90 ELLWANGER & BARRY'S CATALOGUE. 



P-^ONIA. Etoile de Pluton. Dark crimson ; center petals very small 

 and curled, and striped with yellow. 



P. fimbriata plena. Light crimson, beautifully imbricated. 



P. Nemesis. Dark crimson ; flowers very small, double and very fine. 



P. Pompadour a. Dark crimson; center delicately cut ; compact and fine. 



P. pulcherrimLa pleni. Crimson, with purple shade; center petals small 

 and compact. 



P. rubra striata. Very dark purplish crimson ; compact ; fine. 



P. sanguinea plena. Dark purplish crimson ; distinct and superb, 



p. violaeea spherica. Violet crimson ; center petals finely cut ; compact, 

 fine. 



THIKD DIVISION— CHINESE PEONIES. 



P. amabilis. Outer petals rose ; inner, smaller and creamy white or straw 

 color; delicate. 



P. Ambroise Verschaflfelt. Purplish crimson ; very full flower ; the best 

 dark variety. 75c. 



P. AugUSte Lemonnier. Velvety red ; large, full and beautiful. 75c. 



P. amabilis grandiflora. Outside petals flesh color ; inside, delicate straw 

 color ; large and fine. 



P. anemoneflora striata. Outer petals large, rosy violet ; inside ones small,, 

 rose and salmon ; very large and fine. 



P. Baron James Rothschild. Outside petals rose, center salmon ; very 

 large and fine. 



P. Beaute Prancaise. Outside deep rose, center shaded with salmon ; short 

 and delicately cut ; superb. 



P. bicolor. Deep rose, yellow in the center and marked with red. 



P. Buyckii. Rose, shaded in the center with salmon ; large and regularly 

 foiTaed. 



P. carnea elegans. Flesh color, with a few carmine marks in the center. 



P. carnea striata- {E. & B.) Flesh color, striped with red ; very fine. 



P. centripetela. Outside row of petals large, deep rosy pink ; second row 

 narrow, fringed ; center ones broad and full ; distinct and fine. 



P. Charles Verdier. Light lilac rose ; very large, and of perfect form ; 

 superb variety. 75c. 



P. Claptoniana. Creamy white ; inside petals straw color. 



P. Comte de Paris. PurpHsh rose ; full and fine. 



P. Constant Devred. Soft, clear purple, imbricated like a rose. 75c. 



P. delicatissima. Delicate fine rose ; very large, full and sweet. 



P. Delachii. Dark purplish crimson, resembling Pottsii, but more double and 

 richer foliage ; one of the best dark. 



P. diversiflora. Outside petals white, inside fringed, straw color ; anemone- 

 flowered ; dark distinct foliage. 



P. Dr. Bretonneau. Rosy violet ; very large and fine ; resembles Comte de 

 Paris. 



P. Duchesse d' Amaule. Light rose ; center straw color, tipped with red ; 

 beautiful. 



P. Duchesse de Nemours. Outside petals clear violet ; ccntar fringed, 

 lilac ; very large and sweet ; plant vigorous and showy. 



P. Duchesse d'Orleans. Violet rose ; center salmon. 



P. edulis, or fragrans. Violet rose; all of one color; vei-y full ar.d sweet 



P. elegans. Outside petals flesh color ; center yellowish, marked with small 

 soots of red. 



P. elegantissima. Outside ftetals blush ; inside salmon ; anemone-flowered. 



p. f estiva. Piire white, a few marks of carmine in the center ; perfectly 

 ^'lobular, beautiful and sweet. 



