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refreshing flowers of crimson, scarlet, purple, 

 salmon, pink, rose, cream, yellow and of white. 

 Then there are single, double and half -double 

 Peonies, fitting every whim in the choice of 

 form for petaled things. There are, in 

 general, two sorts of Peonies — ^the Herbaceous 

 type and the Tree type. The former dies down 

 at the end of each season but comes forth again 

 with the advent of each spring. The latter 

 type by reason of its woody stems may be 

 classed with shrubs. 



Peonies massed in beds or in hedges yield 

 an effective foliage display but at the expense 

 of the profusion and prolongation of blossom- 

 ing. For floral purposes they require that 

 plenty of space should be left between the in- 

 dividual plants. However, garden-makers can 

 fill in these gaps with the Lilies of tall growth 

 — Tiger Lily {Ulium tigrinum), etc., or with 

 the tall growing Gladioli. 



The following planting directions will prove 

 useful to the amateur Peony-grower: When 

 planting Peonies, the crown of the stock should 

 be placed some two inches below the surface 

 of the soil. The fertilizer used in the beds 

 should be well-rotted, as Peonies are gross 



