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Peonies 



PEONIES are very hardy, of easy culture and almost free from attacks of insects and disease The 

 flowers are of rare beauty and lend themselves to a variety of uses. They are charming for cutting 

 for gro\^^ng m flower or shrubbery border, and because of their great diversity of color, form and 

 fragrance, they have unlimited possibilities for artistic landscape effects. 



White and Tinted Varieties 



Candidissima. Full center, medium size. 

 Large pure white guards with a center of palest 

 sulphur yellow. *$0.75 each; $6.00 per 10. 



Duchess de Nemours. Medium size. Center 

 is tinted a pale lemon yellow with guards of purest 

 white. Early to mid-season. *$0.60 each; $5.00 

 per 10. 



Duke of Wellington. Large and double. 

 Buds tinted like a Tea Rose, opening into white 

 flowers, shaded vAth. delicate pale yellow towards 

 center. *$0.75 each; $6.00 per 10. 



Festiva Maxima. Very large, very double 

 and full. The guard petals are a faint pink when 

 opening, fading later to white; the center is tinted 

 cream and prominently flecked with carmine. 

 Season early to comparatively late. *$0.60 each; 

 $5.00 per 10. 



Golden Harvest. Medium size. The large 

 guard petals are a delicate peach blossom pink; 

 the center is a clear cream. Mid-season. *$0.60 

 each; $5.00 per 10. 



Joan of Arc. Small to medium, white tinged 

 with light yellow. *$0.60 each; $5.00 per 10. 



La Tulipe. Medium to large. Compact 

 blooms of a pale lilac-pink, fading lighter and 

 sometimes marked with carmine. *$1.00 each; 

 $7.50 per 10. 



Madame Coste. Medium to large. Center a 

 yellowish cream fading to cream white, flecked 

 with carmine; guard petals a very pale pink. 

 Early. *$0.50 each; $4.00 per 10; $35.00 per 100. 



Madame Jules Calot. Large. The center is 

 , -^^est pink and cream white; the guards are a 

 t cameo pink. The general effect of the bloom 



jf white tinted with splashes of pink. Mid-season. 

 ,,1.00 each; $7.50 per 10; $60.00 per 100. 



Marie Lemoine. Large, in a tight, compact 

 head. Color a deep cream, occasionally carmine 

 tipped. Very late. *$1.00 each; $7.50 per 10. 



Queen Victoria. Large and rather loose. Color 

 is very beautiful in palest tones of pink and yellow, 

 fading to cream white. Late *$0.60 each; $5.00 per 

 10; $40.00 per 100. 



PAPAVER Orientalis. ORIENTAL PoPPY. 3 

 feet. These immense scarlet flowers are brilliant 

 masses against shrubbery or evergreen borders. 

 June and July. (R) "Scarlet." 



PARDANTHUS sinensis. BLACKBERRY LiLY. 

 2 feet. Small Hly-shaped, orange-colored flowers, 

 spotted with carmine, and blackberry-like seeds. 

 Thrive in shady places. (R) "Capucine Yellow." 



PENTSTEMON barbatus Torreyi. 4 to 5 

 feet. Scarlet flowers. July to August. 



P. Coerulea. 18 inches. Large, indi\idual 

 flowers with a throat of (R) "Pansy Violet" and 

 a lip of "Gentian Blue." June and July. 



P. Diffusa. 1 to 2 feet. Light purple flowers. 

 June and July. (R) "Mathews Purple." 



P. Pubescens. 2 feet. Small lilac flowers 

 with a white bearded Hp. (R) "Lilac." May to 

 July. 



We make no additional charge for packing as is the case with many nurserymen. 

 All prices f. o. b. our station. 



Pink-flowering Peonies 



Auguste Villaume. Very large, brilliant deep 

 rose pink. Flowers later than most varieties. 

 *$1.25 each; $10.00 per 10. 



Insignis. Medium size. The ball-like crown is 

 pale pink, shading to cream on the tips and edges 

 of the petals. The guards are large and of a deep 

 Tyrian pink. Very sho^y for landscape effects. 

 Mid-season. *$0.75 each; $6.00 per 10. 



La Superba. Large. The color of the guards 

 is a deep, satiny rose; that of the crown is several 

 tones lighter, fading gradually to a pale salmon. 

 Mid-season. (R) "Rose Color." *$0.50 each; 

 $4.00 per 10; $35.00 per 100. 



Albert Crousse. Large, full and compact. The 

 coloring is like that of a delicate pink rose and is 

 uniform throughout. One of the most beautiful 

 lighter pink varieties. Mid-season to late. (R) 

 "Rose Pink." *$1.25 each; $10.00 per 10. 



Madam Ducel. Medium to large. Guard and 

 cro^Ti petals differentiated. Guard petals cerise, 

 central petals much lighter, being white or silver 

 tipped and having salmon tinge when first opening. 

 *$1.00 each; $7.50 per 10. 



Souvenir de ^Exposition Universelle. Very 

 large, flat and full. A brilliant and very deep 

 rose-pink approaching the Tyrian. Slightly silver 

 tipped. Mid-season. (R) "Deep Rose Pink." 

 *$0.75 each; $6.00 per 10. 



Red-flowering Peonies 



Augustin d'Hour. Medium to large. Guard 

 and center petals differentiated. Dark rose-red. 

 (R) A shade between "Rose Color" and "Amar- 

 anth Purple." Mid-season. *$1.00 each; $7.50 

 per 10. 



Delachei. Medium size. One of the most 



beautiful and darkest of the red varieties; a very 

 dark rose-red with a slight purple tinge. Mid- 

 season. (R) "Amaranth Purple." *$1.00 each; 

 $7.50 per 10. 



Felix Crousse. Exceptionally perfect in form 

 and color. A clear brilliant red suggesting that 

 of a Jack Rose. Free mid-season bloomer. (R) 

 Darker than "Tyrian Rose." *$1.00 each; $7.50 

 per 10. 



L' Eclatante. Large, dark, rich rose-red with a 

 slight purplish tinge. *$1.00 each; $7.50 per 10. 



Louis Van Houttei. Medium size. Very 

 loose in structure, showing yellow stamens when 

 in full bloom. A rich rose-red. Mid-season. (R) 

 More of a violet than "Tyrian Rose." *$0.60 

 each; $5.00 per 10. 



Rubra Triumphans. Large globular flowers. 

 Color is a dark garnet. (R) "Amaranth Purple." 

 *$0.75 each; $6.00 per 10. 



In describing colors of flowers in our catalog 

 Ridgway's Color Chart has been used as our color 

 guide. This chart has been used as a standard 

 guide by many Garden Clubs, and by its use 

 much greater accuracy is possible in selecting 

 flowering plants. Wherever a description in this 

 catalog is preceded by the capital "R" the 

 reference is to this Color Chart. 



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