. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . same season the shrubby or hardy tree Peonies(P. Moutan) open their enormous glossy single or double shrubby Peony grows very slowly. It should be planted where itis sheltered from the wind. Closely following in season are the Euro-pean Peonies (P. officinahs). These are the old-fashioned crimson Pineysof the garden; they produce very satiny-petaled blooms, which possessa not unpleasant soapy od
. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . same season the shrubby or hardy tree Peonies(P. Moutan) open their enormous glossy single or double shrubby Peony grows very slowly. It should be planted where itis sheltered from the wind. Closely following in season are the Euro-pean Peonies (P. officinahs). These are the old-fashioned crimson Pineysof the garden; they produce very satiny-petaled blooms, which possessa not unpleasant soapy odor. The last groups to bloom are the albiflora varieties. These oftenbegin to bloom in New York State for Memorial Day. For a suc-cession of varieties to bloom, the Rev. C. S. Harrison, who might becalled the Chaplain of American Gardeners, recommends the varietiesP. umbellata rosea, IEsperance, Eduhs Superba, Monsieur Dupont,Richardsons Rubra Superba, Henry Woodward, Richardsons Grandi-flora. Mr. Harrison, speaking further of prologing the blooming ofthe Peony, says: There is also a system by which the blooming of asingle variety can be prolonged. Take a row, say of Festiva maxima;. Mons. Jules ElieBe sure to include this one in your-V- collection PEONIES 129
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