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THE ELM CITY NURSERY COMPANY, 
fierbaceous 
The "piny," so called, of the old 
gardens 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-day the variety of Peeonies 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 paeonia is becoming 
very popular, and the list we offer, we believe, covers the range of colors, as our 
collection has been selected with great care so as to include the most desirable 
varieties. 
« « * U arieties * * * 
Alba-superba. Very double and pure white, tinted creamy yellow in center 
fragrant and one of the best. 
Atro=rubra (officinalis). Double; very deep crimson. This is the sort so popu- 
lar in the old gardens. 
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. $1.00. 
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. $1.00. 
Duke of Wellington. Another sulphury white sort of fine form, recently sent 
out. $r.oo. 
Elegans 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. Of the purest white, splashed with a few streaks of crimson, 
on the borders of the inner petalets. $1.00. 
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 cen.ter 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. 
Gigantea. 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 full to the center; very fine. 
Humeii rosea. Enormous double flowers of a clear rose, and one of the latest to 
bloom . 
Mt Blanc. Pure white, double; good form and fragrant. 
Mutabalis (officinalis). Very early, medium size; light pink with creamy rose 
center. 
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 blooms 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. 
Plants marked (*, sent prepaid in the United States at single-rate prices. 
See inner front cover page for terms and special discounts. 
Herbaceous Peonies. 
