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ter and Nippon Gold in darker pink as any we have. In reds we have Nippon 
Brilliant almost scarlet, and Sword Dance, darker, as the most spectacular. Dig- 
nity, Nippon Beauty and Mrs. Wilder Bancroft are the demure members of the 
family with Hari-ai-nin as the great, garden plant. Mount Palomar will probably 
rank just as high when it is better known. Charm is about the darkest and a 
most consistent winner. 
SINGLE 
Even fewer singles were seen in the shows than Japs. The winning whites 
were Pico, White Perfection, Krinkled White. Dancing Nymph, Josette, Sea 
Shell, Angelus won in pinks, and Arcturus, Kickapoo, Imperial Red in reds. Pico 
was surely about the best white in every way, as it has in addition to its beauti- 
ful flower a very fine stem, but many might think otherwise as they are all good 
which have been mentioned and Le Jour still is a fine garden and show flower. 
The variety advertised as a miniature white single but which is not so very small, 
Virginia Dare, seems to me to have a good. future as a very promising show flower 
and a fine plant as well. Its stems are very good. A new one of Mrs. Freeborn’s 
origination which few have seen is Champlain, a very large flower with a slight 
tint of pink, very large smooth light green foliage and tall strong stems. If my 
conclusion is right it will prove to be one of the finest we have to date. I might 
also say here that my own pure white single, Dunlora, won high praise from Mr. 
John C, Wister as the possible best at Swarthmore this year. 
Certainly the single that attracted the most attention at Guelph was Dr. 
Brethour’s light pink Josette. It is large, form of the best, stems and foliage 
fine, color delightful. A shade or two lighter than Sea Shell it will be its close 
rival when it can be more generally planted. We must keep an eye also on Rose 
Bowl with its very distinctive waxy bloom. 
HERBACEOUS HYBRIDS 
For wide variation and intensity of color and promise of great things for 
the future we must turn to the hybrids. These were shown in great variety at 
New York by Prof. Saunders. These flowers are found in nearly all the colors of 
the rainbow. There are pure whites, whites with many degrees of shading of 
pink, pure yellows, pinks of every shade imaginable and reds also, from scarlet to 
deep crimson. There is a light green, a pure lavender or lilac, an almost blark 
and some violets. Maybe a true blue will appear sometime. These hybrids are 
now being raised from third and fourth generation seed and we may expect many 
variations in form and color from these. Doubtless yellows in many shades will 
come. The present ones are rather light. While most of them are singles with 
a few doubles and only one or two regulation Japs, better doubles will surely fol- 
iow sooner or later. And also more Japs. 
At Guelph, Jewel was the only Jap shown. The singles were Legionaire 
Flame and Julia Grant. There were a few others that the exhibitor did not label. 
About thirty named varieties were shown by Prof. Saunders and two or three 
others at New York. Mr. Bockstoce sent a number of his fully double Diana 
Parks, a very brilliant red. The one judged the best bloom was Cardinal’s Robe, a 
brilliant scarlet or light red. Chocolate Soldier dark red, Patriot brilliant red, 
Nathalie bright pink and Convoy an attractive red anemone double were among 
the winners. Requiem was.the only white shown. The lilac single was not named. 
TREE PEONIES 
Only one bloom of a tree peony was shown at Guelph, a very fine one of the 
yellow double Souvenir de Maxime Cornu. About forty varieties were seen at 
New York. Prof. Saunders showed twenty-five of his own originations. Red 
Currant was judged his best bloom. Souvenir de Maxime Cornu won in yellow 
doubles and Kinfukurin a grand scarlet in the regular tree peonies. Mr. William 
Gratwick showed about fifteen moutan tree peonies and Cottage Gardens several 
yellow doubles. Tree peonies are now beginning to awaken great interest, due 
mainly to the efforts of Mr. Louis Smirnow, who with his friends has assembled 
probably the greatest collection of tree peonies in one neighborhood in the coun- 
try. May the movement continue, for there is no more beautiful shrub in culti- 
vation and if proper varieties are selected they will undoubtedly do well over most - 
ot the country. 
