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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



blooming season ; and, as far as the bright reds are concerned, 

 larger flowers, and in the rose colours more variation of colour. 

 I have drawn up a list of the best fifty double kinds in my col- 

 lection, adding amongst the single kinds the twelve best early- 

 flowering sorts and the twelve best later ones. They are : — 



60 Best Double Peonies, suitable for Decoration of Garden 



Borders. 



European Sorts, May -flowering. 



1. Old Double Crimson, officinalis rubra plena. 



2. „ „ Rose, ,, rosea plena. 



3. „ „ White, ,, alba plena (opening rose, fading white). 



Asiatic Species. 



4. Tenuifolia plena (an excellent kind). 



Albiflora family, June- flowering. White or tinted pink. 



5. Alice de Julvecourt. 



6. Boule de Neige. 



7. Duchesse de Nemours. 



8. Festiva maxima. 



9. Grandiflora nivea. 



10. Mme. Calot. 



11. Noemie Demay (one of the best). 



12. Virgo Maria. 



13. Formosa alba. 



14. Mme. Crousse. 



15. Pulcherrima. 



16. Charlemagne. 



17. Alfred de Musset. 



18. La Perle. 



19. Mme. de Verneille. 



20. Mathilde de Eoseneck. 



Pink {and shades of). These we have found to be some of the most beau- 

 tiful and exquisite in shading, scent, and form of flower. 



21. Artemise. 



22. Faust. 



23. Belle Douaisienne. 



24. Globosa. 



25. Jeanne d'Arc. 



26. Lady Leonora Bramwell. 



27. Leone. 



28. Lucrece. 



29. Mme. Chaumy. 



30. Modeste (Guerin). 



31. Bosamond. 



32. Beine des Roses. 



33. Charles Verdier. 



34. Delicatissima. 



35. Francis. 



36. L'Elegante. 



37. Mme. Lemoinier. 



38. Modele de Perfection. 



39. Livingstone. 



Red or Crimson tinted. 



40. Berlioz. 



41. Mme. Forel. 



42. Trojan. 



43. Gloire de Douai. 



44. Ambroise Verschaffelt. 



45. Isabella Kaiiitzky. 



Sulphur shades, with Pale Piose. 



46. Mme. Emile Galle. 



47. Claude la Lorraine. 



48. Triomphe de Paris. 



49. 

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 51. 



Solfaterre. 

 Belle Chatelaine. 

 La Fraicheur. 



