29—SULFUREA (Lemon, 1830.) Crown type; 
early midseason. This is the variety we have 
heretofore sold under the name of Alba Sul- 
furea, also Mont Blane (Van Leeuwen.) Large, 
perfectly formed, snowball-shaped flowers; 
white guard petals, center sulphur-yellow; 
perfect habit; foliage and growth both quite 
distinct; follows Festiva Maxima and ranks 
with it. Fine for cut flowers; very free 
bloomer. The yellowest of all Peonies. Ex- 
tra fine. 
298—SUZETTE (Dessert, 1911.) Semi-rose type; 
midseason. Pretty flowers of elegant shape, 
color superb bengal-rose lightly shaded car- 
mine-purple with silvery reflex. Petals inter- 
mixed with golden stamens. 
337—THE BRIDE (Terry.) Bomb type; 
midseason. An informal flower; 
guards and milk-white center. 
for landscape work. 
early 
lilac-white 
Extra good 
793—THE GEM (Pleas, 1909.) Rose type; mid- 
season. The only Peony standing erect, over 
four feet high; comes in clusters of brilliant 
dark crimson flowers, very compact and ex- 
ceedingly beautiful. ‘“‘The tallest and bright- 
est in my collection, dazzlingly beautiful, very 
double, and on well established plants pro- 
duces great clusters. Is like many of the fin- 
est not at its best until three years old.” 
761—THE JEWEL (Pleas, 1916.) Rose type. The 
crown bud is like a big opal set in a chalice 
of satin; as the laterals open first—something 
quite unusual. It is an opalescent pink and 
stays pink, not changing to white as so many 
pinks do. Mr. C. came in one day and said: 
“What is that one down at the end of the 
path that looks like a big opal? Well, it has 
your Lady Alexandra Duff and Jubilee knocked 
clear off the mat.” After attending a flower 
show he still said: “Jewel suits me best of 
all.’ We are indebted to Mrs. William Craw- 
ford, who named this variety, for the above 
description. 
171—THERESE (Dessert, 1904.) Rose type; mid- 
season. This iS a queen amongst queens, a 
veritable belle. One enthusiast remarked that 
“There might be any number of regal beauties 
at court, but that there could only be one 
belle, and ‘Therese’ was her name.’’ One can- 
not say too much in praise of this variety. It 
might best be described as a glorified Claire 
Dubois. Color rich satiny-pink with glossy 
refiex of enormous size. Mr. A. P..Saunders, 
writing about the recent New York Show, 
says: ‘“‘As for Therese, well, when you see a 
bloom down the table and think to yourself, 
‘There is something really grand,’ it is almost 
always Therese.’ In the voting contest, out of 
a possible ten, Therese scored 9.8, being beaten 
only by Le Cygne with 9.9. 
65—TOURANGELLE (Dessert, 1910.) Rose type; 
late midseason. The best is left to the last. 
We make the statement without fear of suc- 
cessful contradiction that Tourangelle in color 
is the most sensational of all Peonies. In this 
respect there is nothing like it that has gone 
before, and we predict that it will be many 
moons before anything follows that will com- 
pare with it. One visitor on seeing it éx- 
claimed, “Frozen Music,’ that is, music unex- 
pressed. I said, “No, you: are. wrong. - This 
flower cannot be either that. or ‘Frozen 
Beauty,’ because it is a living, breathing real- 
ity.” One of our seventeen plantings. of 
i three years old last June, while 
the flowers that stood upright, and on which 
the sun beat down with all its- fervor, were 
exceedingly beautiful. What shall we say of the 
flowers that had gotten down in the shade and 
could not rise again on account of the plants 
in the row next to it preventing? One may 
not speak in temperate tones of these flowers. 
There is nothing to compare them to, and you 
know about all our knowledge of objects is 
by comparison. With this absent we are lost. 
It was a perfect riot of tints and tones. You 
could not only look into the flowers, but its 
opalescent rays allowed you to look through 
it. This is a vigorous grower, bearing large, 
flat-shaped flowers of unusual. size on long 
stems; color pearly-white. overlaid_with del- 
icate salmon and with shades of La France 
rose. A flower that immediately attracts; an 
exquisite fresh color. I told one visitor that 
had come three hundred miles to see our fields, 
and practically beat a path between this and 
Solange, that I had a mind to name a ‘Beaten 
Path” set of Peonies and start off with these 
Ewo: In the voting contest Tourangelle stood 
Miss Ella V.. Baines, Springfield, Ohio. 
