Liberator (formerly Commander). A plant of enormous 
vigor and luxuriant foliage. The bright deep crimson 
flowers turn somewhat purple with age. Nevertheless 
a magnificent variety. Very few for sale. $10.00 
Mariner. (1941) Single darkest maroon crimson, very 
beautiful color. Moderate height; fine carriage. 
Gladiator. (1942) Very dark crimson single. Fine color. 
Other hybrids between albiflora and forms of officinalis 
Marta. Very tall. Flowers loosely double. Brilliant lus- 
trous deepest mahogany red, with touches of white on 
the edges of the petals. Very effective. Award of Merit, 
Mass. Hort. Soc.; Court of Honor Award, Syracuse, 
1941. 
Cavatina (formerly Felicity). A light bright cherry pink. 
Single. Filaments almost white, stigmas crimson. (Hy- 
brid between P. albiflora and officinalis rosea plena.) 
Jacqueminot. (1941) Full double crimson bomb, the 
color of the rose for which it is named. The buds look 
like huge rosebuds. 
Madrigal. (1941) Very large blooms, semi-double, palest 
pink or white. Like a fine albiflora, but in the season 
of officinalis, or earlier. 
Col. Steichen. (1941) Magnificent huge dark crimson 
semi-double, on very tall stems. Not for sale, 1942. 
Postilion. (1941) Enormous flower of deep scarlet crim- 
son. Very brilliant. Semi-double flat cup. 
Legion of Honor. (1941) Beautiful almost single flat 
flower of lustreless cherry scarlet. Light green foliage. 
Unusual and striking. Court of Honor Award, Syra- 
cuse, 1941. 
Rosy Wreath. (1941) Single very pale pink cup. Charm- 
ing. 
Albiflora x coriacea 
This is a new race of hybrids which have bloomed only 
for the last four or five years. The color is a beautiful 
clear lilac, becoming more and more delicate as the flower 
ages. Very few roots for sale. $10.00 
Veitchi x Emodi. Early Windflower 
Beresowskyi x Emodi. Late Windflower 
These two strains are so closely alike that I prefer to 
offer them under the above names. The early strain 
blooms at the very beginning of the peony season; the 
—Price except where otherwise indicated $5.00 a root— 
