TREES, SHRUBS AND PLANTS FOR THE HOME 
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Peonies 
Among the most hardy, showy, and easily grown of all 
garden flowers; the plants are practically immune from the 
attacks of insects or diseases; the flowers are the largest of 
all double-flowering perennials, and each succeeding year 
adds to the vigor of the plant and to the abundance and per¬ 
fection of the blooms. The varieties named below are ex¬ 
cellent specimens of the types and colors they represent. 
Adolphe Rousseau. Very large, semi-double, large, dark 
velvety red with garnet hues and a distinct metallic re¬ 
flex; regarded as the best early dark red Peony. 
Albert Crousse. Very large convex blooms of perfect out¬ 
line, of an even delicate seashell-pink, a striking flower. 
Alice Crousse. Soft rose, center nearly white, midseason. 
Asa Gray. Semi-double type. Salmon fleshy pink, petals 
marbled with carmine-lilac. A first class variety. 
Avalanche. A wonderful white that is good both in the field 
and show room. 
Baroness Schroeder. Extra good cut-flower sort, of large, 
full rose type. Opens flesh-white but bleaches to pure 
white. 
Benjamin Franklin. A brilliant crimson with darker 
shadings at base of petals. Medium early. One of the best 
Duchesse de Nemours 
2 INCHES 
EYE 
SURFACE 
OF SOIL 
EYE 
varieties, Claire Dubois. Rich, clear, satiny pink. One of the best. 
Delachei. Rose type. A large, free blooming, dark purplish crimson. Late 
blooming. 
Duchesse de Nemours. Crown type. Sulphur-white; medium size; 
fragrant. Two days earlier than Festiva Maxima. 
Edulis Superba, Early. Crown type. Dark pink, a strong grower, very 
fragrant, prolific bloomer. Reliable, and one of the best for cut flowers. 
Emile Lemoine. Opens with crimson streaks on outer petals and a faint 
flush of tiny pink dots fading to creamy while with crimson flakes on 
center petals. Tall and free blooming. 
Etta. Rose type; late. Very large flat flower, uniform delicate hydrangea- 
pink; fragrant, a grand variety. 
Eugene Verdier. An ideal pink variety, coming into bloom early mid¬ 
season. Semi-rose type. Opens a fresh delicate hydrangea-pink with 
primary petals lighter, and the center of flushed crimson. Fragrant. 
Faust. Crown type, midseason. Guard petals and crown hydrangea-pink, 
changing to lilac-white with collar of narrow sulphur-yellow petals. 
Felix Crousse. Midseason. Bomb type. Bright red. Is a vigorous grower; 
has good odor; is spreading in habit, and blooms freely in clusters. 
Is a very reliable red, and should be in every collection. 
Festiva Maxima. Rose type. Pure white flecked with carmine; very large 
rose type. Early. 
Frances Willard. White. This is a very fine white variety universally 
satisfactory. Opens blush-white with carmine tints, changing to pure 
white. 
HOW TO PLANT PEONY ROOTS 
Make hole deep and wide enough to ac¬ 
commodate the roots. Plant so that the *‘eyes” 
are NOT more than 2 inches below the sur¬ 
face. TOO DEEP PLANTING OFTEN IS 
THE REASON WHY PEONIES DO NOT 
BLOOM. 
