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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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PEONY CLASSIFICATION. 



Tlic Doinii'liiiciit (if Jlort iciilturi' ui' 

 the C()ll(>jie of Agriculture, ('orncll Fiii- 

 vcrsity, lias just issiu'd Ms third i(>|)()rt 

 on the ilassiticatioii itf tlic iicoiiy. This 

 bulletin (if s('\eiity-six jiages is written 

 l)y Leon J), liatchelor, but cnilioilics the 

 worlv of B. II. Farr. )ir('si(hMit of tiie 

 American Peony Society, and .1. Dan- 

 piiin, of the ('(dtage Cardens Co., who 

 were ajipidnted l>y the I'eony Society as 

 ••l special nomenclature committee to 

 work with ^Ir. J}afch(doi- in tiie soci- 

 ety's test plots ;\t Cornell. During the 

 flowering season of liMiit the ti'st plots 

 were gone o\-ei' liy Messrs. Farr. Dau- 

 phin iiiid Hatchelor. and from comp.-iri- 

 sons with the originators' descri])t ions 

 precise descrijitions were foi'mnlated 

 for soiiie tiiii \arieties, tlie desciijitions 

 constituting tin' princijial part of this 

 latest bulletin. .V considerable nundier 

 of synonyms ha\c been cliscn\ered and 

 classified and in future work it is ex- 

 pected that the identity oi' many more 

 varieties will lie determined with siudi 

 accuracy that muidi of the heretofore 

 existing '•onl'nsion will lie eliminated. 



Bid'ore undertaking exact descriptions 

 cd' the \ari(dies it was necessary to 

 formulate didinitions for the varimis 

 characders in order that the descriptions 

 might be intelligent. Tlu' metiiod of 

 descri])tion followeil in the l)ull<din is 

 ^hown by the followiiii: two tyjiiciil I'X 

 ainples: 



'"IMulis superlia. Species. I*, albi 

 llora. Originated Vty Lennm. ISilt. Do- 

 nated by Dessert, (inns iV: Koeiu'iiiann. 

 Cott'iee ("lardens < d,. ;iiid Peterson Nurs 

 cries. 



• ' Des<-ript ion in In ief.— I>aige. loose, 

 dark pink (llauve L! (Isl)). crown tyjie 

 bloom: rather tiat when full oi>en. 

 Ivirh. l]xti;i good ciPinmercial bloom. 



" i ((script ion in ibdail,- Large, loose. 

 tIat (Town \'.ith a few nai'inw lilac 1 

 (17<)) petals at lollar. Large liift of 

 \\ide ]iita|s. same crdor as guards, sur- 

 I'onnding a few n;iii'ow pel.als in ex- 

 trf-me center ot' bloom; prominent col 

 lar. < >dor iileasunt. Sami' season ami 

 color as (lener.il l!eiir:ind. but it differs 

 in Inning a coll.-ir and crown, while 

 Geneial P.ertrarrd is a bomb; the latter 

 is .•! more upright grower also. 



' ' S\ iionynis.- I.lentical with the above 

 are D( lia. Ldulis odorata. luisa lih'udnn, 

 ^lamle ('utier. S\l\anus. (iloire dc 

 Douai. Pi/.aiio. Larly b'ose, Acannm, 

 Sainfoin and Lilacina sujierba. The 

 .•il»ove so cjilled varieties .are synonyms 

 |>ure and simpl(\ No record can be 

 found of the origination of any bona 

 fide vari<dies under the .aforementioned 

 names; they sliould be stri(dien from 

 llie trade and this variety placed under 

 ih.' iiroper name. Ivlulis superba. 



••in addition to the above synonyms 

 thi^ xaiiety lias mas(|ueraded under the 



t'(dlo\ving names, wliicdi in realilx are 

 st'indard varieties. ;ind there should lie 

 no confusion between fluMii and Kdnlis 

 superlia: L I'lsiiera nee. .\ lexandriane, 

 .leanne ilWic. b'osa Ph'iiissima. Duchess 

 d(> Xenumrs ((iin^rin). Jules l-die, (ieii 

 er:il Pertrand, Solfatare, < 'oinpte de 

 Paris, Tiioni]die dn Xord. Trinmphe d<' 

 1 'l-lxjiosition de Lille, and l''ragrans. 



' ' Pemarks. -'['here --ei'ms to be more 

 confusion oxer this \ariety than aii.\' 

 other, and it has been sent to the Cor- 

 nell plots under eacdi of the above twen 

 ty-three mimes: and in some cases I'.du 

 lis sujierba h;is come under three or four 

 different naim's from .-i single nnrserv. ' ' 



"Mare(dial \'aillan1.— Sp(>cies, P.' al- 

 billora. Originated bv C:dot. !S()7. Do 



nated by Cron.x Pros., [".'w l;es. Des^i 

 Peterson .Nurseries :iihl Charlton. 



