PEONIES ^The Cream of Fine 
F EW flowers are more popular or more useful than 
the Peonies. In the first place they require no special 
care or attention—anyone can grow them success- 
fully. The plants themselves are handsome when out of 
bloom, as their deep green foliage is ornamental. Their 
crowning glory, however, is their blooms; immense 
masses of the most lovely and glowing colors 7 to 8 inches 
in diameter—the largest flowers that the garden produces. 
Nothing in the garden will create anything like a com¬ 
parable mass of color and, of course, the blooms when 
cut are marvelous for interior decoration. 
Albatre. A magnificent flower which opens like a rose. The color 
is pure white with pencilings of crimson on the center of the 
petals. The fragrant flowers bloom late midseason. 35c each; 
$3.50 per doz. 
Albert Crousse. Very fresh, clean and delicate salmon-pink flow¬ 
ers with a rich creamy flesh-pink tinted center. The large, dou¬ 
ble flowers bloom late in the season. 35c each; $3.50 per doz. 
Augustine d’Hour. The flowers of this magnificent variety are 
colored a very deep, rich and brilliant solferino-red over which 
there is a slight silvery sheen. It blooms in midseason. 35c 
each; $3.50 per doz. 
Avalanche. A glorious variety with very large flow¬ 
ers, white and waxy, with a faint pink roselike 
center, slightly touched with crimson, 
blooming at midseason. 35c each; $3.50 
per doz. 
Baroness Schroeder. A glorious Peony, 
the flowers of which are flecked 
white, tinted with cream and shaded 
pale pink. The very double 
flowers are sweet scented; 
it blooms midseason, and is 
one of the finest of all the 
Peonies. 35c each; $3.50 per 
doz. 
Chestine Gowdy. The broad outer petals are colored a lovely 
silvery pink. Next is a row of regularly shaped petals colored 
deep, rich cream which in turn surrounds a cone of broad pink 
petals slashed and tipped with crimson. Late variety and sweet 
scented. 35c each; $3.50 per doz. 
Eugene Verdier. A very large, flat, double Peony, colored a 
lovely light hydrangea-pink. The color is deeper at the center 
and flecked with crimson and lighter at the extreme edge. A 
delicate and lovely colored Peony of a fine lacy texture. It 
blooms early and is fragrant. 35c each; $3.50 per doz. 
Felix Crousse. A large, double flower of the clearest, most bril¬ 
liant red with permanent guard petals of the same color, bloom¬ 
ing rather late. The flowers are fragrant. 35c each; $3.50 
per doz. 
Germaine Bigot. A very large flower and one of the loveliest 
The color is lovely, light rose-pink showing golden stamens in 
the center. Just a few years ago this variety cost $1.50 each. 
30c each; $3.00 per doz. 
Gismonda. A very late, large, double flower of pale creamy pink 
with a rose-pink center and a strong, roselike fragrance. Blooms 
late and is the handsomest of the late pink Peonies. When 
last offered we priced this variety at $2.00 each. 35c each; 
$3.50 per doz. 
Grover Cleveland. Very large, double flowers of bright glowing 
crimson. A strong, vigorous grower and a prolific 
bloomer. The latest of all the red Peonies and the 
finest of its color. 35c each; $3.50 per doz. 
Jubilee. The buds of this lovely Peony 
are pointed like a rose and show deli¬ 
cate opal tints as they unfold. In full 
bloom the color is a lovely ivory- 
white. It blooms in midseason and 
the flowers are enormous. 
\ Probably the largest of all the 
Peonies. 35c each; $3.50 per 
doz. 
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