CURRIE BROS.’ CO, AUTUMN CATALOGUE, 1907. 13 
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 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, 
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. 
Our stock is very large, embracing an 
extensive assortment of the newest and best 
varieties, from which we have selected the 
following choice and distinct kinds, all of 
which we can confidently recommend: 
CHOICE VARIETIES OF PAEONIES. 
Baron J. Rothschild—Outside petals 
rose, center salmon, sweet, double. 
Elezgans—Outside petals dark pink, 
large salmon center; loose, fine, 
sweet. 
Fragrans—Light rose; very fragrant, 
early. 
Fragrantissima—Deep rose; fragrant; 
late. : 
Humei—Deep rose; very fragrant. 
Triumph du Nord—Satiny rose, shaded 
J. B. Rendatler—An exceedingly beau- 
tiful pink; large and double; late. 
La Coquette—Salmon rose, tinged with 
lilac. This is without doubt one of 
the finest Paeonies in cultivation. 
The flowers are large, compact and 
well formed and are _ produced in 
great profusion. It is early and a 
good keeper. 
La Martina—Deep red; late. 
Lady Darmouth—Pure white; very fine. 
Earliest white. 
Louis Van Houtte—Deep rose; early; a 
superb variety. 
Louis d’Estres—Deep rose pink; fra- 
grant. 
Madam Chaumy—Beautiful 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. 
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. 
lavender. 
Whitleyi (Queen Victoria)—White with 
creamy center. 
Small Plants of above warieties, each 
25¢e; medium 50c; large $1.00. 
A SUPERB COLLECTION OF 
PAEONIES. 
poeene Mernet—Semi-double rose; very 
ne. 
Beaute Franecaise—Pink and cream 
points flecked with carmine; fra- 
grant; very desirable. 
Caroline Mather—Crimson; large and 
ull. 
Clarissa—A magnificent red; late. 
Cornucopia—Delicately shaded pink, 
very large; a profuse bloomer. 
Dr. Andry—A _ beautiful rosy pink; 
large and very double. 
Dr. Nester Pelassy—Beautiful blush 
pink; very double and fragrant. 
Delecatissima—A beautiful clear pink. 
Helair—Brigot -avender pink; exceed- 
ingly attractive. 
Westiva—A very fine dwarf variety. 
Flowers clear white, spotted with 
carmine. 
MAXIMA. 
Francis Ortegal—Dark crimson, very 
large, fine, deep, double and sweet. 
Cre a magnificent flower; 
ate. 
La Tulipe—Blush-white with Tulip-like 
shading; very attractive. 
M. Paillet—Flesh pink; very double and 
sweet scented; an early bloomer. 
Perfection—Rose, inside salmon, fra- 
grant. 
Phormis—Red, large full flower. 
Poreupine—Outside petals rose; center 
white, quilled. 
Princess Nicholas—Blush, with cream 
center; fragrant. 
Reine des Francaise—A beautiful va- 
riety; outside petals rose, inner pet- 
als white. 
Souvenir de Gaspard Calot—A_ grand 
variety; bright rose; edges of petals 
margined with delicate pink and 
blush-white; very full and free. 
Sydonie—Pale rose; early. 
Thisbe—A beautiful flesh pink. 
Triomphe de L’Exposition de Lille— 
Peleate pink; large and very double; 
ate. 
Small Plants of above, each 50c; me- 
dium 75ec; large $1.50. 
