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VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE . 
CHINESE PAEONIES. 
P./EONY FLOWER. P/EONY ROOT. 
The Paeonies arc perfectly hardy, and they will suc¬ 
ceed in any ground, unless water lies on the surface 
or near the roots in winter. They may be planted in the 
autumn or spring, and are increased by division of ihe 
roots. These divisions should be made either in the 
autumn, or very early in the spring, and not until the 
plant becomes large. In Southern countries the Pa:ony 
grows well, but the buds often blast unless grown in 
partial shade, and liberally supplied with water. Our 
engravings show a plant in flower, and also a root. 
Plants 25 cents each, and $2.50 a dozen. As we have 
a very large stock of about twenty of the very best kinds 
in cultivation, I will furnish one of each of a dozen of 
these varieties, of my own selection, for$2.00, and in all 
cases prepay postage or Express charges. They are 
perfectly hardy, but want a dry situation. 
Fragrans, one of the best pink varieties, fragrant. 
Double White. 
Active, rose, very large flower and very compact. 
Amabilis lilacina, outside petals blush, center cream 
and white. 
Amabilis lilaceus, outside petals blush, inner petals 
buff, center blush. 
Beaute Francaise, outside rose, center salmon. 
Bicolor, deep rose, yellow center, marked with red. 
Buchanan, outside petals blush, center white with 
crimson markings, 
Buyckii, rose, shaded with salmon. 
Carnea striata, flesh color, striped with red. 
Centripetala, outside petals pink, second row fringed, 
center full. 
Comte de Paris, fine, bright rose. 
Duchesse de Nemours, outside petals violet, center 
lilac ; vigorous and showy. 
Duchesse d’Orleans, violet rose, salmon center. 
Dugnesline, rose, very fine. 
Elegantissima, outside petals blush, inside salmon. 
Faust, blush center, tinged with salmon. 
Festiva, white, a few carmine spots in the center. 
Grandiflora carnea plena, outside blush, center fring¬ 
ed, yellowish. 
Grandiflora nivea, outside rosy purple, center salmon. 
Isabella, outside petals blush, center straw color. 
Lady Washington, outside petals blush, center yel¬ 
low. 
Latipetala, outside petals flesh, center yellowish. 
Lilacina plena, pale rose, center salmon. 
Limbata. rose ; large and fine. 
Lutea plenissima, blush. 
Lutea rosea, rose, tinged with yellow. 
Lutea variegata, outside flesh color, center yellowish, 
and fringed. 
Lutesiana, outside petals blush, center white. 
Mad. Morren, outside petals rosy pink, center salmon 
and rose. 
Miss Vaughn, outside white, center straw color. 
Nivalet, rose. 
Perfection, outside petals rose, inside salmon, marked 
with purple. 
Plenissima rosea superba, very large and full ; deep 
rose tinged with salmon. 
Pomponia, outside large, purplish pink, center salmon. 
Pottsii, dark purplish crimson, distinct and fine. 
Prince Prosper, outside blush, center white. 
Pulcherrima, rose and salmon. 
Rosea grandiflora, deep rose ; early. 
Rosencrants, blush, changing to white, center fringed. 
Striata speciosa, pale rose, center whitish, large and 
sweet. 
Triomphe du Nord, violet rose, shaded with lilac. 
Unicolor grandiflora, outside petals rose, center sal¬ 
mon tinted with rose. 
Variegata plenissima, rose and pink shaded; large 
and full. 
Victoria modeste, outside petals violet rose, center 
creamy buff. 
Virance, purplish rose. 
TREE P2E0NY. 
The Tree Pmony bears flowers in form like the com¬ 
mon Pacony, but they are light pink or blush in color, 
and the plant, instead of dying down to the ground 
every winter as our common herbaceous Paeonies, is a 
small, hard-wooded shrub, bearing its branches above 
the ground during the winter. 
Tree Paeony, according to size, from $1.00 to . . 2 00 
