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Paeonies 
CHOICE HERBACEOUS VARIETIES. 
Paeonies have continued to increase in pop- 
ular 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 enthusiastical- 
ly engaged themselves in introducing and prop- 
agating new varieties, aiming at more per- 
fect flowers of move delicate 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 iew 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 culti- 
vated and well enriched loam suits them best. 
In shady places, where few plants will succeed, 
Paeonies will grow luxuriantly. Such spots are 
usually to be found, and the colors of the flow- 
ers are brighter and they last much longer 
than if fully exposed to the sun. The plants, 
however, thrive equally well in sunny situa- 
tions, 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. 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. 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 
variety. 
Louis d’Estres—Deep rose pink; fragrant. 
Madam Chaumy—A magnificent flower; beau- 
tiful satiny rose. 
Miss Briee—Pink center, cream tinted lavender. 
Ne Plus Ultra—Beautiful, clear shell pink, re- 
taining from first to last its exquisitely del- 
icate color without fading in the least; very 
fragrant. 
Officinalis Rubra Plena—Deep crimson; very 
early; one of the best. 
Officinalis Rosea—Very early; salmon color. 
Triumph du Nord—Satiny rose, shaded 
Deep rose; early; a superb 
lavender. Duchess de Nemours—Pure white, extra 
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. 
Alice Crousse—Outside petals rose, cen- 
ter white; a superb flower. 
Armandine Mechin—Brilliant red; full 
flower. 
Arsene Mernet—Semi-double rose; very 
fine. 
Beaute Francaise—Pink and cream 
points flecked with carmine; fra- 
grant; very desirable. 
garcline Mather—Crimson, large and 
ull. 
Charlemazgne—Flesh shading to white 
chamois rose; large flower; very late. 
Clarissa—A magnificent red; late. 
Cornucopia — Delicately shaded pink; 
very large; a profuse bloomer. 
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. 
large; one of the best. 
Duke of Wellington—White, flushed 
we light primrose; very beautiful; 
ate. 
Eelair—Bright lavender pink; exceed- 
ingly attractive. 
Festiva Maxima—Creamy white with 
small center of carmine; early. One 
of the very finest. 
Francis Ortegal—Dark crimson; very 
large, fine, deep, double and sweet. 
Grandiflora—Red; a magnificent flower; 
late. 
La Reosiere—Center sulphur yellow, 
with yellowish white border, large 
and globular. 
La Tulipe—Blush white with Tulip- 
like shading; very attractive. 
Madam d’Verneville—Pure white, very 
large, full center; extra fine. 
Marie—W hite. faintly tinged flesh; 
large, beautiful flower; very late. 
Marie Jacquin (Pond Lily) — Pure 
white, yellow center; just like a 
pond lily. 
Mile. Rose Rendatler—Beautiful rosy 
carmine; a superb variety. 
Mrs, Jules Elie—Flesh pink with sil- 
ver reflex center; petals bordered 
carmine; very late. 
Paeonies continued on next page. 
FOR COMPLETE LIST OF SHRUBS, HARDY PERENNIALS, ETC 
Modele de Perfection—Delicate pink, 
shading to white; a superb variety 
and very appropriately named. The 
flower is large and globular in form. 
Perfection—Rose, inside salmon, fra- 
grant. 
Phormis—Red; large, full flower. 
Porcupine—Outside petals rose; center 
white, quilled. 4 
Princess Nicholas—Blush, with creamy 
center; fragrant. 
Reine des Francaise—A beautiful va- 
riety; outside petals rose, inner pet- 
als white. 
Souv. d. Expo Universelle—Flesh, beau- 
tiful globular flower; a grand variety. 
Souvenir de Gaspard Calot—A _ grand 
variety; bright rose; edges of petals 
margined with delicate pink and 
blush-white; very full and free. 
Tenuifolia—Single, deep crimson with 
deeply cut fringed foliage. 
Thisbe—A beautiful flesh pink. 
Triomphe de L’Exposition de Lille— 
Delicate pink; large and very double; 
late. ; 
Zoe Calot 
flower. 
Soft rosy pink; well formed 
Small plants of above, each 50c; 
medium, 75¢e; large, $1.50. 
. SEE SPRING CATALOG. 
