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ROYAL IRIS GARDENS 
1935 
ROSE SHAYLOR ( Shaylor 1920) 91 Very 
large double; pale rose pink, lighter at edges. 
Tall, strong, free flowering. Midseason .$5.00 
SARAH RERNHARDT (. Lemoine 1906) 90 
Very popular yery large double dark rose 
pink, edged lighter. Strong grower; florifer- 
ous; late.$ .75 
SARAH K. THURLOW (' Thurlow 1921) 91 
Very large globular double. Very delicate 
pink changing to pure white with flush. 
Strong rose fragrance; floriferous with 
slender stems. Exceedingly fine; very 
late.$2.50 
SOLANGE ( Lemoine 1907) 97 Large, compact, 
globular double, opening very slowly. Ab¬ 
solutely unique and my favorite of all 
Peonies. Cream white, with a suffusion of 
buff and pale salmon pink, like a sunset. 
Very late.$1.50 
SOUVENIR DE LOUIS BIGOT ( Dessert 
1913) 91 Vivid rose pink, brightening to shell 
pink at center. One of the purest pinks; 
large; midseason.$1.00 
THERESE ( Dessert 1904) 98 Very large 
double with enormous, long petals of pale, 
translucent, old rose pink. The best pink; 
midseason.$1.00 
Single and Jap 
ALMA ( Shaylor 1916) 85 Japanese. Pale pink 
guards enclosing a mass of incurved yellow 
petaloids. Very beautiful in mass; good 
grower.$ .75 
ALTAR CANDLES ( Pleas 1908) 80 Japanese. 
Cupped, flesh pink guards surrounding a 
center of narrow, wax white petaloids, 
tipped red.$1.00 
AMA-NO-SODE (Japan) 92 Japanese. One 
of the best all round pink Japanese. Very 
large flower with two rows of broad petals of 
rose pink cupped around an immense center 
of long yellow staminodes.$2.50 
ATTRACTION ( Hollis 1906) 82 Japanese. 
Guards long and broadly cupped; very vivid 
red; staminodes violet crimson. Floriferous; 
good grower.$1.00 
BLACK PRINCE ( Thurlow 1915) 85 Single. 
Long cupped petals of deep crimson with 
dull satin sheen. Yellow-center. Floriferous; 
stiff stems.$2.00 
CATHEDRAL ( Unknown) 81 Japanese. Vivid 
dark rose pink guards, with center of pale 
pink, almost white, petaloids. Very strik¬ 
ing.$1.00 
DEPARTING SUN ( Unknown ) 85 Japanese. 
Very large dark rose pink or light crimson; 
compact center of dark rose and lighter 
petaloids.$1.50 
THOMAS C. THURLOW (Thurlow 1919) 91 
Wide, cupped guard petals of light flesh 
pink; center of same color, with yellow peta¬ 
loids. Midseason.$2.50 
TOURANGELLE (Dessert 1910) 94 One of the 
most beautiful of all Peonies; large compact 
double of pale cream white suffused yellow and 
flesh pink, giving effect of pale apple blossom 
pink. Floriferous; late. $1.00 
UMBELLATA ROSEA ( Dessert) 74 The very 
earliest Chinensis Peony, blooming several 
days ahead of Festiva Maxima. Deep pink 
lit with yellow; semi-double until established. 
Fine as a cut flower; good grower.$ .50 
VENUS ( Kelway 1888) 83 Very large double 
with high, conical center. Pale old rose lav¬ 
ender pink; pleasing fragrance. Tall; mid¬ 
season.$ .75 
VICTORY CHATEAU THIERRY (Brand 
1925) 89 Bright, clear pink; pleasingly fra¬ 
grant. Very large double on erect, rather 
dwarf, stems. Midseason.$7.50 
WALTER FAXON (Richardson 1904) 93 
Vivid shell pink of a luminous intensity 
unique in Peonies. Medium in size: fair 
grower. Midseason.$1.00 
anese Peonies 
FLASHLIGHT (Hollis 1906) 82 Japanese 
Cupped guards of dark rosy red, with center 
tuft of pinkish staminodes tipped yellow. 
Floriferous.$2.00 
FUYAJO ( Unknown) 92 Japanese. Almost 
black, purplish crimson guards, with large 
center cluster of rose red staminodes tipped 
cream. The deepest and perhaps best red 
Jap. Beautiful, and exceedingly popu¬ 
lar. $1.50 
GOLD MINE (Hollis 1907) 82 Japanese. 
Cupped guards of dark rose pink; center of 
narrow’ white petaloids stained pink, and 
tipped yellow.$1.50 
HELEN (Thurlow 1922) 90 Single. Double row r 
of broad, round, dark shell pink petals with 
a mass of golden stamens in center. Stems 
tall and erect; good foliage. Very early; 
always one of the first to open.$5.00 
ISANI-GIDLT ( Unknown) 93 Japanese. Very 
large. Two rows of very broad round, 
smooth guard petals of pure white; large 
center of thin staminodes of rich buff yellow . 
Tall, vigorous, floriferous.$2.50 
KING OF ENGLAND (Kelway 1902) 86 
Japanese. Very large. Cupped guards of very 
dark crimson; center of buff staminodes 
streaked dark rose.$1.50 
