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ably well, the garden-beginner need have little fear of order- 
ing plants from a distance when that is necessary. We 
need not here touch upon the other two methods of Peony 
propagation, that of propagation by grafting and that of 
propagation by seeds, as only the professional gardener 
will be apt to start Peonies by either of these methods. 
When we take into consideration the fact that there are 
some two hundred varieties of Peonies in cultivation, we 
shall have no difficulty in making a selection for our gar- 
dens, unless it be that we are met with an embarassment 
of these riches. Even horticulturists disagree in the matter 
of the estimated number of sorts of Peonies, some even 
insisting that over two thousand varieties are to be found. 
However, I think two hundred is not too conservative an 
estimate, for the mere difference in horticultural names 
given various plants at profuse florists’ christenings does not 
necessarily mean that all of the Peonies listed are constant 
and actually different varieties. 
Nearly every one of us will wish to have Peonies in our 
gardens suitable for cutting, and the following list will call 
attention to those varieties which experience has shown to 
be recommended for this purpose: 
WHITE: Festiva Maxima, the loveliest of all white 
Peonies; Papaveriflora (tinged with yellow); Madame 
Crousse, Bernard Palissy, LaTulipe; Madame de Verne- 
ville (compact) ; Couronne d’Or (late); Duchesse de Ne- 
mours (sulphur white); Marie Lemoine (very late) and 
the Monsieur Dupont. 
PINK: Beauté Francais (fragrant and early) ; Perfection 
(fragrant and late); President Wilder (dwarf variety) ; 
Livingstone, Alexandrina, Marguerite Gerard and Madame 
Emile Galle. 
Rose: Marie Deroux; Norfolk; Madame Geissler; Dan- 
iel d’Albert; Zoe Calot, and Delicatissima (very large). 
Rep: Rubra Superba (late); Modeste Guerin (very 
fine) ; Francois Ortegat; Insignis (fragrant) ; Denis Helye; 
Felix Crousse and Auguste Lemonnier. 
Single*varieties of the Peony are less commonly met with in our gardens than the double varieties, but they are as beautiful 
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YELLOW: Golden Wedding and Solfaterre. 
The following is a list of dependable Peony varieties, 
arranged alphabetically, and planned to assist the garden- 
maker in his selections for September planting: Adolph 
Rousseau (large, deep purple); Ambroise Verschaffelt 
(purplish crimson, fragrant); Arthemise (rose); Atro- 
sanguinea (red tinged with violet); Augustin d’Hour 
(purplish scarlet); Baroness Schroeder (flesh pink) ; 
Charles Binder (deep pink, fragrant); Charles Verdier 
(Lilac Rose); Charlemagne (white, fragrant, late) ; Con- 
stant Devred (purple); Delacheii (dark crimson); Dr. 
Bretonneau (rose-pink, fragrant); Dorchester (cream, 
fragrant); Eudalis (violet rose, fragrant); Festiva 
(white); Fulgida (crimson); General Bertrand (rose- 
violet) ; Globoso Grandiflora (white, fragrant) ; Gigantea 
(delicate rose, fragrant) ; Henri Demay (violet-purple, fra- 
grant, late); Jeanne d’Arc (rose and straw center) ; Jus- 
sieu (deep crimson); Lady Leonora Bramwell (silvery 
rose); Latipetela (flesh and cream); Louis Van Houtte 
(dark crimson); Madame Bucquet (dark maroon) ; 
Madame de Galhau (salmon); Madame Ducel (salmon 
rose); Madame Geissler (silvery rose); Madame Lebon 
(cherry) ; Mademoiselle Leonie Calot (salmon) ; Made- 
moiselle R. Dessert (lilac) ; Monsieur Boucharlat (lilac) ; 
Monsieur J. Elie (glossy pink); Monsieur Martin Ca- 
huzac (black maroon); Ne Plus Ultra (rose, fragrant) ; 
Perfection (pink, fragrant, late) ; Dubra Triumphans (dark 
crimson) ; Therese (flesh-pink) ; Vicomtesse Belleval (pink, 
fragrant); Ville de Nancy (crimson, late); Violacea (vio- 
let), and Zoe Calot (delicate rose). 
Among those Peonies which are earliest to flower may be 
mentioned three ‘“Officinalis’’ varieties, viz.: Rubra, a 
double fragrant crimson of large size, the old-fashioned 
early red Peony; Tenuifolia Flore Pleno, a double, fennel- 
leaved variety bearing bright scarlet-crimson flowers, and 
the Rosea Peony, one of the lovely rose-colored variety. 
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