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certainly less vague than those of our own. Many of 

 the plants therefore had to be shifted into better 

 groups for colour after their first blooming, a matter 

 the more to be regretted as Pseonies dislike being 

 moved. 



The other half of the triangular bit of Paeony ground 

 — the pointed end — is given to the kinds I like best 

 of the large June-flowered Pseonies, the garden varieties 

 of the Siberian P. albijlora, popularly known as Chinese 

 Paeonies. Though among these, as is the case with 

 all the kinds, there is a "preponderance of pink or rose- 

 crimson colouring of a decidedly rank quality, yet the 

 number of varieties is so great, that among the minority 

 of really good colouring there are plenty to choose 

 from, including a good number of beautiful whites and 

 whites tinged with yellow. Of those I have, the kinds 

 I like best are — 



Hypatia, pink. 



Madame Benare, salmon-rose. 

 The Queen, pale salmon-rose. 

 Leonie, salmon-rose. 

 Virginie, warm wMte. 

 Solfaterre, pale yellow. 

 Edouard Andre, deep claret. 

 Madame Calot, flesh pink. 

 Madame Br^on. 

 Alba Bulfurea. 

 Triomphans gandavensis. 

 Carnea elegans (Guerin). 

 Curiosa, pink and blush. 



Prince Pierre Galitzin, blush. 



Eugenie Verdier, pale pink. 



Elegans superbissima, yellowish- 

 white. 



Virgo Maria, white. 



Philomele, blush. 



Madame Dhour, rose. 



Duchesse de Nemours, yellow- 

 white. 



Faust. 



Belle Douaisienne. 



Jeanne d'Arc. 



Marie Lemoine. 



Many of the lovely flowers in this class have a rather 