•'Description in britd'. — Very lar 

 conip;ict. medium pink (jiure inau\( 

 (I'^l)'), rose type bloom. \'ery h, 

 uood \;niety, gooil commeicial bhx 



■ ' Des<-ription in detail.- Typical i^ 

 bloom, borne on a large, coarse, tin 

 ^lem. poorly furnished. ()dor unple 

 ant. T:ill. strong growing iilmit, ste 

 lather W(>ak at the base, giving ]i|;i 

 a sjireading h;d>it. Medium Idooiii 

 laterals undevelopt^d. Coarse, hea 

 sti'm and f'oliage is a distinguish 

 (diaracterist ic of the \;iritd\-. 



" Synonym, -blent ical with the ah. 

 is the so-called grandiflora rubra. 



"Keniarks. — Souxcnir il '.\iigus: 

 ^lielhv., is s;iid to be identic.-d with C 

 above by prominent growers. [•"'rn 

 corresiiondeiice with A. Dessert.'' 



FUNKIA UNDULATA VARIEGATA 



Kindly instruct me how to han<li' 

 h'unkia ninlulata \-ariegata to have • 

 for I'laster. Should it be potted in tl- 

 spring or fall? .F. P. M. 



This beautiful variegati'd fiinki;i 

 whi(di is also sometimes called F. nn 

 dulata media \ariegata, is bettt'r jini 

 ted in late fall when wanted for Jvistci 

 sales. Kee]) the plants over ^vinter u 

 a coldfraiiK^ and bring into a co' . 

 greenhouse six or eiglit we(d;s befoii 

 Iteing wanteil. C. W. 



GOOD SORTS TO START WITH. 



1 shoidd like to grow a couple of 

 houses ot clirysanthemnms and I WiUit 

 to |dant them now. Would yon p]eas(> 

 ad\ise me what \arieties to buy and 

 also state the tinn' when the buds 

 shoidd be taken .' WduMi !nay I expect 

 the hrst flowers.' 1 intend to grow 

 early ami late varieties mostly, but 

 .also some inidseason sorts. I iim locat- 

 ed in Illinois. \-\ K. 



A S(dection of' e-irly varieties may in 

 (dude the following: Pacific. Polly 

 Pose. Monrovia. <iolden (ilow. October 

 Frost. C. Toiiset and Karly Snow, 'i'he 

 luids on these can lie taken at varying 

 dates, fidin dul\- ll' in the case of Mon- 

 rovia and (bdden Clow, to August 1 for 

 O(dober I'lost ;ini| its yellow sports, 

 and .\ngust L'o t'oi Pacific, prdly Rose 

 :iiid T(mset. 



Some midseiison varieties that do 

 well g(>ner;dly .'ire: Dnckhani. .\|iple- 

 ton. i'resident Taft. Mrs. Partriilge. M. 

 Desjouis. Ivory and its s])orts, P)on- 

 n.'iffon and White .•iiid Yellow I'^aton. 

 The buds are s;ife on these \;irieties 

 after August L'n to l'.'). in almost any 

 location, so far as I know. 



The Itite kinds mostly grown ;ire 

 Nagoya, White ;ind ^'(dlow ('hadwi(d<, 

 J. Nonin. Knguehard, .1. Shrim|iton. d. 

 Kosette. Maud IJean and \V. T. P.rock. 

 In growing for late flow(>rs the ]dants 

 should ntd be bemdied till duh and 

 then should bi' ki'pt growing ;dong ;is 

 Jong ;is ]iossiii]e bet'ole the bud is 



taken. The latir the bud is taken, the 



better, as it will ni.nke tin- flowers ce 

 res|.ondiiigly late. ;ind the kiiols im 

 tioned all do well on terminal Inids. 



<'. If. T(dtv 



MUMS IN UNFINISHED HOUS- 



If 1 beioh ni\ mums in ;tn unti 

 ished house, with the sides ;ind en 

 glazed but the roof not yet gla/.ed. c 

 I coiitr(d the conditions for a wliil 

 In this part rd' (,)klahoin:i the we.itli 

 gets so hot and dry that I am :ifrii 

 I shall h;ive trouble to keeji the |da' 

 moist without o\ crwatering tin 

 I'lease advise me how to handle tin 

 till T get the ro(d' glazed., whii h ^^ 

 jirobablv be in two month-.;. 



\V. p. M 



If the wc^atliei js ,||\, ;,. W. 1,'. 

 ^:ivs it is, I -e.. )|,, :,-.-|v,,|; wliv 

 should not grov'.- the munis v||,.ee--t'ii' 

 in tiie benche- till tlie loot c.-ni 

 put on. The chief trouble in this si;. 

 would be that we might get hea' 

 thunder storms and these ni.-ike it son 

 time.s dilficult to k-eep the soil in i;(" 

 condition. The )d;ints (-.•in (\isily ■ 

 kept sprayed live or si.\ times ;i d.' 

 to ke(-p them soft and joo'. ide a cool' 

 atmos|ilHre, :ind if this is done liy 

 c.'irefnl ojienitor. with .-i fme-nozzh 

 sprayer, the benches need never !■ 

 come too w(d. ( '. 11. Tottv. 



Wellsvillc, N. Y. -Mrs. .Teunie .M 

 l-lweii has purchased the greenhouses ■ 

 West state street, formerh owned h 

 \V. P. V.Mvdall. 



