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| Keywords: Peonies for pleasure (16208399768).jpg Lovely French- <br> white that is to say not a snow-white al- <br> though when fully opened it is quite white- <br> in the young stage tinted with a very fresh <br> delicate pale shade of what is commonly called <br> 'blush' or palest pink The central flower the <br> first to open is a double flower of rather flat- <br> tened circular form and the central petals <br> have a very small touch of carmine It is a <br> very nicely formed flower and scented and <br> the plants are exceedingly free flowering and <br> showy The side flowers which are freely <br> produced and which open after the central <br> flower come in semi-double saucer-shaped <br> form exposing the anthers The back of the <br> flower near the stem is flushed with pink Tall <br> and robust Very scarce One of the grandest <br> varieties we ever raised <br> 112 LA FEE Lemoine 1906 Crown type; early <br> Very large globular flower very compact and <br> double; petals very long guards mauve-rose <br> collar creamy-white Very strong tall grower- <br> free bloomer La Fee translated is The Fairy <br> 28 LADY LEONORA BRAMVVELL Syn Doc- <br> teur Bretonneau Verdier 1854 Bomb type- <br> early midseason This Doctor has been mas- <br> querading for a number of years under the <br> name of Lady Leonora Bramwell As Guerin <br> sent out a Docteur Bretonneau and as this va- <br> riety is already better known under this name <br> we will retain same This is a charming <br> large full and exceedingly fragrant flower of <br> perfect symmetrical form The color is del- <br> icate silvery-rose with lively pink center; pet- <br> als tipped creamy-white with an occasional <br> crimson fleck In many localities grown for <br> cut flowers Has the true June rose fragrance <br> It is a fact that Lady Leonora Bramwell will <br> remain in better shape longer when cut and <br> placed in cold storage than any other Peony <br> It will keep in this manner for two months <br> 776 LADY EMILY <br> Pleas 1907 Rose <br> type; midseason <br> Mr Germann de- <br> scribes 'I know <br> of no other Peony <br> that has so many <br> individual qualities <br> as has Mrs Pleas' <br> Lady Emily ' was <br> the comment one <br> Peony lover re- <br> marked as he was <br> looking over hun- <br> dreds of Peonies in <br> bloom Sturdiness <br> of stem and foli- <br> age loveliness of <br> color shading from <br> ivory -rose- pink <br> and primrose; sub- <br> stance of petals <br> waxy and of good <br> quality resembling <br> the Iris petals in <br> quality and waved <br> effect; the combined <br> coloring with its <br> interspersed golden <br> stamens remind <br> one of the first <br> tints of sunrise <br> Large loose cup- <br> shaped flower with <br> the side buds add- <br> ing beauty and dis- <br> tinctiveness to the <br> large central <br> flower <br> Jubilee the grandest White Peony grown <br> Page Twenty-one <br> Courtesy of Mr Germann 41910026 131358 64860 Page 21 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/41910026 1917 10 1080/00222939009460791 Ella V Baines Firm ; Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection NameFound Lemoine NameConfirmed Lemoine NameBankID 4964481 Biodiversity Heritage Library Miss Ella V Baines the woman florist Springfield Ohio Peonies for pleasure Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Flowers Peonies Plants Ornamental Seed industry and trade Seeds Trade catalogs U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 41910026 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/41910026 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-29 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16208399768 2015-08-25 01 52 05 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Peonies for pleasure Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script | ||||
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