Very waxy and chaste. 
Avalanche. 
127—CLAIRE DUBOIS (Crousse, 1886.) Rose 
type; late midseason. Very large, double, glob- 
ular flowers; convex and tufted; petals in- 
curved and laciniated, overlapping each other 
in a charming effect; color rich, clear satiny- 
pink with glossy reflex. Has the beautiful 
silvery sheen in a pronounced way seen in that 
wonderful variety Monsier Jules Elie. A gem 
of the first water. Some describe this as a 
glorified Monsieur Jules Elie. How it is pos- 
sible for anyone to be stoical enough to write 
a description of Claire Dubois without using a 
few adjectives is beyond our comprehension. 
You cannot say too much in her praise. Say 
all you can and then you have left something 
unsaid. 
S9—CLEMENTINE GILLOT (Crousse, 1885.) 
Crown type; late. Large double flowers of 
great beauty; color a uniform shade of light 
tyrian rose. Strong, erect, tall grower; very 
good. 
349—COMTE DE NANTEUIL (Calot, 1858.) Bomb 
type; midseason. Guards violet-rose, collar 
lighter, center clear salmon-pink. Fragrant. 
A really good Peony. A perfect mass of bloom. 
183—CONSTANT DEVRED (Calot, 1868.) Rose 
type; very late. Very large, full flower, dark 
carmine-rose, with chatoyant reflex. One of 
the best brilliant red varieties. 
237—COQUELIN (Dessert. 1905.) Semi-double 
type; early. Large, glorious bloom of perfect 
cup-shaped form, petals imbricated, bright ty- 
rian-rose becoming distinetly silver tipped. 
Very rare. 
S3—COQUETTE (Lemoine, 1915.) Bomb type. 
Late medium sized globular full flower; flesh 
overlaid with white. 
128—COURONNE WOR (Calot, 1873.) 
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 refiect- 
ing golden-yellow stamens that show through 
the petals when looking at the flower from the 
side. These stamens light up the whole fiower 
with a glow that is simply indescribable and 
which suggests the name “Crown of Gold.” 
Delicate carmine pencilings on edges of a few 
central petals. Incomparably lovely and one 
of the very choicest and best Peonies in cul- 
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tivation. 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 perfec- 
tion in the Peony. One grower 
says: “T believe I could detect 
Couronne d’Or by its white water 
lily fragrance anywhere.” 
157—DE CANDOLLE (Crousse, 1880.) 
Rose type; late midseason. Very 
large, imbricated, full cup-shaped 
bloom; currant-red shaded with 
vivid amaranth. A novel and at- 
tractive color, blooming in clus- 
ters. One of the most effective 
landscape varieties. Do not over- 
look this variety if you desire a 
decidedly novel color. No other 
like it. 
201—DOCTEUR ANDRY (Calot, 
1864.) Rose type; midseason. A 
grand Peony that is very showy; 
makes extraordinary strong 
bushes. Color purplish violet-red. 
Extra good. 
119—DOCTEUR BOISDUVAL (Guer- 
in, 1850.) Rose type; late midsea- 
son. The largest of all dark red 
Peony flowers, of regular, fine 
form, with large rounded petals. 
A row or even a Single plant of 
this Peony is conspicuous among 
the reds across a field for its bril- 
liant, dark maroon coloring. Sim- 
ply dazzling; nothing finer in all 
dark red varieties. It’s a race be- 
tween Dr. Boisduval and Felix 
Crousse as to which is the better 
Peony, although they in no way 
conflict, Dr. Boisduval being much 
darker than Felix Crousse. Des- 
sert, in his manuscript on the 
Peony, Says: “Doctor Boisduval 
(Guerin) is like Delachei.”’ If this 
is true, then Dr. Boisduval claims 
precedence, it being sent out in 
1850, while Delachei was not dis- 
seminated until 1856. 
363—D OC TEUR  BRETONNEAU 
(Guerin, 1850.) Rose type. Large, 
compact flower, midseason; guards pale lilac; 
center milk-white shaded amber; fragrant. 
Tall, strong grower; very free bloomer. Extra 
commercial variety. 
52—DOCTOR CAILLOT (Verdier, 1856.) Semi- 
rose type; midseason. A grand flower, coming 
in large clusters; rich, fiery amaranthine-red. 
We doubt if there is a finer general purpose 
red. It will surprise you. Very free bloomer. 
5S7—DOCTOR EDGAR PLEAS (Pleas, 1900.) 
Anemone type. This is one of the most beau- 
tiful and wonderful productions without pol- 
len or seed follicles such as man alone could 
have created and one of the most delicately 
charming of its type. Guards light lilac-pink; 
center of flower canary-yellow. When the 
bloom has obtained its full strength of stem 
and heritage of beauty the petaloid filaments 
in the center put on the airs of nobility by 
donning snow-white plumes midway over the 
bright yellow surface, being of greater width 
than on the recurved filaments themselves, 
each plume being cupped and curved like the 
white caps on the waves of the ocean—as if 
it were on dress parade. Mrs. Pleas says in 
regard to the yellow ones: “I think the Dr. 
Pleas best, else I had not named it that.’ Cer- 
tainly unique. 
327—DOCTEUR H. BARNSBY (Dessert, 1913.) 
Rose type; late. Very large, full, globular bloom. 
Color solferino-red, tinged purplish-crimson, 
changing to clearer tint with very pronounced 
bluish reflex. Strong stems and good habit; 
free bloomer in clusters; beautiful and showy. 
795—DOCTOR H. VAN DER TAR (Nieuwenhuy- 
zen, 1916.) The total effect of the flower is 
Wine red, sometimes showing a few stamens 
with a pronounced shade of crimson towards 
the center, while the rims of the petals are 
shaded somewhat lighter. This is a very free 
blooming variety. Stems strong and the red 
flowers show off beautifully against the dark 
shiny foliage. First class certificate of merit 
given by the Pomological Society of Boskoop. 
316—DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE (Kelway, 1896.) 
Rose type; late. Extra large, compact, flat 
bloom, solferino-red, narrow fringed petals in- 
termingled with the wide petals; color effect 
uniform deep rose. ‘Tall, strong grower, fra- 
grant, distinct and beautiful. 
Miss Ella V. Baines, Springfield, Ohio. 
