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Brown's Peonies 
Among the most hardy, showy, and easily grown of all 
garden flowers; the plants are practically immune from the 
attacks of insects or diseases; the flowers are the largest of 
all double-flowering perennials, and each succeeding year 
adds to the vigor of the plant and to the abundance and per¬ 
fection of the blooms. The varieties named below are ex¬ 
cellent specimens of the types and colors they represent. 
Agida. Semi-double type. Midseason. Red or dark rose. 
Free bloomer. 
Asa Gray. Semi-double type. Salmon fleshy pink, petals mar¬ 
bled with carmine-lilac. A first class variety. 
Baroness Schroeder. Rose type. Delicate flesh-white; rose 
fragrant; midseason. One of the best. 
Couronne d’Or. Late. Semi-rose type. White, with a ring 
of yellow stamens and crimson flecks in the white. Has a 
delicate Waterlily fragrance. 
Delachei. Rose type. A large free blooming, dark purplish 
crimson. Late blooming. 
Duchesse de Nemours. Crown type. Sulphur-white; me¬ 
dium size; fragrant. Two days earlier than Festiva 
Maxima. 
Edulis Superba. Early. Crown type. Dark pink, a strong grower, very 
fragrant, prolific bloomer. Reliable, and one of the best for cut 
flowers. 
Felix Crousse. Midseason. Bomb type. Bright red. Is a vigorous grower; 
has good odor; is spreading in habit, and blooms freely in clusters. 
Is a very reliable red, and should be in every collection. 
Festiva Maxima. Rose type. Pure white flecked with carmine; very large 
rose type. Early. 
Francois Ortegat. Large, purple-crimson; midseason bloomer. Fragrant. 
Fulgida. Purplish red flowers blooming midseason. Erect habit. 
Humei. Immense blooms of cherry-pink; very late. 
Karl Rosenfield. Semi-rose type. A strong grower, color deep rich crim¬ 
son-red, exceedingly full. 
Koningen Wilhelmina. Bright pink. 
L’Eclatante. Brilliant red; very large bomb type. Strong growing. Mid¬ 
season. 
Louis Van Houtte. Semi-double type. Dark red; medium size. Season 
late. Fragrant. 
Madame Crousse. Reflex crown type. White, center marked with car¬ 
mine. Very large, full, beautifully formed and rounded rose-type 
flower. 
HOW TO PLANT PEONY ROOTS. 
Make hole deep and wide enough to ac¬ 
commodate the roots. Plant so that the “eyes” 
are NOT more than 2 inches below the sur¬ 
face. TOO DEEP PLANTING OFTEN IS 
THE REASON WHY PEONIES DO NOT 
BLOOM. 
Duchesse de Nemours. 
