VARIOUS JUNE 
: Botanical rre5 Height a 
oie! Moe || Bee Petcrintion Sinton | Bloom 
guard petals and centre blush pink, 
collar pinkish white and a few petals 
tipped and striped with light crimson; 
general effect creamy pink. **Marze 
Lemoine; early and fragrant, delicate 
China pink shading to ivory white at 
the tips. Marguerite Gerard; im- 
mense flowers, flesh color fading to 
creamy white with petals spotted with 
carmine purple. Marie Stuart, anem- 
one-shaped flower, with a ring of 
bright clear pink petals and centre of 
sulphur white. 
Single Japanese vars.—These are 
very charming. **Opbir, dark car- 
mine. ** Vesta; purplish red. 
** Crystal. ** Diana; blush pink 
with creamy white centre. ** Nep- 
tune; shell pink. *Yopaz,; deep rose, 
shading lighter at the margin. 
Various (WHITE **Peonia See page 159. Late 
FLOWERED Jalbifléra vars. May to 
PEONY mid. 
June 
Various TREE Pednia See page 159 Mid. 
PEONY Moutan May to 
P. arborea mid. 
June 
Often 33 |COMMON **Peodnia See page 159. ss 
redder |GARDEN officinalis 
PEONY vars. 
Various LARGE Petasites Large composite flowers, purple va-| Oft. |June, 
JAPANESE  |Japénica rying to white, in clusters. Round /Sun July 
PETASITES var. gigantéa | felt-like leaves with» wrinkled mar- 
gins, 34-4 ft. broad. Stalk and buds 
edible. Good for subtropical effects. 
Sachaline Islands. 
Various [EARLY OR |*Phiox Some good early vars. are: Arnold | 1-2 ft. a 
SUMMER- _ glabérrima Turner; white with red centre. |\Sun 
FLOWER- __ var. Beauty of Mindon, white rose tinted. 
ING PHLOX |suffruticdsa | Burns; rosy purple. Circle; pinkish 
white with deeper centre. Modesty, 
lilac pink, large flowers. Muss Lin- 
gard; (centre color no. 43 deep), 
white with a faint pinkish eye. <A 
good var. 
Various |WILD *Phlox Resembles P. paniculata, but is not; 1-2} ft.| “ 
SWEET maculata so much cultivated. Fragrant flow- |Sun 
WILLIAM ers, comparatively small, varying from 
purplish to white, in compact oval 
clusters. Leaves thick and smooth. 
Pretty in border. Prop. by seed, divi- 
sion and cuttings. Moist rich soil. 
Penn. S. and W. 
Various [DOWNY *Phl6x pildsa | See page 160. May, 
PHLOX P. aristata June 
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