Show BEAM C dieci air are and if orchids THE PEONY AND ITS CULTURE by C few people know the wealth of beauty and pcr ime of the peony quite everyone kicos the brilliant old red peony or piny of the old time garden but from that to the peony is a great evolution the modern peony la is superior in size perfume and fligh to the lie chrysan chrysanthemum tit with less care and more certain results for labor expanded the requirements of the peony are wimple yet at a few periods they are very easily damaged we haqq larga areas to bundle and cannot give them the same care tire one could a few plants we give the soil a thorough dressing of fresh manure early in the fall and sow now to rye in april we plow the tho ground deeply and plant potatoes corn or other crops that will have good culture we prefer to plant any time during september but planting may be done at any tine of it well ell watered for a few days from september 1 to may we do not approve of lifting plants in the spring after they have begun already to make a rapid end and tender gro growth th plants that are kept dormant by oe be ing dug in the fall fill may be planted un tit 11 II june with fine success we have planted big clumps when ben in full bloom and they grew well but we do not ad vise it except when absolutely necessary when planting peonies in claey ground t utta r should be set about four inches deep but la light sandy or loamy soil live or six inches deep old clumps I 1 plant a bit deeper leaving the crown covered lightly until late when more soli soil Is to drawn over them to make the surface level never use much manure the first vear on ne newly ly planted peoples und and care should always be exercised not to over manure them the best beat ft way ay is lit to cultivate them about three inches tit ep then apply about one inch of any manure working the ground several times before winter sets loor lo or they may be after the ground freezes and the manure worked into the soil in tho earing keep all the weeds out of the peonies and do not dig over three inched deep from october butil the buds are as large largo as acorns many persons have complained about their peonies not blooming and upon investigation ti and from observations from my own wn experience I 1 found that whenever 0 we dag dug deeply around plants at the time above stated the plants either came up blind or bore a very small percentage of good blooms so we learned to employ shallow cultivation plant peonies la in the bright sunshine away from trees that are liable to shade them or whose hose roots may sap the plant food in the soil where they are planted pl acted in larrus where peonies are planted they should be kept well cultivated to a radius of about two feet Wat watering cring i Is unnecessary except in severe dry weather never plant peonies where the crowns are likely to be covered with NOW water longer than it very short time peonies underwater under water for several days are likely to be very quickly spoiled peoples are grown a division of old plants and also from seed need from seed eed tb they require from five to eight eare ears to come into full bloom the following is a short list of very choice sorts very early crimson ls aubra old early red la prance france la france rose color fes festina tiva maxiel paper white center petals edged crimson demachel de lachel deep dark crimson II 11 dupont late white shows yellow stamens felix drousse fine late red D P de nemours pure w white bite P Duchai tre salmon pink very extra it M chaosae Chau Clia sae nearly black very verl exceptional jenny lind fine flue sal mon pink Grand Gran lflora diflora grand rand violet salmon pink dorchester grand soft link marie stuart creamy white extra exira septra early pink GROW YOUR ROSES FROM CUTTINGS A ROOI good way to increase our stock of roses ie Is from rota cuttings select a brunch branch of half hanler Kil wood from a it thrifty bush cut into I 1 1 or flie inch pieces see that each of these has several ees froni from which growth can start rim trial ut off the leaves except a few near the top of the cutting keep keel the cut ja in a glass of water for a couple of daye days select a sunny place in the garden allah has soil poll dig it up well mell and put in ithe ho kilps about half halt their length lenith the I 1 tightly about the tR watt water r well N ell and cover with u glass jar or n large tumbler tumble r the ground moist by pouring water a around the elass glass without lifting it up growth should enow show through tha class glass in a few weel u when ben tho the plants inny mily he gradually n to the air cutting cuttings can be taken as late an enill october put davs flowe in this way sy and m hen cold weather cne just heap theo earth high over ever them glasner 1 anil slid nil au in the spring you i find that more than halt have red ak 41 IF I 1 A ac 7 AA V carnations a allu lie shel mi el must mant of ID an atlantic coast harat ie Is usta a an P awo lesjack from tile killcy galley K lio one of tit the worst of defeat if to he lie that givs alth it tile barth usiller a blanket blat iLet of boo in liwally tin ica 1 carmer tha the air above it binet three per cent tf of the floo of tile 10 ocean I 1 S debold or 0 vegetation |