Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-08-01 | Page 4 | Good Varieties of Peony May be Had Cheap

Good Varieties e ea Of Peony MayBe May Be Had Cheap By MAUD 1 CHEGWIDDEN Telegram G Garden rd n Editor As I stated in this column recent recent- re recently ent- ent ly Jy one may buy peonies very reasonably reasonably rea rea- reasonably It if one Is satisfied to have mediocre varieties just for cutting and some Iome of at these cheap sorts sort are by no means to be despised when they are re ranged alongside the aristocrats aristocrats aris aris- either cither What makes for a good flower for cutting purposes does not always give a good specimen specimen specimen men for the showroom Take for tor instance an old peony called roses rosea The poor thing ha hasn't m even a fancy aney name such as Madame de Graff do de Von Holstein which of new peonies nowadays often inflict on their heir handiwork It is so ancient I that its il name Is merely descriptive des giving you to understand that Its It flowers appear in umbels umbe and end that it is rosy in coloring It was WM developed in 1895 in n France Francc and when the American Peony soci society ty came along and began rating all tho peonies it was given givena a grudging 74 Few v Cents Cento a 8 Root Hence roses rosca can be besought bought sought for a few cents cent a root Yet Yett it t is a reliable bloomer a a. very t profuse profuse pro pro- ro- ro fuse bloomer too of medium size and is tho the very first peony among the Chinese group to bloom We always welcome the first of any family of flowers to bloom and r rosea osea should be in your garden humble though it is Then there is Superba which came from the garden of a Frenchman in 1824 and which gets a 3 rating of 76 only This peony is a beautiful thing very early of ofa a 3 deep rose color and with a most delicious fragrance r It is very Inexpensive in inexpensive In- In expensive but should never be de de- Avalanche likewise Is an an old French peony rating a little higher than those already mentioned but sold mid cheaply and so rather sneered at st by tho the gardeners who dem demand nd only the tho best Yet Avalanche is an extremely large flower white with witha vitha a 1 few streaks of ot red in some petals and makes the finest cut flowers possible You can buy this in quantity quantity quantity quan quan- at an almost unheard of at rate this year Blooms Bloom by Decoration Day For a red peony In this inexpensive e sive lot you can grow no better one than It is a brilliant crimson medium in size but flowering flowering flowering flower flower- ing freely and early and keeps excellently excellently ex ex- when cut This is far superior superior superior su su- su- su to the tho old which everyone grows who wants peonies to bloom by Decoration day yet it is seldom seen locally It is is priced so that everyone e could afford a few roots You will want peonies which flower flow flow- er cr late in tho the season seMon as well as those which burst Int into beauty early carly and is the tho one for you InthIs in inthis inthis this list of cheap but good peonies is unusually l late tc with flowers of a bright pink which fade as they age to paler pink and then to white It Ic is almost the last ol of all peonies to bloom and prolongs the season several weeks From the peonies mentioned here you could have plants which would fill your garden and your living Jiving rooms with loveliness and fragrance at a surprisingly small outlay Orders Orders Orders Or Or- ders should be besent sent in for lor them without much delay so that you will get the pick of the crop when the peony specialists begin sending ending out their wares wares in September