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| Keywords: Peonies for pleasure (16370047126).jpg of Claire Dubois without using a <br> few adjectives is beyond our comprehension <br> You cannot say too much in her praise Say <br> all you can and then you have left something <br> unsaid <br> 89 CLEMENTINE GILLOT Crousse 1885 <br> Crown type; late Large double flowers of <br> great beauty; color a uniform shade of light <br> tyrian rose Strong erect tall grower; very <br> good <br> 349 COMTE DE NANTEUIL Calot 1858 Bomb <br> type; midseason Guards violet-rose collar <br> lighter center clear salmon-pink Fragrant <br> A really good Peony A perfect mass of bloom <br> 183 CONSTANT DEVHED Calot 1868 Rose <br> type; very late Very large full flower dark <br> carmine-rose with chatoyant reflex One of <br> the best brilliant red varieties <br> 237 COQUELIN Dessert 1905 Semi-double <br> type; early Large glorious bloom of perfect <br> cup-shaped form petals imbricated bright ty- <br> rian-rose becoming distinctly silver tipped <br> Very rare <br> 83 COQUETTE Lemoine 1915 Bomb type <br> Late medium sized globular full flower; flesh <br> overlaid with white <br> 128 COURONNE d'OR Calot 1873 Semi-rose <br> type; late midseason This is the famous <br> Crown of Gold Immense very full imbricated <br> ball-shaped bloom Solid and compactly built <br> from edge to center Color snow-white reflect- <br> ing golden-yellow stamens that show through <br> the petals when looking at the flower from the <br> side These stamens light up the whole flower <br> with a glow that is simply indescribable and <br> which suggests the name Crown of Gold <br> Delicate carmine pencilings on edges of a few <br> central petals Incomparably lovely and one <br> of the very choicest and best Peonies in cul- <br> tivation An enthusiast on seeing <br> this variety blooming in our fields <br> exclaimed Why Crown of Gold <br> is Festiva Maxima dressed up in <br> her wedding clothes It is in our <br> opinion the attainment of perfec- <br> tion in the Peony One grower <br> says I believe I could detect <br> Couronne d'Or by its white water <br> lily fragrance anywhere <br> 157 DE CANDOLLE Crousse 1SS0 <br> Rose type; late midseason Very <br> large imbricated full cup-shaped <br> bloom; currant-red shaded with <br> vivid amaranth A novel and at- <br> tractive color blooming in clus- <br> ters One of the most effective <br> landscape varieties Do not over- <br> look this variety if you desire a <br> decidedly novel color No other <br> like it <br> 201 DOCTEUR ANDRY Calot <br> 1864 Rose type; midseason A <br> grand Peony that is very showy; <br> makes extraordinary strong <br> bushes Color purplish violet-red <br> Extra good <br> 119 DOCTEUR BOISDUVAL Guer- <br> in 1S50 Rose type; late midsea- <br> son The largest of all dark red <br> Peony flowers of regular fine <br> form with large rounded petals <br> A row or even a single plant of <br> this Peony is conspicuous among <br> the reds across a field for its bril- <br> liant dark maroon coloring Sim- <br> ply dazzling; nothing finer in all <br> dark red varieties It's a race be- <br> tween Dr Boisduval and Felix <br> Crousse as to which is the better <br> Peony although they in no way <br> conflict Dr Boisduval being much <br> darker than Felix Crousse Des- <br> sert in his manuscript on the <br> Peony says Doctor Boisduval <br> Guerin is like Delachei If this <br> is true then Dr Boisduval claims <br> precedence it being sent out in <br> 1850 while Delachei was not dis- <br> seminated until 1856 <br> 363 D O C T E U R BRETONNEAU <br> Guerin 1850 Rose type Large <br> compact flower midseason; guards pale lilac; <br> center milk-white shaded amber; fragrant <br> Tall strong grower; very free bloomer Extra <br> commercial variety <br> 52 DOCTOR CAILLOT Verdier 1856 Semi- <br> rose type; midseason A grand flower coming <br> in large clusters; rich fiery amaranthine-red <br> We doubt if there is a finer general purpose <br> red It 'will surprise you Very free bloomer <br> 5S7 DOCTOR EDGAR PLEAS Pleas 1900 <br> Anemone type This is one of the most beau- <br> tiful and 'wonderful productions without pol- <br> len or seed follicles such as man alone could <br> have created and one of the most delicately <br> charming of its type Guards light lilac-pink; <br> center of flower canary-yellow When the <br> bloom has obtained its full strength of stem <br> and heritage of beauty the petaloid filaments <br> in the center put on the airs of nobility by <br> donning snow-white plumes midway over the <br> bright yellow surface being of greater width <br> than on the recurved filaments themselves <br> each plume being cupped and curved like the <br> white caps on the waves of the ocean as if <br> it were on dress parade Mrs Pleas says in <br> regard to the yellow ones I think the Dr <br> Pleas best else I had not named it that Cer- <br> tainly unique <br> 327 DOCTEUR H BARXSBY Dessert 1913 <br> Rose type; late Very large full globular bloom <br> Color solferino-red tinged purplish-crimson <br> changing to clearer tint with very pronounced <br> bluish reflex Strong stems and good habit; <br> free bloomer in clusters; beautiful and showy <br> 795 DOCTOR H A AN DER TAK Nieuwenhuv- <br> zen 1916 The total effect of the flower is <br> wine red sometimes showing a few stamens <br> with a pronounced shade of crimson towards <br> the center while the rims of the petals are <br> shaded somewhat lighter This is a very free <br> blooming variety Stems strong and the red <br> flowers show off beautifully against the dark <br> shiny foliage First class certificate of merit <br> given by the Pomological Society of Boskoop <br> 316 DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE Kelway 1S96 <br> Rose type; late Extra large compact flat <br> bloom solferino-red narrow fringed petals in- <br> termingled with the wide petals; color effect <br> uniform deep rose Tall strong grower fra- <br> grant distinct and beautiful <br> Page Sixteen <br> Miss Ella V Baines Springfield Ohio 41910031 131358 64860 Page 16 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/41910031 1917 10 1080/00222939009460791 Ella V Baines Firm ; 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