25 



PdCOnieS keady in October. 



bloom wonderfully. They 



(Finest Imported Roots) 

 If to be sent by mail add postage at zone rates — 1 lb. ea^ih. 9 lbs. doz. 



The old-fashioned double Paeonics are too well known to 'require description. Their popularity 

 is due to their great merits — their easy culture, the handsome appearance of the plant, and the bril- 

 liant and striking effect of their massive, finely formed, richly colored flowers. Among hardy herbace- 

 ous perennials, the Chinese Paeonies rank about first for lawn or flower-border or shrubbery decoration. 

 Paeonies do best in deep, rich, rather moist soil. The plants are gross feeders, and the soil should 

 be well worked before planting, and enriched with cow manure. Clean cultivation should be given. 

 An annual top-dressing of short, well-rotted man ure should be given in November, and forked into 

 the soil in spring. Liquid manure, given in the growing season, helps the 

 need abundant water, and if they suffer from 

 drought at blooming time there are likely to be 

 small flowers and blighted buds. The ci-owns 

 should be set in planting about 2 inches below 

 the surface. They may be set in spring or fall, 

 to bloom the following summer. They are all 

 hardy. We offer only strong, flowering roots, 

 viith not less than three e.ves. 



Herbaceous Chinese Paeonies 



(Paeonia chinensis) 



Each Doz. 



Alba plena. Pure white; fragrant $0 35 $3 00 



Beaute Franeaise. Rose and carmine.. 40 4 00 

 Boiile de Neige. Sulphury white; cen- 

 ter petals with rosy borders 50 5 00 



Canary. iSuli)hury white 60 GOO 



Charlemagne. Creamy white, center 



lilac and chamois 45 4 50 



Comte de Niepperg. Bright carmine; 



early GO GOO 



Cytherie. (Calot.) Flesh-color, nearly 



white, carmine-spotted 45 4 50 



Edulis superba. Bright rosy pink 50 5 00 



Faust. Light rose 50 5 00 



Fe.stiva. White, with carmine spots.. 50 5 00 



Festiva maxima. White GO 6 00 



Humei oarnea. Rose passing to white 50 5 00 

 Jeanne d'Arc. Rose, sulnhur and rosy 



white center '. 50 5 00 



Jules Calot. Pink, center rose 60 6 Oo 



L,ady Bramwell. Silver rose 60 6 00 



Louis Van Houtte. Cherry-color, with 



purplish reflection 50 5 00 



Madame Geissler. Light pink, large 



flower, early GO 6 00 



Magnifica. Tender rosy, center creamy 



white 60 6 00 



Marie Lemoine. Pure white; a very 



large and splendid flower 75 7 00 



Meissonier. Purplish red 50 5 00 



3Ionsieiir Krelage. Wine-color 60 6 00 



Queen's Perfection. Yellowish wliite, 



center yellow 50 5 00 



Queen Victoria. Rose; dark rose center 50 5 00 



Rubra triumphans. Carmine 50 5 00 



Triomphe de I'Exposition de Lille. 



Light rosy; fine-shaped flower: early 60 6 00 



Zoe Calot. Brilliant rose, with lilac... 50 5 00 



Double, Mixed, White 25 2 00 



Double, Mixed, Crimson 25 2 00 



double, Mixed, Rose ^.Ti 2 00 



Double, Mixed, Pink 25 2 00 



Double, Mixed, Carmine 25 2 00 



Japanese Tree Paeonies 



(Paeonia arborea) 



Mailing rate 2 lbs. each. 



These are very beautiful and free-flowering, and 

 bloom two or three weeks earlier than the 

 herbaceous sorts. W^e are importing an assort- 

 ment of the following fine named varieties. $1.50 

 each. 



Belle d'Orleans. Rosy carmine. 

 Blanche de Chateau Futu. Pure white. 

 Comtesse de Tuder. Tender rosy white; very 



double, fine-shaped flower. 

 Elisabeth. Brilliant pink 



flowers. 

 Fragrans Maxima Plena. 



large double flower. 



; one of the largest 

 Brilliant salmon rosy ; 



Festiva Maxima Paeony. 

 Japanese Tree Paeonies, continued 



Madame Stuart Low. Reddish salmon, white cen- 

 ter; large flower. 



Triomphe de Gand. Bright rosy, with white bor- 

 der; large flower. 



Paeonia Officinalis 



Mailing rate 2 lbs. each. 



Each Doz. 

 Anemonaeflora. Large; crimson; single 



anemone-flower shape $0 60 $6 00 



Atro-rubra plena. Dark red 35 3 50 



Mutabilis plena. Tender rose, passing 



to white ; double 45 4 50 



Rosea plena. Pink 50 5 00 



Tenuifolia, Single-flowering. Rich crim- 

 son; narrow-leaved, feathery foliage.. 45 4 50 



Phlox Decussata 



(Perennial Phlox) 

 In the following varieties — all 25 cts. each, 

 $2.50 doz. Mailing rate — 4 lbs. doz. 



Aquillon. Carmine. 



Boule de Feu. Fiery red. 



Coquelicot. Crimson eye. 



Eclaneus. Carmine and Salmon. 



Flambeau. Crimson. 



Jeanne d'Arc. Pure white. 



Pantheon. Rose. 



Pecheur d'Islande. Fiery red. 



Phlox suffruticosa. Snowdown, white. 



