PERENNIALS AND CALIFORNIA BULBS 37 
In the Rose type all of the parts are changed to almost or quite uniform petals, like a rose. 
If not quite full it is called a Semi-rose. If the reader can keep the forms in mind he will 
be able to better picture the varieties described. 
My list of Peonies is a select one, with at least three-fourths of the most highly 
recommended sorts. There are many hundreds of Peonies, with many inferior, and a 
short first-class list has its advantages. 
Carnea elegans has a perfect rose type flower, with broad petals of a clear flesh- 
color. Fall and midseason. $i each. 
Charles Toche is of a globular rose type of fair size; early; clear violet-rose, a most 
exquisite shade. The plant is rather dwarf but free flowering. 75 cts. each. 
Due de Wellington is a very large bomb type Peony, with white guard petals and 
sulphur center; very fragrant; tall. A vigorous grower and a very fine variety. 50c. ea. 
Duchess of Teck is a brilliant rose-colored Peony of the rose type, the back of 
the petals fiery, edges of petals changing to silvery white. $1 each. 
Edulis Superba is a large, loose crown type and early. In color a bright mauve- 
pink. Rather tall and a strong grower. Very fragrant. 50 cts. each. 
Festiva Maxima is a large, globular, rose type. The outer petals are tinted lilac 
when opening, while the center is pure white, with little crimson flecks. 50 cts. each. 
Fragrans. This is a solferino-pink sort, with very long, stiff stems and of free- 
flowering habit. Under electric light it is almost exactly American Beauty rose color, 
and is remarkably fragrant as well. 
Jeanne d'Arc varies from a bomb to a crown in type. Tall, strong, and fragrant. 
Guards pale lilac-rose, collar creamy white, center pale lilac-rose. A very fine flower 
at its best. 75 cts. each. 
Louis Van Houtte is a semi-rose type of medium size. Color carmine-rose, with 
fiery reflex; fragrant; late. $1 each. 
Madame Calot is very large and of the rose type. A very delicate pale hydrangea- 
pink; tall, a strong grower; early and fragrant. 75 cts. each. 
Madame Crousse is a crown type of medium size. Pure white with crimson flakes 
in the center. Midseason. One of the best. $1 each. 
Marie Lemoine is a late sort of medium height but a strong grower. In color it is 
pure white with cream-white centers. Quite fragrant. 75 cts. each. 
Modeste Guerin is a tall, very strong-growing Peony of bomb type. It is a fine 
grower, with a light solferino-red flower; late midseason. When open at first, the bomb 
is low and flat, but develops into a high center. A fine sort. 75 cts. each. 
Modele de Perfection is a large and compact rose type. The guards and collar are 
light violet-rose, the high center 
darker. Below medium height, 
good grower, and fragrant. Late. 
$1 each. 
Solfaterre is a full bomb but 
.later a crown develops. The 
guards are milk-white, the cen- 
ter sulphur. One of the two sorts 
that are nearest yellow. With 
age it becomes sulphur-white. A 
freshly opened flower is a dream 
of beauty for one who loves soft 
cream and sulphur shades. Quite 
fragrant ; midseason ; a little weak 
in stems. 75 cts. ea. 
Tenuifolia is of altogether 
another type of Peony. The foli- 
age is bright green and as finely 
cut as a fern. The dazzling crim- 
son flowers are set down in the 
foliage much as the love-in-the- 
mist flower is. Short-stemmed 
but brilliant. Very e arly. 50c ea. 
I can make up wide collec- 
tions for any customer wishing 
them, charging the usual retail 
prices. Peony Festiva Maxima 
