WEST NEWBURY, MASS. 69 

ANOMALA. Single flowers of bright red. with center of 
golden stamens. Foliage finely cut. Often called the 
“fern leaved peony.” Very early. Height 6 to 9 inches. 
Fine for rock gardens. $1.00 each. 
Officinalis alba plena. Beautiful, ivory-white flowers— 
fully ‘double, possessing good substance, so that they 
will last for some time as cut flowers. $1.50 each. 
OFFICINALIS RUBRA PLENA. Double, bomb-shaped 
8.6 flowers of bright blood-red, with almost no traces of 
purple. The old-fashioned red ‘“‘piney”’. 75 cents each. 
Tree Peonies 
Tree Peonies (Paeonia suffruticosa) make a woody growth 
and do not die back to the ground in the fall, but eventually 
form broad shrubs. Propagation is difficult as the scions are 
grafted on herbaceous peony roots and the growth is slow, but 
if one will be patient, the results are well worthwhile. The 
color range is far wider than in the herbaceous class including 
the salmon pinks and yellow. 
They do not need especial care except for a covering in the 
winter to shade them as the blooming period is early. The 
buds start very early in the spring and may be damaged by 
late frosts unless this precaution be taken. 
We have experimented with them for a number of years 
and can offer the following varieties in 2 or 3-year old plants, 
except as noted at: 
$4.50 each $40.00 per ten 
Argosy (Saunders 1928), large single flowers of sulphur- 
yellow. A hybrid of P. lutea and suffruticosa. Strong, 
bushy growth and blooms freely. We can offer a limited 
number of plants at $12.00 each. 
Comtesse de Tuder (Gom. 1889), double flowers of deep 
salmon-pink, tips of petals white. 
Fragrans Maxima (Koenig 1853), double, flesh-pink with 
salmon tones of a shade not found in herbaceous va- 
rieties. 
Mme. de Vatry (Guerin 1867), double, satiny pink with lilac 
shadings. Very large. 
Reine Elizabeth, double, very large blooms of intense 
salmon-pink. One of the very best. 
Souvenir de Ducher (Ducher 1889), double, bright red- 
dish-violet with silvery reflex. 
Souvenir de Maxime Cornu (Henry 1897). double flowers 
of deep yellow, heavily shaded orange. A most unusual 
coloring. $10.00 each. 
Triomphe de Vandermaelen (Van. 1867), double, clear 
rosy purple with satiny petals. 

Our interest does not end after we have made the sale. 
