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Berbaceous 
'HE " piny," so called, of the old gar- 
dens was the then popular garden 
plant and down to the present day 
this old sort with its early crimson flowers 
is in universal demand. 
To-d ay the variety of Pseonies is 
almost endless, for by hybridizing, the 
plant-grower has succeeded in producing 
such a variety of color that we now have 
them ranging from deepest crimson to 
purest white, in all imaginable combina- 
tions, both single and double, and many 
of them quite fragrant. 
They are ideal garden plants and 
thrive in any good garden soil, have 
practically no enemies, and when once 
planted will thrive for years without transplanting. The pseonia is becoming 
very popular, and the list we offer is the cream of the best varieties. 
Herbaceous P/eonies. 
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Uarieties « « « 
Alba=superba. Very double and pure white, tinted creamy yellow in center; 
fragrant and one of the best. 
Caroline Mather. Very large double, rosy crimson, and one of the best dark 
late varieties. 
Duchesse of Nemours. Pink. One of the most beautiful Pseonies yet sent out; 
very full double flower, the outer petals satiny pink, the full ball-like center 
of a creamy white and fragrant. $i.oo each. 
Duchesse of Nemours. White. Very like preceding with the exception of the 
outer petals, which are a creamy white, giving the whole bloom a yellow- 
white effect. $i.oo each. 
Duke of Wellington. Another sulphury white sort of fine form, recently sent 
out. $i.oo. 
Blegans. Outer petals rose ; center full with curving and twisting petalets, 
shading from light rose to white. 
Festiva Maxima. By many considered the best white yet introduced both in 
color and form. Oi the purest white, splashed with a few streaks of crimson, 
on the borders of the inner petalets. $i.oo each. 
Fragrantissima. Early and very fine bloomer. One of the best varieties; with 
the outer row of petals clear rose, inner petalets very numerous, pointed, and 
as the flower develops often building up in the center into a solid cone of 
clear pink changing to white ; very fragrant. 
Francis Ortegal. Tall grower and late bloomer; flowers very large and of a 
deep maroon rose. 
Qigantea. Very free grower and is also very large, full and of a deep pink. 
Gladstone. Delicate satiny pink petals, inner petalets of a uniform creamy 
pink, filling up to the center; very fine. 
Humeii rosea. Enormous double flowers of a clear rose, and one of the latest 
to bloom. 
Officinalis. Single deep crimson, yellow center; earliest to bloom. 
Officinalis flora plena. Double deep crimson. Early, This is the crimson 
pseonia or piny of the old gardens. 
Officinalis mutabalis. Very early, double, light pink splashed with deeper color. 
Officinalis rosea plena. Very early, clear rose. 
Pauline. Rosy lilac, inner petalets broad and incurved and of a creamy white. 
Reine Hortense. Late flowering; light rose and full to the center. 
Rose. Full and well formed; deep, clear rose. 
Tenuifolia. Known as the fern-leaved pseonia. It is a distinct species with deep 
crimson single flowers surrounded by clusters of fern-like foliage and blooms 
the earliest of all. 
Tenuifolia fl. pi. Like the preceding, but the flowers are full and double. 
Thorbeckii. Deep red pink and fine form. 
See inner front co-ver j>age for terms and special discounts. 
