The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . EXHIBIT OF REED & KELLER, OF NEW YORK, AT DAYTON. /t^o6. The American Florist. 265 the same variety brought a mixed lotof pink peonies, all varying shades ofdark and light pink and purple and butII plants out of loo jeceived proved tobe the same kind sold us originally bythis same firm as Rose dAmour. Aninvestigation of the variety and compar-ing it with the true Rose dAmourwhich we purchased from a French firmand which answers to the originatorsdescription, disclosed the fact that noneof the peonies shipped us by the Holland to be wrong
The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade . EXHIBIT OF REED & KELLER, OF NEW YORK, AT DAYTON. /t^o6. The American Florist. 265 the same variety brought a mixed lotof pink peonies, all varying shades ofdark and light pink and purple and butII plants out of loo jeceived proved tobe the same kind sold us originally bythis same firm as Rose dAmour. Aninvestigation of the variety and compar-ing it with the true Rose dAmourwhich we purchased from a French firmand which answers to the originatorsdescription, disclosed the fact that noneof the peonies shipped us by the Holland to be wrong when we get them in flowerhere. Our own American firms do not seemto be in much better condition and itwould seem as if we are at presentalmost hopelessly mixed in our peonynomenclature which seems to be tooconfused even for our American firmsto deal intelligently among themselves. Take for instance, the peony we need looo of this variety formassing in a large piece of landscape l^>:.. ^^^^,
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