliey 

 li.avc no concept ion of the wondeilaml 



n|iellc(| |||> In llle:ii liV l!le llr\Ml ] IlieS. 



The cnlleclinu liciliy L;all|c!ci| .'i! ( nr- 

 llell sjinilld ^ci cveivlinilv liolll :i< tO 

 lloUlellclat 111 e ;|||i| place the | I!V nil ;i 



safe commercial li:isis. m tl:i; i^inwers 

 Would lie sure lit' 111 it;ii niiiL: ^'h:il t liey 

 desired. 



.\ gleut deiil nt' co:ii|i ;ii lit lia> been 

 registered about siilwi it lit inn. S;ili-.titu- 

 lion can only be ace implisliei jn two 

 ways liv premeditation and tinm lack 



of knowledge. My o|iillioll. b:i-e(| nil ;in 



experience with plants purclia-"i| I'roiu 

 fourteen .\meiicaii and iliiec t'nii'ign 

 growers, wiinld lead me to -i.ite that 

 lack of kiiowli'dye as to the lieht name 

 of ;i peony is the cau^e n|' pi .iil ii-ally 

 :ill of t lie siibstit lit ioii. 



It is 1(1 be hoped tll.at t lie < m llell eX- 



jierts will in no event come in a cniiclii- 

 sion as to tli(> correct n.iiiie fni .i peony 

 from the fact tli.al a majniiiy n|' Amer- 

 ican growers h.ave ;i vaiietv iiinlei a cer- 

 ttiin name. To illustrate, finm -i-veral 

 ijidwers, both foreign ;iud Imini'. was 

 boiighl the variety l',u;;en. \eidier. 

 While 1 am imt an expirt. 1 --liniild say 

 tli.at only one lirm ( foreiiiii » i> -c-lling 

 the true plant, the others selling the v;i- 

 liety known as L ' 1 mli-^pi unable. 



Then, jigiiin, the two \aiiiiii'~. .Mont 

 I'danc and Solf.ataie. have iin resem- 

 blance exco[>f in color, .and \ei are 

 clitinied, so far as we know, by all .\mer- 

 ic.an glowers to be the -aille penny. With 

 such vex.atinlis (jlleslinlis Settleil niice and 



for all. it would <iiiiplit'v iln- penny 

 business ami make ns ;ill toe ilii' mark 

 and be good, ;nid there Would lie all eiul 

 ot' the cniit'usioii that iinvv exists li\ rea- 

 son 111' the fact that aiiyniie wlm litis a 

 lew years' experience in collecting peo- 

 nies forihwith sets himself up as :i kmivv- 

 it :ill, when the fad is that wli.at he does 



