PJEONIES— SELECTIONS. 



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The herbaceous species and varieties are increased by division of the roots, one 

 or more crowns being kept on each piece. August is one of the best months for divi- 

 sion, but it may also be performed a little later, or in spring. The same seasons are also 

 the most suitable for planting. 



New varieties are obtained by sowing the seeds as soon as ripe, either in beds in the 

 garden, or in pots or pans under glass. The seeds lie a long time before the plants 

 appear — sometimes several months — and the seedlings are slow in attaining a flowering 

 size, so that raising from seeds can hardly be recommended. In the selection which 

 follows only the principal colours of the flowers are given, some flowers showing several 

 shades of colour. 



*Agnes Mary Kelway, rose and 



yellow, 

 candidissima, primrose. 

 *Comte de Gomer, deep crimson. 

 Comte d'Osmonte, white and yellow. 

 Cyclops, purple crimson. 

 *Duchess de Nemours, snow white. 

 Duchess of Teck, cream and pink. 

 Duke of Devonshire, rose, 

 f estiva maxima, snow white. 

 *Francois Ortigat, purple. 



Selection of Double Herbaceous Pteonies. 



Varieties of P. albiflora. 

 Grizzel Muir, white. 

 John Fraser, cerise rose. 

 *Lady Beresford, rose pink. 

 Lady Carrington, flesh. 

 *Lady Leonora Bramwell, silvery 



*Madame Breon, peach blossom. 

 Madame de Galhau, pink. 

 Marguerite Gerard, white and cream. 

 Miss Brice, rose and yellow. 

 Moonbeam, white. 



Miss Salway, white and sulphur. 

 Princess Beatrice, pink and yellow. 

 * „ Christian, white. 



,, Clothilde, pink, cream, 



and blush. 

 „ Irene, pink. 

 „ May, cream. 

 Queen Victoria, flesh, 

 rubra triompbans, rich crimson. 

 *Sir Henry Irving, rose pink. 

 Sir Walter Scott, rose. 



♦autumnus, purple. 

 Beauty, rose. 

 *Blucher, carmine. 

 Dreadnought, crimson. 



Selection of Single Peonies. 



Varieties of albiflora. 

 *Duchess of Sutherland, pink. 

 *Emily, bright pink. 

 Millais, maroon. 

 Purity, white. 



Queen of May, pink. 

 Eosy Dawn, white. 

 *Stanley, maroon crimson. 

 *The Bride, pure white. 



Selection of European and other Species of Peonies. 



Those marked (J) are double. 



*anomala, rosy lilac. 

 *arietina, crimson. 

 Broteri, crimson, 

 corallina, deep crimson. 

 *decora elatior, crimson. 



Emodi, satin white. 



officinalis anemonseflora, crimson. 



J „ fl.pl., crimson. 



*t „ alba, fl. pi., white. 



X „ rosea, fL pi., rose. 



paradoxa, purple, 

 peregrina, crimson. 

 * ,, Exquisite, pink. 

 *JtenuifoLia, fl. pi., crimson, 

 tenuifolia rosea, blush rose. 



Selection of Tree Peonies (P. Moutan). 



Those marked (d) are double or semi-double. 



(d) Agenoria, rose and white. 

 (d ) Alchemist, deep purple. 

 (d) Beauty of Canton, mauve. 

 (d) carnosa, flesh. 



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(d) Eastern Prince, dark scarlet. 

 Ella C. Stubbs, white. 

 (d) Leonard Kelway, French white. 

 Lord Iveagh, rosy red. 



(d) Marchioness of Granby, rose, 

 papaveracea, lilac, blotched purple. 

 (<Z) Reine Elizabeth, reddish salmon. 

 (d ) Robert Fortune, rose. 



