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anthers of an apricot yellow and guard petals 
white ; Lady Carrington and Abantis. 
Some of the single paeonies are beautiful, 
and flower earlier than the Chinese, namely, 
during May and June. They include officinalis , 
deep crimson, as is anemonczjiora , the centre 
being a mass of crimson stamens tipped with 
yellow ; Beauty, with large pink flowers ; 
Duchess of Portland, pale pink ; Hecate, bright 
pink ; Iceberg, white, with rich yellow 
anthers ; Russi, rose mauve ; and tenuifolia , 
crimson, with curiously laciniated and cut 
foliage. 
One of the chief beauties of the peonies is 
the crimson-red colour of the young leaves, 
stalks, and shoots in spring ; and their beauty 
can be set off if some of the finer sorts of 
narcissi or daffodils are planted with them, the 
grey-green leaves and white and yellow of the 
flowers enhancing the rich reds of the pasony 
leaves, which, as they expand, in their turn 
hide the dying foliage of the daffodil. No 
coarse-leaved daffodil such as Sir Watkin or 
Emperor should be used, but Duchess of 
Westminster, ornatus , or Tenby are good. 
I have heard of pink mallows being sown 
in the paeony borders, but I can hardly doubt 
that the paeonies suffered from the association, 
