Wood and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur . South side of Door, with Clematis Montana and North side of the same Door, with Clematis monianaand gueluer-rose. MAY 75 strong, sweet smell, something like a mixture of thescents of Rose and Tulip. Then there are the old garden Pseonies, the doublevarieties of P. officiTudis. They are in three distinctcolourings—^fult rich crimson, crimson-rose, and palepink changing to dull white. These are the earliest toflower, and with them it is convenient, from the gardenpoint of view, to class some of the desi
Wood and garden; notes and thoughts, practical and critical, of a working amateur . South side of Door, with Clematis Montana and North side of the same Door, with Clematis monianaand gueluer-rose. MAY 75 strong, sweet smell, something like a mixture of thescents of Rose and Tulip. Then there are the old garden Pseonies, the doublevarieties of P. officiTudis. They are in three distinctcolourings—^fult rich crimson, crimson-rose, and palepink changing to dull white. These are the earliest toflower, and with them it is convenient, from the gardenpoint of view, to class some of the desirable species. Some years ago my friend Mr. Barr kindly gaveme a set of the Paeony species as grown by him. Iwished to have them, not for the sake of making acollection, but in order to see which were the onesI should like best to grow as garden flowers. Indue time they grew into strong plants and good many had to be condemned because of theraw magenta colour of the bloom, one or two onlythat had this defect being reprieved on account oftheir handsome foliage and habit. Prominent amongthese was P. decora, with bluish fol
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