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YARD AND GARDEN 



can not, it seems, adapt themselves to tlie cli- 

 matic conditions of their new home. 



There is little pleasure in fostering one of 

 these indolent or sensitive varieties and the 

 purchaser should exercise care in his selection 

 to make sure that he obtains only the hardiest 

 and most vigorous and those that are surest 



Flower of the Tree Peony 



and most profuse in bloom. The following list 

 will assist the beginner in the matter of selec- 

 tion, but it must be understood that Peony no- 

 menclature is so sadly mixed at this time that 

 ^'ery little dependence can be placed upon the 

 names : 



