Officinalis x decora alba 
Diantha. (1942) Very early. Delightful pale pink flow- 
ers. Plants rather dwarf. Flowers medium in size. 
$10.00 
Officinalis x lobata 
These plants have a much better habit and stature 
than lobata itself and the flowers approximate the bril- 
liant color of lobata. Being hybrids between closely 
related forms they are fertile. 
Scarlet Tanager. (1942) (officinalis rubra plena x 
lobata) Tall plants with vermilian red blooms. 
Little Dorrit. (formerly 9002) (1949) Small flower of 
very unusual color: Salmon with bright red flares. 
Outside petals light pink. $10.00 
Ladybird. (1949) Lovely cup of bright tomato-red col- 
or. Very early. $10.00 
Albiflora x officinalis 
The “Challenger” Group (albiflora x single officinalis) 
A strain of extraordinary robustness. The stems are 
sometimes nearly an inch thick, and the height of the 
plants and weight of the foliage proportional. 
Challenger. Garden Achievement Medal and Silver Med- 
al of American Peony Society. Tall dark crimson 
with bright yellow anthers. $5.00 
Defender. Dark mahogany crimson. A very large cup 
with a mass of silky stamens. Blooms with the 
later officinalis. Court of Honor, Syracuse, 1941. 
$5.00 
Erebus. Fine very dark mahogany red single. The dark- 
est of this group. Conspicuous yellow stamens. 
$15.00 
Tantrums. (1942) Very dark crimson single. Fine color. 
In centre, wild confusion of yellow stamens. $5.00 
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. $5.00 
Cavatina. (formerly Felicity). A light bright cherry 
pink. Single. Filaments almost white, stigmas crim- 
son. (Hybrid between P. albiflora and officinalis 
rosea plena.) $10.00 
Jacqueminot. (1941) Full double crimson bomb, the 
color of the rose for which it is named. The buds 
look like huge rosebuds. $5.00 
Postilion. (1941) Enormous flower of deep scarlet 
crimson. Very brilliant. Semi-double flat cup. $15.00 
Legion of Honor. (1941) Beautiful almost single flat 
flower of lustreless cherry scarlet. Light green foli- 
age. Unusual and striking. Court of Honor Award, 
Syracuse, 1941. $5.00 
Rosy Wreath. (1941) Single very pale pink cup. 
Charming. $10.00 
Bordeaux. (albiflora x Sabini) (1943) Large claret 
colored single. Large centre of yellow stamens and 
petaloids, some edged crimson. Effective and showy 
of its color. Flowers held well above foliage. $10.00 
