LIST OF HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR 1914. 107 
PAEONIES. 
CHOICE HERBACEOUS VARIETIES. 
Paeonies have continued to increase in popu- 
lar favor with each succeeding year as pre- 
eminent among our hardy perennial plants. 
In response to the increasing demand, cultiva- 
tors of this beautiful plant have enthusiastic- 
ally engaged themselves in introducing and 
propagating new varieties, aiming at more 
perfect flowers of more delicate tints and 
deeper, richer shades. The new varieties them- 
selves sufficiently attest the suecess 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 varie- 
ties 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 atten- 
| tion given them will be amply repaid; deeply 
_ cultivated and well enriched loam suits. them 
) best. In shady places where few plants will 
sueceed, Paeonies 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 sunny 
situations, and planted in front of shrubbery or 
on either side of walks they are very effective. 
CHOICE VARIETIES OF PAEONIES. 
| Baron J. Rothschild—A grand paeony. Outside 
petals rose, center salmon, sweet, double. 
| Elegans—Outside petals dark pink, large 
salmon center; loose, fine, sweet. 
Festiva—A very fine dwarf variety. Flowers 
clear white, spotted with carmine. 
Fragrans—Light rose; very fragrant, early. 
Humei—Deep rose: very fragrant. 
J. B. Rendatler—An exceedingly beautiful 
pink; large and double; late. 
Lady Darmouth—Pure white; very fine. 
Earliest white. 
Louis Van Houtte—Deep rose; early; a superb 
variety. 
| Louis d’Estres—Deep rose pink; fragrant. 
Madam Chaumy—A magnificent flower; beau- 
tiful satiny rose. 
Miss Brice—Pink center, cream tinted lavender. 
Ne Plus Ultra—Beautiful clear shell 
pink, retaining from first to last its 
exquisitely delicate color without 
fading in the least; very fragrant. 
Francaise—Pink 
flecked with 
Beaute 
points 
FESTIVA MAXIMA. 
Officinalis Rubra Plena—Deep crimson; 
very early; one of the best 
Officinalis Rosea—Very early; salmon 
color. 
| Triumph du Nord—Satiny red, shaded 
lavender. 
Whitleyi (Queen Victoria)—White with 
creamy center. 
| Small plants of above varieties, each 
25¢e; medium 50c; large $1.00. 
EXTRA CHOICE PAEONIES. 
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 
fine, 
grant; very desirable. 
Caroline Mather—Crimson, large and 
full. 
Charlemagne—Flesh shading to white 
chamoise rose; large flower; very late. 
Clarissa—A magnificent red; late. 
Cornucopia—Delicately shaded _ pink, 
very large; a profuse bloomer. 
Delicatissima—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—White, flushed 
with light primrose, very beautiful; 
late. 
Eclair—Bright lavender pink; exceed- 
ingly attractive. 
Festiva Maxima—Creamy white with 
small center of carmine; early. One 
of the very finest, 
cream Francis Ortegal—Dark crimson, very 
fra- 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 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 Perfection—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, 
