Andorra JVi/RSERfBS 
Chestnut Hill, 'Philadelphia 
SINGLE HERBACEOUS PEONIES 
WHITE 
Bridesmaid. ( D) White, blushed 
with shell-pink. 
Medon. ( D ) Blush. 
Quintilius. ( D ) White; long 
golden stamens. 
PIN K 
Abrupolis. Pink. 
Larissa. ( T) Pink. 
RED AND PURPLE 
Comus. Light purple. 
Eclat. Purple. 
Lucrinus. (T) Crimson. 
Mardonius. ( D) Crimson. Com¬ 
pact grower. 
ROSE 
Josephine. Rose. Large flower, 
very good color. 
VARIOUS SPECIES 
Pseonia corallina. ( VE) A very spreading sort. The flowers are early, 
following the species P. tenuifolia and preceding P. alba flora. Flowers single, 
purple-red, and followed by seed-pods with very showy black and coral-red seed. 
P. officinalis. {VE) A very early sort, with excellent dark green foliage 
and brilliant showy flowers. In succession of bloom they follow P. tenuifolia 
and are always in great demand, as they produce the best flowers of any of the 
early sorts. 
P. officinalis, var. rubra plena. Double; brilliant, deep crimson; much 
sought for to use as a cut flower. 
P. officinalis, var. rosea plena. Double; beautiful clear pink. 
P. tenuifolia. {VE) Growing 12 to 18 inches, with dark, finely cut foli- 
age, and bearing large showy flowers. This is the earliest variety to bloom, 
and vvhen well established they form beautiful clumps. The flowers are single 
and rich crimson. 
P. tenuifolia, var. flore pleno. Flowers dense, double and brilliant crimson. 
P. triternata. An early-flowering species about 18 inches in height, with 
rounded leaves of grayish green, and bears single bright red flowers. 
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PAPAVER. Poppy. No class of garden plants give more satisfaction or 
produce more brilliant effect than the Poppies. This is specially true of 
/. orientalis and P . bracteatum ; strong growers, with excellent foliage and 
large, brilliant, showy flowers. No border should be without them, as they 
can be grown successfully in any soil. 
P. orientale. Oriental Poppy. 2 feet; June; orange-scarlet. A mag¬ 
nificent variety. 
bracteatum. 4 feet; June; blood-red, with black bar at base of petal. 
1 lus variety is large, rich and distinct. 
P. nudicaule. Iceland Poppy. 1 foot; June to October; colors from 
pure white and yellow to deepest orange-scarlet. The most profuse bloomer 
of this class. The flowers, on slender stalks, are carried well above the pretty, 
fern-like foliage. 
PARDANTHUS. See Belemcanda. 
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