792—T. B. TERRY (Pleas, 1911.) Semi-rose type. 
This was named for a friend who prized it 
highly, and whose family cherish it in his 
memory. Large, broad petals, loosely double, 
of an unusual color; a beautiful shimmery 
satiny cerise with salmon shades and mark- 
ings of golden yellow interspersed among the 
petals, and looks like it was made of satin; 
exceedingly pretty. Too beautiful to be ade- 
quately described. 
181—TRIOMPHE DE VEXPOSITION DE LILLE 
(Calot, 1865.) Rose type; late midseason. Here 
we have a glorious flower that very much re- 
sembles Model of Perfection, having the same 
huge pyramidal effect in form that is seen in 
but very few varieties. Large, compact bloom 
of a fresh Hydrangea-pink splashed with 
darker tints of violet-rose, and with white re- 
flex. The guard petals change to nearly white. 
This is one of our favorite Peonies. 
313—TRIUMPH DU NORD (Miellez, 1850.) Bomb 
type; midseason. Light carnation-pink, much 
the shade of Enchantress Carnation. Fra- 
grant. 
257—UMBELLATA ROSEA (Origin unknown.) 
Rose type; very early. A variety found by M. 
Dessert in M. Mechin’s collection without name 
and christened Sarah Bernhardt until later he 
found the true name. Large, informal flower, 
guards violet-rose shading to an amber-white 
center. Very strong, upright grower and free 
bloomer. 
322—VAN DYCK (Crousse, 1879.) 
midseason. Guards and center true Enchant- 
ress pink. This pink is distinct from all 
others, as it has not a trace of purple or mauve 
shades in it. Extra fine. 
Crown type; 
524—VENUS (Kelway.) Crown type; midsea- 
son. A delicate shell-pink; tall, free bloomer, 
considered by many to be one of the very best 
Peonies ever introduced. Extra for cut flow- 
ers. Has the true June Rose fragrance. 
575—VICTOIRE DE LA MARNE (Dessert, 1915.) 
Here we have Dessert’s Peony named to com- 
memorate the French victory of the name. A 
very attractive, globular bloom of great size; 
velvetish amaranth-red with silver reflex; a 
very bright color. 
207—VILLE DE NANCY (Calot, 1872.) Rose 
type; late. Large, globular, double bloom, very 
brilliant rosy-magenta. Extra fine variety; 
very showy. 
495—VIRGINIE (Calot, 1858.) Semi-rose type; 
midseason. One Peony grower writes: “I like 
it so well that if I could have but one pink 
Peony, I should choose this. It changes _ so 
from day to day. First a dainty, pink, flat 
flower with yellow stamens showing among 
the petals and a solid ball of satin like a cush- 
ion in the center. This unfolds from day to 
day until you have a high-built blossom of 
great beauty and a peculiar tea fragrance. It 
is very much like Eugenie Verdier in color 
and form the first day, but keeps building up.” 
167—VIRGO MARIA (Virgin Mary.) Calot, 1859.) 
Bomb type; late midseason. Exquisite, large, 
immaculate white-flower, delicate and refined; 
different in character from Festiva Maxima 
and said by some to follow that variety in ex- 
cellence. We place this among the leaders and 
the genuine is scarce. Fragrant. Not for sale. 
500—WALTER FAXON (Richardson.) Semi-rose 
type; midseason. A very distinct, delicate, 
bright rose-colored flower. Tall, free bloomer. 
Those who know this variety consider it one 
of the best pinks. Scarce. 
210—WELCOME GUEST (Hollis, 
double type; midseason. Large, loose flower 
of uniform glossy silvery-pink, changing to 
rose-white; fragrant. Erect, tall, strong grow- 
er; free bloomer. Very good. 
1904.) Semi- 
794—WILLIAM F. TURNER (Shaylor, 1916.) A 
very dark crimson with a velvety sheen. It is 
between Adolphe Rousseau and Monsieur Mar- 
tin Cahuzac in color.- Tall, strong grower, and 
a choice Peony of this color. 
289—WILLIAM MESMAN (Kenberger, 1914.) A 
new variety from Holland. Pure white with 
ecarmine markings. Said to be a larger flower 
than Festiva Maxima. 
172—ZOE CALOT (Miellez, 1855.) Rose type; 
midseason. Very large, globular bloom. Color 
soft pink shaded lilac. Free bloomer. 
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