HAVERFORD, PA. 
Peonies 
PETALO/O 
GUAPO PETAL 
P/STIL 
SEPAL 
DESCRIPTIONS —We have endeavored to make all de¬ 
scriptions short, accurate, and easily understood. The Ameri¬ 
can Peony Society has classified Herbaceous Peonies into eight 
different types, which we illustrate and describe as follows: 
Single. These have a single row of broad 
guard petals with the center filled with a 
lot of pollen-bearing stamens. Examples: 
Duchess of Portland and Pride of Langport. 
Japanese. In 
these the process 
of doubling has 
just begun. They 
have wide guard 
Single 
Japanese 
Flamboyant and King of England. 
Anemone. These show a further step in 
the process of doubling, all the stamens being 
transformed into short, narrow petals, which 
form a round cushion in the center of the 
flower. Very few choice varieties belong to 
this type. The only one which we describe 
that approaches this type is Philomele, which 
develops a crown a 
short time after the 
bloom opens, if 
petals like the singles, but the stamens 
and anthers are greatly enlarged, making 
thick, but narrow, petaloids. Examples: 
The guard petals 
distinct from the 
Semi-Double flowers are usu¬ 
ally loose in 
structure. Many of the dark reds belong 
to this type. Examples: Adolphe Rous¬ 
seau and La Rosiere. 
Crown. This type has wide petals 
Anemone 
plants are strong and vigorous. 
Semi-Double. These have several rows 
of wide petals and a center of partially 
transformed petals with stamens intermixed. 
may or may not be 
petaloids. Semi-double 
developed in the center 
which form a high crown 
crown. 
Bomb 
Examples: 
of the flower, 
around which 
narrow, Crown 
short petals form a ring or collar. Some¬ 
times the crown and guards are a different 
color or shade from the collar. Examples: 
Duchesse de Nemours and Mons. Jules 
Elie. 
Bomb. In this type all the center 
petals are of uniform width as they ap¬ 
proach the guards, but they are quite 
distinct from the guard petals and form 
a globe-shaped center without collar or 
Albert Crousse and Felix Crousse. 
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