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The Weekly FloMsts^ Review^ 



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SUBJECT TO MARKET CHANGE. 



growers and propagators in Europe and 

 America; scores of dealers, hundreds of 

 acres, nearly 2,000 varieties known by 

 name, the result of years of labor in 

 propagating. 



2. The great prices that are paid for 

 roots of new and choice sorts by both 

 amateurs and commercial raisers. 



3. The formation of a national so- 

 ciety. The only other flowers to have 

 such attention are the chrysanthemum, 

 carnation and rose. 



4. Several peony shows held lately 

 have attracted much attention from the 

 papers and public. 



Peony nomenclature is in a muddle, 

 several different sorts being on the mar- 

 ket under the same name. The American 

 Peony Society is conducting, at Cornell 

 University, a test of many hundreds of 

 plants contributed by different growers 

 m this country and Europe, to straighten 

 out this confusion of names. 



Good Varieties of Peonies. 

 Some of the best varieties are: 

 ■Festiva maxima, very large, pure white, 



with the fragrance of a rose; has a few 

 carmine marks in the center. This va- 

 riety has been on the market for over 

 fifty years and is still considered the 

 best. 



M. Jules Elie, pink, is a fitting com- 

 panion for the above and is just now in 

 great demand. 



Golden Harvest, for planting on a pri- 

 vate lawn, is without a peer, as it is the 

 freest bloomer. Outside row of guard 

 petals light pink, balance yellowish, with 

 red markings on a few of the petals near 

 the center. Very showy. 



Queen Victoria is considered very fine 

 by florists, because it ships and stores 

 better than most of them. It is a full 

 white. 



Modele de Perfection, an immense, 

 massive flower, like a big chrysanthe- 

 mum, set on a wide base of guard petals. 

 Color, clear, deep pink. 



Edulis Superba, deep pink, very early 

 and one of the most fragrant. 



Mons. Barral, a fragrant, dark rose 

 pink; massive. 



Delicatissima, one of the most in de- 



mand of the pink, especially among 

 florists. Delicate, light shade, of fine 

 form and fragrance. 



Felix Crousse, one of the so-called 

 bomb shaped varieties; a rich, deep red. 



Purpurea Delachei, one of the darker 

 reds, with a metallic luster, like some of 

 the very dark roses. The richness of the 

 shade is emphasized by a few yellow 

 stamens. '' 



Riehardion 'a Rsbra Superba, rtlll « 

 different shade of dark red, but without 

 stamens; a late bloomer. 



This short list, taken from hundreds 

 of choice varieties, is at best only a sug- 

 gestion, and will serve to illustrate the 

 range of color and habit it is possible to 

 secure. After carefully comparing tbe 

 different sorts and discarding as manj 

 as possible, a commercial peony grower 

 cannot get along with less than 100 or 

 200 varieties; some growers have even 

 400 to 500. 



Culture of the Peony. 



As for "the culture of the peony, refer 

 to the monograph on peonies written hj 



