The tree peony (P. Moutan ) is a woody shrub, three or fo l,r feet high, which does not die down to the ground each year 
comprise those that have taken the next step toward white with sulphur tint, mid-season, very fragrant, 
doubling, where no vestige of the anthers shows. Then good. 
come the Semi-doubles, the Crowns and the Rose type, Red — Mikado, lilac purple, midseason, good. Paradoxa: 
the latter the common fully double bloom. red, early, very dwarf grower. Reine Potard: sol- 
The following varieties are set down, not as the only ferino red, midseason, good, 
good ones, but because they 
BOMB 
produced fairly typical blooms 
last year in the tests made at the 
Cornell Experiment Station: 
SINGLE. 
White—La Fiancee: large, very 
free flowering, early, very 
good. 
Pink—Clio: large, early bloomer, 
good, keeps well for a sin¬ 
gle. 
Red—Intermedia: crimson car¬ 
mine, very early, good. Mon¬ 
sieur Marsaux: rosy mag¬ 
enta, mid season, good. 
Microcarpa: red, early, 
good. The Moor: dark 
red, early, good. Pal- 
lasi: red, very early, good. 
Peregrina: red, very early, 
good. Rosy Gem: purplish 
lake red, very early, good. 
JAPANESE. 
White—Chrysanthemiflora: white 
with yellowish centre, early 
good. Mrs. Gwyn-Lewis: 
A large bloom of a typical full double peony 
White—Canari: double white, 
fairly good, late. Due de 
Wellington: white with sul¬ 
phur centre, late bloomer, 
very good. Virgo Maria: 
pure white, late bloomer, 
fairly good. 
Pink—Aspasie: double, light pink 
with sulphur collar, early, 
medium in value. Jeanne 
d’Arc: pink and sulphur, 
early to midseason, good. 
Teniers: deep pink, late 
bloomer, good. Triomphe 
du Nord: pink, very large, 
free bloomer, midseason, 
grows in clusters, stout 
stem, very good variety. 
Victoire Modeste: viola¬ 
ceous pink, early bloomer, 
good. 
Red -Duehesse de Nemours 
(Guerin): deep pink or vio¬ 
let, early bloomer, good. 
Francois I.: rosy magenta, 
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