from a catalogue for you see the living flower, as it 

 is, not as it is supposed to be. For example, I saw 

 the Lady Alexander Duff, almost apriceless variety 

 that I knowmany amateur gardeners have coveted, 

 and a remarkable specimen it is too, sometimes 

 producing both single and double flowers on the 

 same plant. The single ones look very much like a 

 great water-lily, and the double flowers are very 

 large and of a soft, silvery-shaded rose. Not far 

 away I saw an exhibit of quite inexpensive singles 

 and I assure you I found many of them ju^ as 

 lovely as those of Lady Alexander Duff. 

 ^ These single-flowered peonies are of di^incftive 

 merit and seemed to appeal to every one. They 

 were a revelation to many who, I understand, saw 

 them for the first time. Those that attracfted and 

 captivated me above all others were the Duchess 

 of Portland, a frilly delicate pink, the frills of a 

 shaded, soft pink and white. A much deeper 

 flower and more like a huge Darwin tulip in form 

 is Fine Lady. She is white, with a fine blush or 

 clouding of pink. Lemon Queen is a pure white 

 with a center of fringed pale gold petals. 

 ^ The Rosy Dawns merited all the praise and 

 ecstatic comments made about their white blooms 

 of real water-lily form. Silver and pale pink Made- 

 leine Gauthier is exceptionally lovely. Her flowers 

 are large and of exquisite texture, possessing all 

 the fineness of the Japanese single varieties. Flag 

 of Truce is a pretty lavender-white bloom and, like 

 Madeleine Gauthier, is a dwarf grower, but not 

 quite so dwarf as Madeleine, who is very dwarf. A 

 great, pure white one of striking beauty and dis- 



