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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



.luLV 1, 1900. 



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FUTURE OF 



THE PEONY 



MORE FIELD NOTES. 



A Careful Observer's Test. 



Grandiflora Rubra — This variety lias 

 the size and is extremely double; the 

 color is a light shade of red. 



Humei Alba (Lemon) — Opens white 

 tinged with delicate pink, fading to pure 

 white ; free. 



Humei (Anderson) — Immense blooms 

 of deep pink, late; has a weak stem for 

 its large blooms; sold by many as Humei 

 Carnea. 



Irma (Calot) — A beautiful regularly- 

 shaped flower; soft pink distinctly mot- 

 tled with carmine. 



L'Esperance (Calot) — The earliest of 

 all the Chinensis type to bloom; pure, 

 clear pink; never fails- some call this 

 Edulis Superba; desirable. 



Jj'Eclatante (Calot) — An upright 

 grower ; every flower held al6f t ; good 

 size, free, sure bloomer; color rich vel- 

 vety crimson; flowers double; will at- 

 tract attention in any collection of 

 peonies. 



La Tulipe (Calot) — A fine, delicately 

 tinted flower of pink and white with 

 some carmine spots. 



Livingstone (Crousse) — This is thought 

 by many to be the best pink; of im- 

 mense size; soft pink overlaid with white 

 when fully finished; superb. 



Liinne (Verdier) — The strongest 

 grower, with the largest stem of any 

 peony; immense flower of deep pink; 

 never fails to bloom. 



Lady Derby — Who sent out this 

 peony? It is exceptionally fine. Extra 

 strong grower and extremely large 

 flower; pure, pearly white; extra fine. 



Mme. de Verneville (Crousse) — Our 

 rows of this were a perfect sheet of 

 flowers; on one 5-year-old plant were 

 counted' sixty-five perfect blooms six inches 

 in diameter. Ball-shaped, of the purest 

 white, with a few carmine flakes; a gem. 



Mme. Forel (Crousse)— This has well 

 been given the appellation of the prin- 

 cess of peonies ; immense blooms of clear, 

 intense, bright pink. 



Mme. Crousse (Calot)— Cartainly a 

 grand white flower of the largest size; 

 not as well known as it should be. 



Mme. Emile Galle (Crousse) — As to 

 color this superb creation is in a class 

 by itself ; it has the shades of La France 

 rose with touches of heliotrope; the 

 coloring lights up the flower as though 

 jsurrounded by a halo. 



Mme. Calot (Miellez)— This is known 

 In Holland as the Glory of Boskoop; ex- 

 tremely free and a sure bloomer; ex- 

 tremely fragrant; opens with shaded, 

 delicate pink, fading to pure white. 



Mme. Bucquet (Dessert) — A fine dark 

 rich red, but with us is too shy a 

 bloomer. 



Mme. Thouvenin (Crousse) — A large 

 deep rose; this will supplant Lady Anna 

 (Calot). 



Xhis Is the second Installment of a paper by 

 Mr. Good, begun In the Reylew of June 24. — 

 Editor's Note. 



Mme. Ducel — As perfect in shape as a 

 chrysanthemum, many of which it re- 

 sembles; it also resembles Mons. Jules 

 Elie in shape, but is a lighter pink in 

 color. 



Mile. Rouf^seau (Crousse) — One grower 

 is said to have remarked that this su- 

 perb sort should never sell for less than 

 $3 per plant. Young plants often show 

 semidouble flowers ; large and full ; sul- 

 phur white with salmon tints and car- 

 mine spots. 



Marie Lemoine (Calot) — One grower 

 had several rows of plants under this 

 name; when they bloomed they were 

 Festiva Maxima ; claimed to be from 

 one of the most reliable of French grow- 

 ers. Marie Lemoine is a peculiar grower, 

 throwing up strong, stiff canes with 

 enormous* buds and flowers that will 

 startle you for their great size and sub- 

 stance; color, sulphur white changing 

 to pure white, showing golden stamens 

 inside of flower; gem of the first water. 



Marie Stuart (Calot) — During the 

 blooming season, we had an artist on the 

 ground painting the flowers and it was 

 his opinion that this was the most beau- 

 tifully shaped and colored of all; a 



delicate pink with a high built deeper 

 pink center; lovely. 



Messonier (Crousse) — The gentleman 

 who has been masquerading around un- 

 der the name of Mons. Crousse is this 

 variety. It, too, came from a reliable 

 French house. It has just one fault; its 

 stem is too weak to uphold the large 

 double red bloom. 



Mons. Jules Elie (Crousse) — We call 

 this the king of peonies on account of 

 its enormous size, fine shape and at- 

 tractive coloring; mammoth globes of 

 beautiful pink overlaid with a sheen of 

 silver. 



Modele de Perfection (Crousse) — A 

 most attractive flower, having a marked 

 individuality; rather late in blooming; 

 clear pink with deeper center. 



Monsieur Krelage (Crousse) — When 

 Crousse sent out this magnificent flower 

 he must have spilled his paint pot, for 

 since its production no peony has been 

 disseminated that has such a peculiar 

 shade of red. The Hollanders describe 

 it as currant-red, but they have another 

 guess. The flower is large and as per- 

 fect in shape as an Adonis; each bloom 

 stands erect in its majestic bearing; 

 grand. 



Mont Blanc — Some claim this is Alba 

 Sulphurea (Calot). It is a grand va- 

 riety; white guards with yellow center, 

 changing to white. 



Paganini (Guerin) — Another white- 

 guarded variety with yellow center; ex- 

 tremely free. 



President Roosevelt — It looks like the 

 grower had seen a good thing in Dr. 

 Boisduval and gave it a more popular 

 selling name. 



Pierre Duchartre (Crousse) — A large 

 flower; same style and size of Living- 



Peony Albert Crottsie. 



