MICHELL’S GIANT FLOWERING PEONIES 119 
Richard Carvel (Brand, 1913). Bomb type; early. Color very 
bright, uniform shade of crimson. Best of all early reds and 
valuable as a cut-flower variety. Tall, strong grower and free 
bloomer. Very fragrant. $1.00 each. 
Rosa Bonheur ( Dessert, 1905). Rose type; midseason. Large 
flat flower with light rose fringed petals, guards flecked crimson. 
Extra fine. $1.50 each. 
Samuel Hughes (Kelway, 1917). A very large double flower of 
beautiful form; color, gorgeous deep amaranth. $1.50 each. 
Sarah Bernhardt (Lemoine, 1906). Semi-rose type; late mid¬ 
season. Very large flower of perfect form, full and double, with 
twisted, imbricated petals. Color apple-blossom pink with 
each petal silver tipped. $1.00 each. 
Solange (. Lemoine , 1907). Rose type. A large, full compact 
flower of indescribable beauty. Color rare, deep orange salmon 
at the heart overlaid with a delicate tender reddish-brown, a 
most unique color combination. Midseason. $1.00 each. 
. Souv. de Louis Bigot ( Dessert , 1913). Rose type; midseason. 
Color, Bengal-rose, turning to salmon-pink, with very bright 
silvery reflex. Fragrant. Very fine. $1.00 each. 
Strasbourg ( Goos & Koeneman, 1911). Large bloom, eight inches 
in diameter. Very compact and perfectly formed. Silvery lilac 
rose. $2.00 each. 
Suzette ( Dessert , 1911). Semi-rose type; midseason. Bengal- 
rose lightly shaded carmine purple with silvery reflex. Strong 
stems. 75c. each. 
Therese ( Dessert , 1910). Rose type; very large flower of beautiful 
soft pink with a glossy reflex. Very fragrant, erect, strong, and 
amazingly free flowering. Midseason. $1.00 each. 
Tourangelle (Dessert, 1910). Rose type; late midseason. Pearly- 
white overlaid with delicate salmon and with shades of La 
France. Most unusual and beautiful coloring. $1.00 each. 
Venus (Kelway, 1888). Pale hydrangea-pink, collar lighter. 
Fragrance fine. Exquisite pointed buds opening into large com¬ 
pact flowers; very fragrant. Midseason. 50c. each. 
Walter Faxon (Richardson, 1904). Semi-rose type. Large 
globular flowers of perfect form; bright rose-pink with salmon 
shadings. A most distinctive sort, of wonderful lasting qualities. 
Late. Very scarce and beautiful. $1.50 each. 
JAPANESE PEONIES 
Ruigegno (Japanese type). Dark maroon. $2.00 each. 
Seiriu Somae (Japan). Milk-white outer petals, yellow collar. 
Late; strong grower. $1.50 each. 
Soshi (Millet). Late; dark pink. $2.00 each. 
Torpilleur (Japan, 1913). Guard petals lively purplish carmine; 
central filament of same tint but streaked and tipped with 
yellow. Late. $2.50 each. 
SINGLE PEONIES 
L’Etincelante (Dessert, 1902). Very vigorous, with fine erect 
stems. Cup-shaped flowers with broad petals of brilliant car¬ 
mine color, edged silver. $1.50 each. 
Lord Kitchener (Kelway). Purplish crimson;. very upright, 
robust grower. Early flowering and of immense size. $1.50 each. 
Lucienne (Dessert, 1908). White tinted purple, yellow crown. 
$1.50 each. 
PEONIES IN COLOR 
We can supply good strong roots in separate colors, or all 
colors mixed, at prices quoted below. These should not be com¬ 
pared to the cheap mixtures sometimes offered at a low price, 
as they are for the most part choice varieties from which the 
labels have been lost, or have been mixed in planting. Some very 
choice Peonies will be found in these mixtures. 
Each 
Doz. 
100 
Double Pink. 
.$0.25 
$2.50 
$20.00 
Double Red. 
.25 
2.50 
20.00 
Double White. 
.25 
2.50 
20.00 
Tree Peony 
TREE PEONIES 
Tree Peonies are similar to other Peonies, except that blooms 
are more vivid in color, usually much larger and in many varieties 
the flowers are beautifully crinkled like crepe paper. They bloom 
from two to three weeks earlier than other Peonies. The plants 
do not resemble those of other Peonies but are finer rooted and 
woody branched, like shrubs, hence their name, “Tree Peonies.” 
The branch tips die back slightly in Winter, but the plants gradu¬ 
ally grow into bushes from 3 to 5 feet in height. Freezing of 
branch tips in no way injures or interferes with bloom, for new 
shoots sprout rapidly in the Spring, frequently from the roots and 
produce flowers immediately. Mature plants produce scores and 
even hundreds of blooms. 
Culture. —Tree Peonies are scarce because it is difficult to 
propagate them, but once established, they are as hardy as Lilacs. 
During the first Winter after planting, a mulch of clean straw or 
hay should be placed around them, 4 to 5 inches deep, after the 
ground is frozen; this prevents heaving in the Spring. South and 
East exposures (in front of walls, foundations, hedges, etc.) are 
preferred locations in severe climates. An ideal location is where 
they are protected from direct rays of morning sun and extreme 
heat of afternoon sun. Any good garden soil will do, feed with 
bonemeal or other good fertilizer but do not use stable manure, 
keep well cultivated and watered. Plant one inch deeper than they 
were in the Nursery row. Since they bloom in early Spring the 
plants, when in bud, should be covered at night in case of late 
frosts. 
Banksii. Double pink with darker shades. $6.00 each. 
Haku-Raku-Ten. Semi-double, pure white. $8.00 each. 
Iro-No-Seki. Semi-double, shell pink. $4.00 each. 
Iwato-Kagami. Double, clear pink. $6.00 each. 
Moutan (The Wild Tree Peony of Thibet). Single red. $4.00 each. 
Nippon Ko. Semi-double, pink. $6.00 each. 
Tsukassa-Jishi. Single, rosy lavender. $6.00 each. 
Mixed. We have a nice lot of 8- to 10-inch 2-year-old plants, 
grown from a famous collection, which we offer in mixed colors 
only, at $4.00 each. 
For a plentiful supply of lovely blue cut-flowers for the Summer, plant Delphiniums. See page 110 (wc) 
