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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



July 22, 1909. 



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received from Europe. Avalanche, Al- 

 batre and Mile. Eousseau stood nearly 

 shoulder high, ^ith immense blooms 

 which were a revelation to me. Great 

 clumps of full double Martin Cahuzac, 

 varieties whicli in our nurseries are never 

 allowed to stand long enough to show us 

 what they really are; the Lady Alexandra 

 Duflf, sent by Thurlow, with its immense 

 white blooms, was particularly notice- 

 able; all growing in the ground con- 

 demned the year before as being abso- 

 lutely unfit to grow peonies in. 



Another point of which I took particu- 

 lar notice was the fact that the colors of 

 most of the varieties were especially 

 strong and distinct, all of which goes to 

 show that while it takes peonies longer 

 to establish themselves in the heavy clay, 

 the strong soil produces excellent results 

 when they are finally under way. 'My 

 only regret was that the other members 

 of the society could not have seen them 

 this year, instead of last. 



I wrote to Joseph Dauphin, of the com- 

 mittee, asking him if he had any sug- 

 gestions regarding this report. I can not 

 resist quoting the following from his 

 letter of reply, dated July 16: 



"I have no suggestions to make, as I 

 think whatever you say on the subject 

 will be the same that I would say. For 

 the general appearance of the plants, 

 either as a whole or individually, I had 

 no kick coming. The plants were strong 

 and healthy, and flowers in as good shape 

 and size as could be. Very few weeds, 

 and the ground had been well cultivated. 

 I am pretty well satisfied with the looks 

 of the plot this year. I know the dififer- 

 ence between that clay soil and our sandy 

 loam at Long Island. They may on their 

 lot sometimes be unable to cultivate or 

 weed out, just on account of the weather. 

 Not taking account of the mixture of 

 varieties which was done by everybody, I 

 say the lot is O. K., and, moreover, I 

 believe Mr. Batchelor is doing hLs very 

 best in the case, and I am sure will 

 keep up. 



"As regards drainage, t\hat do they 

 want to drain, pocketbook or lot? Neither 

 needs it, I think. There is, it is true, a 

 low corner in the plot, where Goos & 

 Koenemann's plants arc, but they seem 



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Asters 2.00 to 4.00 



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to enjoy the spot. I wish you would in 

 your report emphasize the pains Mr. 

 Batchelor is taking in this work. My 

 way of looking at the whole situation is 

 not of censuring any one, but just the 

 other thing — congratulations for the 

 work done." 



When we arrived we found Mr. Batch- 

 elor among the peonies with two compe- 

 tent assistants, who were assisting him 

 in tabulating descriptions of the varie- 

 ties in bloom. A tent had been erected, 

 and everything necessary for carrying on 

 the work was right on the ground. 



Mixed Nomenclature. 



There are 1,933 numbers in the orig- 

 inal plot, and to. go over each of these 

 one by one seemed like a hopeless task. 

 The mix-up of varieties and names is 

 appalling. I don't believe the members 

 of the society begin to realize how bad 

 it is; I am sure I did not.. But there 

 they were, side by side, all in bloom. And 

 by the evidence, we were all guilty. It 

 is impossible to go into details, but here 

 are a few illustrations: 



Edulis Superba appears under twenty- 

 four different names, and I don't know 

 how many got away. Nearly all the 

 I'Esperance sent by American growers is 

 Edulis Superba. The European growers 

 sent the correct one. A fleshy white, 

 minutely powdered with lilac, Duchesse 

 de Nemours ((iuerin) in every case 

 proveil to be Edulis Superba. Modeste 



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Guerin and Rosea Superba proved to be 

 the same, while Gen. Bertrand in many 

 cases appeared under the name of 

 Modeste Guerin. 



Probably Queen Victoria or Whitleyi 

 could lay claim to the greatest variety of 

 names, unless perhaps among the reds 

 with stamens, where the greatest confu- 

 sion exists, Delachei, Fulgida, Louis Van 

 Houtte and others being badly mixed. 

 Lady Bramwell, long catalogued as a 

 Kelway introduction, proves to be in 

 every case identical with the old French 

 variety. Dr. Bretonneau (Verdier), and 

 so on. 



The check list, with its 2,700 names, 

 staggers one. But at the above rate, I 

 believe it can be reduced to one-fifth that 

 number by the process of elimination. 



Naturally this thought will arise in 

 the minds of many: How can the com- 

 mittee be sure they are able to say which 

 is the correct variety, among such con- 

 fusion? At first it seemed impossible. 

 But on getting down to work, strange to 

 say, the very confusion in many cases 



