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1042. ARM ANCE DESSERT. — (Originated by Dessert, grown by Doriat). 
Magnificent and perfectly shaped flowers with rounded petals; 
very soft silvery salmon pink, turning by delicate nuances to 
white with lilac purple tints; strong fragrance; very fine bud ; 
splendid habit and foliage ; a very remarkable variety in every 
way, being at its best when the sky is cloudy, or the flowers 
protected somehow from the ardour the sun. Each.. 100 fr. 
1046. JACQUES DESSERT. — (Originated by Dessert, grown by Doriat). 
Very vigorous plant, huge and very full flowers, borne on tall big 
stems of absolute rigidity; irregular festooned petals; dark pink 
colouring at the lower and upper parts of the flower, whilst half 
way up, the petals are narrower and more lightly coloured, amber 
white with a slight purplish tint. These very delicate shades mix 
insensibly into an harmonious ensemble that gives the flower its 
lovely charm, notatall marred by ist enormous size (it frequently 
is more than 10 inches in diameter and 7 in height). Blooms late 
and smells very sweetly. Each.. 250 fr. 
Mr. Dessert wrote about this plant : « This first rate variety is 
perhaps the biggest peony known to this day and will 
undoubtedly be much appreciated by amateurs. » 
Japanese Variety 
1074. HUBERT DEGR1S. — (Originated by Dessert, grown by Doriat). 
Large purple lilac flowers with silvery tints; narrow and frilled 
light yellow petaloids in the center ; rigid stems and fine foliage. 
(Certificate of merite at the Paris shown in 192 7). 
Each .. 60 fr. 
New varieties in 1928 
Double Herbaceous Chinese Peonies 
1020. CHABANNES-LA PALICE. — L arge flower, vivid velvety and 
silvery cherry-red. Fine ornamental variety. Each. 30 fr. 
JAPANESE VARIETIES 
1076. JOSEPH PLAGNE. — Originated by Dessert, introduced by 
Doriat). Large carmine-red flowers, with carmine and gold-yellow 
petaloids in the centre, turning to purplish white. Original and 
very striking variety. Each. 60 fr. 
