RED 
MAY 
Color 
English 
Name 
Botanical 
Name and 
Synonyms 
Description 
Height 
cand, 
Situation 
Time of 
Bloom 
“Pinkish 
red”? 
“Crim- 
son’? 33 
redder, 
ete, 
“Deep 
crimson”? 
bet. 
27 & 28 
“Crim- 
son” 
40 deeper 
“Deep 
red” 20 
richer 
“Blood 
red” 17 
redder 
SMALL- 
FRUITED 
PEONY 
COMMON 
GARDEN 
PEONY 
PARADOXI- 
CAL PEONY 
STRAG- 
GLING 
PEONY 
FINE- 
LEAVED 
PEONY 
*Peonia 
microcarpa 
**Peonia 
officinalis 
& vars. 
P. julgida 
*Peonia 
paradéxa 
*Peonia 
peregrina 
*Peonia 
tenuifdlia 
BRACTEATE *Papaver 
POPPY 
bracteatum 
P. orientale 
var. 
bracteatum 
Herbaceous Peony. Very large sin- 
gle flowers of delicate color, rather 
low-growing. Half shade is desirable. 
Good in masses for distant effects, or 
for the border. Prop. usually by divi- 
sion in early autumn. Deep rather 
moist loam enriched with cow-ma- 
nure. Spain. 
Herbaceous Peony. Common in old 
gardens. Large flowers and hand- 
some divided foliage. Hardy and ef- 
fective in the border or in masses with 
other Peonies. Half shade is desira- 
ble. The parent of many hort. vars., 
see page 159. Usually prop. by divi- 
sion in early autumn. Being gross 
feeders, they like a deep rather moist 
loam enriched with cow-manure. 
Europe. 
The following are good varieties: 
**Var. anemoneflora, (color no. 27), 
globular flowers with a quantity of 
crimson, twisted, yellow-edged sta- 
mens. **Var. rosea-plena, rich crim- 
son double flowers. Var. rubra-plena, 
double crimson flowers. Hort. 
Herbaceous Peony. Very compact 
and dwarf, with single flowers and 
somewhat glaucous foliage. Prop. 
usually by early autumn division. 
Deep moist loam enriched with cow- 
manure. S. Europe. 
Var. fimbriata, brilliant double flow- 
ers very handsome, but little known 
in U.S. A. Hort. 
Herbaceous Peony. Effective spe- 
cies resembling P. officinalis, crim- 
son in the type, and having many 
hort. vars., see page 159. For culti- 
vation see P. officinalis. 
Densely leafed herbaceous Peonv. 
Large single flowers and fine feathery 
foliage. Good border plant. Half 
shade is desirable. Prop. generally by 
divisionin early autumn. Deep rather 
moist loam enriched with cow-ma- 
nure. Caucasus. 
**Var. flore-pleno, a double-flowered 
variety. 
One of the largest and most gor- 
geous of Poppies. Flowers 6-9 in. 
across, marked inside with purple- 
black spot, onerect stems. Handsome 
foliage in clump at base of plant. Ef- 
fective in the border and against the 
green of shrubs. Prop. by seed, or di- 
vision after flowering. Any soil. 
Caucasus, Persia. 
1-14 ft. 
Sun or 
balf 
shade 
2-3 ft. 
\Sun or 
balf 
shade 
t-1} ft. 
‘Sun or 
|half 
shade 
14-2 ft. 
Sun or 
half 
shade 
1-14 ft. 
Sun or 
halj 
shade 
3-4 ft. 
Sun 
Late 
May 
Mid. 
May to 
mid. 
June 
Late 
May 
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