The Garden Magazine, August, 1921 
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A collection of Japanese Single Peonies (Thurlow) which 
attracted much attention had among them the Dragon; 
Isani Gidui; The Mikado, Eduard VII; Sophia Housten; 
White Lady; Tokio. Visitors showed special interest in 
these. 
Among the varieties most commented upon as seen at the 
show were La Perle, bluish white in the centre, growing darker 
toward the edge, and fragrant; La Lrance, soft pink, late, very 
large, and rather flat flowers; Solange, extra large flowers, waxy- 
white but suffused with a reddish golden light; Therese, soft 
shell pink, mid-season; Walter Laxon, rose pink with salmon 
shades, medium in size, late; Pres. Wilson, soft rose pink, cuplike 
in shape, fragrant, late; Lady Alexander Duff, soft pink, broad 
petals, mid-season; Madame Gaudichau, very dark crimson 
flowers, with crimson leaf veins and crimson stalks, globular 
shaped blooms; Kelway’s Queen, deep flesh pink with carmine 
markings, large, globular, fragrant, mid-season; Venus, delicate 
shell pink, mid-season, counted an extra good cut flower; Fes- 
tiva Maxima, ivory white flecked with crimson in the 
substance and refined coloring. Why grow the old-fashioned 
grandiflora types? 
The winning varieties in the several color classes were: Giant 
White; Constance Hinton (white); Charity (crimson); Private 
Jack Smelle (carmine); Lelton’s Cream (yellow); Mrs. Tom 
Jones (blue); Elegance Susie Taylor (blush); Hawlmark Pink; 
Hercules; Hebe (dark pink); Tangerine (orange); Hawlmark 
Lavender (lavender); Royal, Leton Purple (purple); Wonder, 
Maroon King (maroon) ; Annie Iceland, Cherub (picotee edged) ; 
Loyalty (striped); Sparkler, Dora (bicolor). Others of note 
shown in the open classes included Rosalind, bright cherry rose; 
Lloradale Purple, rich purple; (which with Giant White, are 
from Burpee), and were awarded Certificates as novelties of 
merit. The two big displays were made by W. A. Burpee Co., 
Philadelphia; and Mrs. Homer Gage, Shrewsbury, Mass. These 
embraced all the newer varieties and included those named 
above as leading in the several color classes. 
At the stated meeting the officers were re-elected. Presi- 
centre, mid-season. 
At the election of officers the ballot showed Pres. A. H. 
Lewkes, Mass.; Vice Pres. H. A. Norton, Quebec; Secy., 
A. P. Saunders, Clinton, N. Y.; Treas. A. H. Scott, 
Penna. 
Sweet Peas that are Favored 
A NOTHER hot weather surprise was the annual 
meeting and exhibition of the American Sweet-pea 
Society, New York. Though few amateurs found it con- 
venient to visit the Museum of Natural History on June 
25th and 26th the public came in plenty and the “fans” 
too. One thing was demonstrated : that good Sweet-peas 
can be grown outdoors in mid-June in a hot season in 
the neighborhood of New York. There is a growing 
feeling that the Society should hold its annual gathering 
regularly in this city. The gardeners who did come must 
have been impressed by the greatly improved Sweet-pea 
of to-day as compared with the old-timer; immense 
flowers, strong, long stems, carrying four blooms of fine 
kinds in a shower of worth- 
while novelties, more than 
from any other place. As 
through the war of 1871 the 
founder worked and produced, so 
during 1914-18 Emil has serenely 
kept at work. On a recent visit 
to Nancy I saw some newer de- 
velopments in the Peonia lutea 
hybrids, of which La Lorraine, 
yellow with crimson base, is 
fairly familiar to American en- 
thusiasts — it has been seen at 
several exhibitions from Mr. T. 
A. Havemeyer, Mr. Farr, and 
Mr. Norton. 1 had the pleasure 
of seeing one (as yet unnamed) 
that is clear citron yellow with- 
out any trace of crimson — a 
better yellow by far than those 
we already know, and Mr. Le- 
moine was caught in the act of 
lifting the bloom for my inspec- 
tion. Another variety is a dull 
port-wine colored sport from 
La Lorraine, no yellow in it. 
These plants, and others 1 
saw, were all raised from the 
one cross. War has played 
havoc with the nursery staff, 
but already the reconstruc- 
tion is in hand and further 
novelties may be looked for 
in due time, especially in Lilacs of 
which the beginnings were seen, 
Mr. Lemoine’s attention being 
given to crosses with the newer 
species of Syringa (tomentilla, 
reflexa, etc.). For his services to 
horticulture Mr. Emil Lemoine 
has recently been awarded a 
decoration by the French Gov- 
ernment. — L. Barron. 
EMIL LEMOINE AND A NEW PEONY 
A worthy successor to the great Victor Lemoine, his father, he carries on the 
work of plant breeding at the nurseries at Nancy, France, whence have come 
new Lilacs. Peonies. Gladiolus Begonias, Mockoranges, and a hundred other 
