138 MADAME BUCQUET (Dessert. Very pretty, 
perfect shaped bud and flower; color, vidvety-crhnson. ai- 
most black: very rich and majrniflceiu : very free; all wh" 
see it insist on having it; extra. Dozen, S2.00; hundred. 
$15.00. 
223 MADAME DE GALHAU — (Crousst, I'<s:{.) Compaet. 
globular bloom. (iuards rose-while, renter, pale Ului-- 
rose: fragrant. Each. 50 cents; dozen. $5.00. 
197 MADME DE VATRY -(Guerin, ISOS.) Lilac while 
guards and crown; sulphur-white collar of wide petals: 
center splashed crimson. Each, 50 cents; dozen, $4.00. 
101 MADAME DUCEL -(Mechin, 1880.) The whole flow¬ 
er. both guards and bomb, a solid color of silvery lilac- 
pink; very distinct and floriferuus: holds its form and 
color to the end. Indispensable. Stands anumg the vtry 
first Peonies. Dozen, $3.00; hundred, $20.00. 
7 MADAME EMILE GALLE -(Crousse, 1881.) Large, dou¬ 
ble, cup-shaped, imbricated flowers; color, delicate sea- 
siiell-pink with touches of lieliotropc and lavender. This is 
proi>ably the most ethereally beautiful of all Peonies; in¬ 
expressibly grand. Not a new Peony, but scarce and rare. 
Dozen. $5.00; hundred. $40.00. 
156 MADAME GEISSLER -(Croussc, 1880.) Gigantic, com¬ 
pact, imbricated, well-formed bloom, on strong, erect stems. 
(*olor, glossy iniik. shading to bright hengal-ro.se on Ijusc 
of petals; fine. Dozen, $2.00; hundred, $15.00. 
,186 MADAME LEMONIER -(('alot, 1SC5.) Pale lilac-rose, 
fading to lilac-white. Collar of creamy-white. Each, 60 
cents: dozen, $6.00. 
166 MADEMOISELLE DEBUISSONS --(Croussc, ISVKL) 
Very large, full, elegantly shaped bloom that is imbricated 
and flat, with extra large petals: color, tender glossy pink 
with center of waxy-white; guards violet-rose; extremely 
.showy. Dozen, $4.00; hundred, $30.00. 
18 MADEMOISELLE ROUSSEAU —(Crousse. 1880.) Largo, 
full, finely shaped flower; sulphur-white with rllght I'lush 
ceiifer and central petals ajilashed lilac-white. A i)rom- 
inent Peony expert on seeing this flower said that “not 
a root of it should be sold for less than throe dollars." It 
is extra flue. Dozen, $4.00; hundred, $30.00; thousand. 
$250.00. 
276 MARGUERITE GERARD -(Croussc. ISO?.) Lnormous. 
flat-shaped flower with broad petals blooming in clusters; 
color, delicate IIydrangea-i)ink, changing as the flower ages 
to creamy-white. Many of the central petals and even the 
guards have minute dark carmine, almost black, flecks on 
tlie tips; fragrant. A decidedly choice variety. Dozen, 
$4.00: hundred, $30.00; thousand, $250.00, 
130 MARIE JACQUIN (Verdier.) Whai shall wo say of thi.s 
large, glorious flower? Color, glossy rosy-white, with 
rose tinge on buds, with a great wealth of golden yellow 
stamens in the center, which gives it a very cluiste and ele¬ 
gant appearance. When first planted the blooms come sln- 
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