MISS ELLA V. BAINES, THE WOMAN FLORIST, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



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Alphabetical List of Peonies 



You may order by the number preceding the variety or by name, or, better still, in ordering use both number and name. 



114 — AG IDA (Origin unknown) — A grand bright red Peony 

 as in contradistinction to the crimsons that are so prev- 

 alent among the reds. Very bright and showy. A fine 

 color. 35 cents. 

 12 — ALBERT CROUSSE (Crousse, 1893) — Bomb type; late. 

 Immense, very full convex bloom, as perfect in outline 

 and contour as a Show or Fancy Dahlia flower; so per- 

 fect in shape is it that from stem to stem it forms a 

 perfect ball. The petals are imbricated like a Carna- 

 tion and overlap each other. The color is as wonderful 

 as its form, and is best described as an even delicate 

 sea shell-pink, without fleck or markings whatsoever; 

 indeed it is rather a tint than a color or shade; in this 

 regard it is indeed remarkable and unapproachable by 

 any other variety. Scores easily the six points of ex- 

 cellence. 75 cents. 



102 — ASA GRAY (Crousse, 1886) — Large, full, imbricated 

 Rose-formed bloom; grand petals salmon-flesh; center 

 very full and perfectly formed; flesh-pink, delicately 

 dotted and flaked with carmine and lilac; strikingly 

 imposing and valuable; a most unusual sort. From the 

 formation of the flower it is designated as a double- 

 decker. 50 cents. 



228 — AUGUSTIN d'HOUR (Calot, 1867). (Syn. Marechal 

 MacMahon) — Bomb type; midseason. Extremely large, 

 showy, perfectly built bloom; primary petals narrow and 

 built up close and high. Color very deep, rich, bril- 

 liant solferino-red with slight silvery reflex; the largest 

 of all red Peonies. Indispensable. This is as high 

 class a Peony in its way as Felix Crousse, although they 

 are entirely distinct and in no way conflict. It is a tallei 

 grower and larger flower than Felix Crousse. 75 cents 



132 — AVALANCHE (Crousse, 1886) — Crown type; late mid 

 season. It has taken some people a number of years 

 to tumble to the fact that this is a first-class Peony 

 This magnificent variety opens like a Rose bud. Coloi 

 pure snow-white, with a few delicate pencilings of car 

 mine on the edge of the central petals; very waxy and 

 chaste; fragrant. One of the most superb Peonies, in 

 fact unsurpassed by any other white Peony. 50 cents. 

 2 — BERLIOZ (Crousse, 1886) — Enormous, full globular 

 imbricated bloom; bright currant-red; petals tipped 

 silver. 35 cents. 





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118 — BOULE DE NEIGE (Calot, 1S62)— Semi-rose type; 

 early midseason. Translated as "Ball of Snow." Large, 

 cup-shaped full bloom of good substance and perfect 

 form. Color milk-white, with sulphur center, both 

 guards and center prominently flecked crimson. Erect, 

 tall grower; fine cut flower variety; follows Festiva 

 Maxima and is often sold for that variety. They are, 

 however, easily distinguished, as Ball of Snow shows 

 some stamens through the flower while Festiva Max- 

 ima never does. 35 cents. 

 11 — CANARI (Guerin, 1861) — Bomb type; midseason. 

 Primary petals white flushed delicate pink, changing 

 to pure white, with deep primrose-yellow center. Col- 

 lar next to guards white; a large bloom on tall stems; 

 richly fragrant. One of the freest blooming of all 

 Peonies. 35 cents. 

 34 — CHARLEMAGNE (Crousse, 1880) — A Peony that 

 has many admirers; blooms late. Color a delicate tint 

 of lilac or heliotrope. Grand. 35 cents. 

 128 — COURONNE D'OR (Calot, 1873) — Semi-rose type; 

 late midseason. This is the famous Crown of Gold. 

 Immense. Very full, imbricated ball-shaped bloom. 

 Solid and compactly built from edge to center. Color 

 snow-white reflecting golden-yellow stamens that show 

 through the petals when looking at the flower from the 

 side. These stamens light up the whole flower with a 

 glow that is simply indescribable and which suggests 

 the name "Crown of Gold." Delicate carmine pencil- 

 ings on edges of a few central petals. Incomparably 

 lovely and one of the very choicest and best Peonies 

 in cultivation. An enthusiast on seeing this variety 

 blooming in our fields exclaimed, "Why, Crown of Gold 

 is Festiva Maxima dressed up in her wedding clothes." 

 It is in our opinion the attainment of perfection in 

 the Peony. 50 cents. 

 119— DOCTOR BOISDUVAL (Guerin, 1850) — Rose type; 

 late midseason. The largest of all dark red Peony flow- 

 ers, of regular, fine form, with large rounded petals. A 

 row or even a single plant of this Peony is conspicu- 

 ous among the reds across a field for its brilliant, dark 

 maroon coloring. Simply dazzling; nothing finer in all 

 dark red varieties. It is a race between Dr. Boisduval 

 and Felix Crousse as to which is the better Peony, al- 

 though they in no way conflict, Dr. Boisduval 

 being much the darker. 75 cents. 

 J] — DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS (Calot. 1856) 

 — Superb cup-shaped; sulphur-white flowers, 

 fading to pure white. In all Peonies there is 

 nothing so exquisitely chaste and beautiful 

 as this variety in the half-open bud state; 

 excels as a cut flower. Don't omit it. Mid- 

 season. 35 cents. 

 93— EUGENIE VERDIER (Calot, 1864). (Syn. 

 Pottsi Alba) — Semi-rose type; early. Do not 

 confound the name of this variety with Eu- 

 gene Verdier. Miss Jessie M. Good, who has 

 devoted considerable time during the past ten 

 years to the study of the peony while they 

 are blooming, says; "Of all your six hundred 

 varieties I place Engenie Verdier first and 

 foremost. It has so many good qualities I 

 hardly know where to begin to enumerate 

 them. It is a strong, healthy grower, with 

 bloom on three to four foot stems. The flower 

 is enormously large for a Peony. Then its 

 loose petalage adds a distinctive charm never 

 seen in the varieties crowded with petals. Its 

 form is ideal, being flat, showing its grent 

 wealth of tints and blending of coloring to fine 

 advantage. What about its color? Simply in- 

 describable. It opens a fresh delicate hydran- 

 gea-pink with primary petals lighter, center 

 flushed crimson. The flower hangs on in per- 

 fection for two weeks, and often finishes with 

 two-thirds of the flower paper-white, the other 

 third in the center a decided hydrangea-pink. 

 Words absolutely fail to convey an impression 

 of its exceeding great beauty. Fragrant. 

 Easily scores the six points of excellence." 

 75 cents. 

 25— FELIX CROUSSE (Crousse, 1881)— All 

 Peonv enthusiasts are familiar with the fact 

 that it is difficult to get a red Peony that is 

 a self color — that is, a full, rich, even shade 

 of red without being suffused with a shade of 

 another color. Felix Crousse fills the bill. A 

 rich, even, brilliant ruby-red, exceptionally 

 fiery, bright and effective; very large, full 

 bell-shaped bloom. We place this in the front 

 rank of all red Peonies — nothing like it in 

 color. 50 cents. 



