CURRIE BROS. CO., AUTUMN CATALOGUE, 1909. 13 
PAEONIES 
CHOICE HERBACEOUS VARIETIES. 
Paeonies have continued to increase in 
popular favor with each succeeding year as 
pre-eminent among our hardy perennial 
plants. In response to the increasing de- 
mand, cultivators of this beautiful plant 
have enthusiastically engaged themselves in 
introducing and propagating new varieties, 
aiming at more perfect flowers of more deli- 
eate tints and deeper, richer shades. The 
new varieties themselves sufficiently attest 
the success of these efforts. Not to have 
seen any of them at its best is to have 
missed a flower exquisitely lovely. From 
these and our standard varieties one may 
find any shade or combination of colors he 
may desire to enhance the beauty of his 
lawn or herbaceous border. 
No class of plants is more easily grown 
than Paeonies, and few repay the care given 
them so generously. They are _ perfectly 
hardy and thrive in almost any soil, but 
any extra attention given them will be 
amply repaid; deeply cultivated and well 
enriched loam suits them best. In shady 
places, where few plants will succeed, Paeo- 
nies will grow luxuriantly. Such spots are 
usually to be found, and the colors of the 
flowers are brighter and they last much 
longer than if fully exposed to the sun. The 
plants, however, thrive equally well in sun- 
ny situations, and planted in front of shrub- 
bery or on either side of walks they are 
very effective. 
CHOICE VARIETIES OF PAEONIES. 
Baron J. Rothschild—A grand paeony. Out- 
side petals rose, center salmon, sweet, 
double. 
Elegans—Outside petals dark pink, large 
salmon center; loose, fine, sweet. 
Festiva—A very fine dwarf variety. Flow- 
ers clear white, spotted with carmine. 
Fragrans—Light rose; very fragrant, early. 
Fragrantissima—Deep rose; fragrant; late; 
exceptionally fine. 
Humei—Deep rose; very fragrant. 
J. B. Rendatler—An exceedingly beautiful 
pink; large and double; late. 
La Coquette—Salmon rose, tinged lilac. 
La Martina—Deep red; late. 
Lady Darmouth—Pure white; very fine. 
Earliest white. 
Louis Van Houtte—Deep rose; early; a su- 
perb variety. 
Louis d’Estres—Deep rose pink; fragrant. 
M. Paillet—Flesh pink; very double and 
sweet scented; an early bloomer. 
Madam Chaumy—A magnificent flower; 
beautiful satiny rose. 
Miss Brice—Pink center, cream tinted lav- 
ender. 
Ne Plus Ultra—Beautiful clear shell 
pink, retaining from first to last its 
exquisitely delicate color without 
fading in the least; very fragrant. 
Noemi—Blush white; very fine, 
Officinalis Rubra Plena—Deep crimson; 
very early; one of the best. 
Officinalis Rosea—Very early; salmon 
color. 
Pius IX—Dark red; semi-double. 
Plutarch—Dark red; semi-double. 
Triumph du Nord—Satiny rose, shaded 
lavender. 
Whitleyi (Queen Victoria)—White with 
creamy center. 
Small plants of above varieties, each 
25¢e; medium 50c; large $1.00. 
EXTRA CHOICE PEONIES. 
Amabilis Lilacina—Flesh pink, yellow 
center; very early. 
Armandine Mechin—Brilliant red; full 
flower. 
Alice Crousse—Outside petals rose, cen- 
ter white; a superb flower. 
Arsene Mernet—Semi-double rose; very 
ne. 
Beaute Franecaise—Pink and cream 
points flecked with carmine; fra- 
grant; very desirable. 
FESTIVA MAXIMA. 
Caroline Mather—Crimson, large and 
full. 
Charlemagne—Flesh shading to white 
chamois rose; large flower; very late. 
Clarissa—A magnificent red; late. 
Cornucopia—Delicately shaded _ pink, 
very large; a profuse bloomer. 
Delachie—Deep wine red, a grand flow- 
er; late. 
Delecatissima—A_ beautiful clear pink. 
Dr. Andry—A _ beautiful rosy pink; 
large and very double. 
Dr. Nester Pelassy—Beautiful blush 
pink; very double and fragrant. 
Duchess de Nemours—Pure white, ex- 
tra large, one of the very best. 
Duke of Wellington—wWhite, flushed 
with light primrose, very beautiful; 
late. 
Eelair—Bright lavender pink; exceed- 
ingly attractive. 
Edourd Andre—Very deep brilliant 
amaranth red, unique color. 
Festiva Maxima—Creamy white with 
small center of carmine; early. One 
of the very finest. 
Formosa Alba—Creamy white. 
Francis Ortegal—Dark crimson, very 
large, fine, deep, double and sweet. 
Grandiflora—Red; a magnificent flower; 
late. 
La Tulipe—Blush-white with Tulip- 
like shading; very attractive. 
La Rosiere—Center sulphur-yellow 
with yellowish white border, large 
and globular. 
Madam Coste—Creamy white; lower 
petals tinged with carmine. 
Madam d’Verneville—Pure white, very 
large full center, extra fine. 
Marie—White, faintly tinged flesh; 
large, beautiful flower; very late. 
Marie Jacquin (Pond Lily)—Pure white, 
yellow center; just like a pond lily. 
Mrs. Jules Elie—Flesh pink with sil- 
very reflex center, petals bordered 
carmine, very late. 
Modele de Perfeection—Delicate pink, 
shading to white, a superb variety 
and very appropriately named. The 
flower is large and globular in form. 
Mile. Rose Rendatler—Beautiful rosy 
carmine; a superb variety. 
