VARIOUS JUNE 
. Botanical Height : 
Color English Name and Description and |Lime of 
; Name Synonyms . Situation | Bloom 
edging walks, beds of shrubs, etc. A 
half shady position is desirable. Usu- 
ally prop. by division in early autumn. 
Gross feeders, they like a deep moist 
loam enriched with cow manure. See 
Plate, page 270, 
White vars. —** Duke of Wellington; 
a strong grower with large fragrant 
sulphur white blossoms. Duchesse de 
Nemours; one of the best white 
Peonies, cup-shaped flowers, sulphur 
white with greenish reflections fading 
to pure white. Festiva alba; large 
cup-shaped flowers, glossy and cream 
white with a few carmine spots. A 
dwarf var. **Festiva maxima; an 
early and very free bloomer. Flowers 
enormous, snow-white, with a few 
purplish carmine spots in centre. One 
of the best and most vigorous of Peo- 
nies. **Marie Lemoine; large convex 
bloom, ivory white petals lightly 
edged with pink. One of the best late 
bloomers. Queen Victoria; large full 
blossom, cream white, centre petals 
tipped with red blotches. Excellent 
for cutting. 
Yellow vars.—**Solfaterre; sulphur 
yellow; a good kind. 
Red vars.—** Edouard André; vig- 
orous plant with large round flowers, 
deep crimson shaded black with a 
metallic lustre. General Jacqueminot; 
fragrant, color of the Jacqueminot 
Rose. **Richardson’s Rubra superba; 
brilliant deep crimson; the latest of 
all Peonies to bloom but fragrant and 
lasting long. 
Pink vars.— Edward Crousse; large 
rather bright pink flowers, slightly 
lilac tinted. Alexander Dumas, bril- 
liant pink interspersed with white, 
salmon and creamy buff. Béranger,; 
mauve pink, broad cup-shaped flow- 
ers. Duchesse de Nemours; very 
large and fragrant, bright clear violet 
pink, with lilac tinted centre. One of 
the earliest to flower, and especially 
good for cutting. Humea alba; scarce 
var., each blossom having several 
shades of pink. Jennie Lind; clear 
rose pink, fragrant and long lasting. 
Richardson’s Dorchester; large deli- 
cate flesh pink flowers which are late 
blooming. Souvenir d’ Exposition Uni- 
verselle; clear cherry pink; large, 
fragrant and enduring. 
Parti-colored vars.—** Golden Har- 
vest; large fragrant tricolor flowers, 
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