The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-28
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England from Siberia at about the
same date. That P. tenaifolia, or the
fern leaved variety, Is native of Rus
sia. and was first brought to England
in 1866. That numerous varieties are
native of both China and Japan. Dur
ing the past quarter of century,
florists of Japan, China. England and
our own country. have produced hun
dreds of new varieties. all beautiful,
hardy and desirable. And since we can
not have them all, let us choose few
OF the most desirable.
4 Few Of the Heat.
TenuifOlium, the most distinctive of
all the herdaceOus paeOnies, grows but
about a. foot high, has beautiful, fine
ly cut fern-like foliage, and comes in
to bloom earlier than any other sort
closely following the tulip; there are
numerous varieties. both single and
double. and since they are native of
northern Russia, perfectly hardy
everywhere. Because of its extreme
earliness. ironclad hardness, elegance
of foliage and brilliancy of its fry
scarlet flowers. it should be found in
all northern garden.
AlbiflOra. there are several new va
rieties of this fen old white sort, all
beautiful and desirable, be sure to
order one or more of them
Oficinalis, the old double red sort
also has numerous progeny, every
one of which is desirable.
Humilis bears very large, single
flowers of purple rose color, and is
sure to bloom very early in the spring.
Fragrance is bright, dark pink,
very double, and as It's name implies,
very fragrant, its perfume being not
unlike that of the rose.
New Giant Is exquisitely beautiful,
growing from two to three feet in
height, bearing immensely large flow
ers. very double and of a blush color,
almost white when full blown, and
very fragrant
Reveesii is of the exact color of the
exquisite pink La France rose Then
we must have a few of the dainty
fairy-like Japanese varieties, these l
consider the most eXquisitely beauti-
full and the most perfectly satisfying
of all the paeOny family; among these
l shall name but few of what l con-
slider the choicest-bridesmaid fairy,
dorothy, queen of May, amiable and
water lily. Amiable is a cherry red,
the others are all white and very deli
cate shades of pink.
The Chinese double hybrids, are the
last to bloom, and there are so many
varieties both new and old that one
may procure them in any shade of
pink, red, yellow or in pure white.
They are fragrant, and grand beyond
the power of mere words to describe.
Time of Planting.
This month of September, is the best
time to plant or transplant the paeony,
and let me urge all who expect to
purchase roots this year, to order them
Immediately. l have planted both
spring and fall, and find September
planting in every way most satisfac-
tory. Never purchase cheap inferior
roots, they will have but one eye, and
consequently send up but one feeble
stalk the first year, and will not
bloom till the second or third season;
order what the florists term large,
strong clumps," it is economy to do
so, the first spring, after planting
them in the fall, the splendid bios
SONS will more than repay one for the
money expended.
How to Plant.
Having prepared the bed as directed,
before the roots arrive, procure some
fine clean sand-not the coarse kind
used in the bed, but the fine red, or
white varieties, arrange to give each
root from two to three feet of space
(they will soon cover it, dig a hole
fully six inches deeper than the
length of your roots, drop in hand
full of the fine sand, place the root in
carefully-for they are very tender ii
freshly dug; fill in carefully with soil
and sand, keeping layer of sand al
ways next to the root, press the soil
down firmly as you fill it in, until
you reach the level of the bed, then
water thoroughly, being sure to reach
the very bottom Of the root, this will
leave the crown of the root, fully six
inches from the surface of the soil
which is absolutely necessary, If this
were not done, the action of the frost
would throw them to the surface dur
ing the winter. Round the soil up
we'll over each root, and be sure to
keep the bed higher than the level of
the ground. Immediately after the
ground has frozen each fall, cover the
whole bed thickly with mulching of
stable litter, in the spring, after the
frost is out of the ground. take a fork
and shake all the straw out of the
mulch and burn it, leaving the residue
on the bed till the plants appear, then
carefully work it all in to the soil,
being careful not to disturb the plants.
A bed of paeonies SO planted and cared
for, should be delight to one during
an eitre lifetime, and to their progeny
forever.