. Descriptive catalogue of the best and proved varieties of apples .... Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Arlington Heights Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. PEONIES. » the lawn make a magnificent display of flowers and foliage varieties are very fragrant. They are perfectly hardy, require little or no care, and finer blooms when well estab- lished. When the plants are well established a good mulching of rotten manure in the fall will increase the size of the flowers. We have a very large and fine lot of Peonies, comprising all the good kinds we
. Descriptive catalogue of the best and proved varieties of apples .... Nurseries (Horticulture) Illinois Arlington Heights Catalogs; Fruit trees Seedlings Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs. PEONIES. » the lawn make a magnificent display of flowers and foliage varieties are very fragrant. They are perfectly hardy, require little or no care, and finer blooms when well estab- lished. When the plants are well established a good mulching of rotten manure in the fall will increase the size of the flowers. We have a very large and fine lot of Peonies, comprising all the good kinds we know of. We have in all about eighty double named vai'ieties. But first we call j^our attention to the six old varieties of which we grow 2i acres for cut flowers for the Chicago market. Old Eed. — Flowers of a bright scarlet crimson and quite double and globular, ver}"- earl3^ only one bloom to the stalk; rare and fine. Early Eose.—Early pink variety, blooms right after the Old Red; the flowers are large and in clusters. Wlilttleji.—White center, slightly yellowish, very large; clusters large, sweet, fine. Late Rose.—Similar to Early Rose, only blooms later in the season. It is a tine rose- scented fiower. White, with Golden Center. —This is not a ver}' large Peony, but a nice one. It is white outside, with a cream color in the center. It is surprising that so noble a flower, almost rivalling the rose in brilliancy of color and perfec- tion in bloom, should not be planted moi-e. Amateurs seem to have lost sight of the many im- proved varieties introduced within the last few j'ears. The first point is their hardiness; in the severest cli- mate the plants re- quire no pi'otec- tion than that which they afford themselves. They thrive in almost any soil or situation, and when planted in large clumps on and yet some of the produce larger and. LILLY OF THE Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhan
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