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PEONIES

The Manual of the American Peony Society

EDITED BY JAMES BOYD

Copyright 1928 by American Peony Society

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CONTENTS

Page

Author

page

Preface



HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY

A. P. Saunders

1

Annual Meetings and Exhibitions


16

Roll of Officers and Directors


16

Gold Medal Awards


18

Special Awards


18

Special Awards at Local Shows


20




CHECK LIST OF CHINESE PEONIES IN COMMERCE


21

Double Peonies


23

Japanese Peonies


56

Single Peonies


63




DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF CHINESE PEONIES


71

Classification of Peony Types

A.H.Fewkes

71

Color Standards

G. A. Stevens

75

Pronunciation of Peony Names

A. P. Saunders

77

Descriptions


79




FAVORED PEONIES IN AMERICA

Editorial

151

GROWING THE PEONY

James Boyd

160

Selecting


160

Planting and Cultivating


161

Labeling


162




PROPAGATING BY DIVISION OF ROOTS

James Boyd

165




FUNGOUS DISEASES AND PESTS OF THE PEONY

Freeman Weiss

167

Failure to Bloom


167

Botrytis Blight.


168

Other Blights and Leaf Spots


170

Sclerotinia Stem-Rot.


171

Root-Rot


172

Root-Knot or Root-Gall


173

Miscellaneous.


174

A Pathological Questionnaire


175




PEONIES FOR THE MARKET

Harry F. Little

179




PEONIES FOR EXHIBITION.

Harry F. Little

184




PEONY BREEDING

A. P. Saunders

189

section I. practical.



Structure of the Peony Flower


189

Natural Pollination


191

Uncontrolled Pollination


192

Controlled Artificial Pollination


193

Gathering and Storing Pollen


195

The Testing of Pollens


198

Sowing Seeds.


200

section II. historical.


203




THE GROWING AND CARE OF SEEDLING PEONIES

A. M. Brand

214




IMPORTATION OF PEONIES

Charles L. Marlatt

217




PEONY DONTS


218




THE MOUTAN TREE PEONY

John C. Wister

219

I. Introduction


219

II. Botany


219

III. History—China


220

IV. History—Japan


225

V. History—Europe


229

VI. History—America


234

VII. Culture


236

References


242




TREE PEONY CHECK-LIST

John C. Wister

245




COLOR-CLASSIFICATION OF TREE PEONIES WITH NOTES

John C. Wister

271




PEONY SPECIES (OTHER THAN ALBIFLORA AND MOUTAN)

A. P. Saunders

277



BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Editorial

289

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PEONY

A. P. Saunders

302

APPENDIX A—INDEX OF PEONIES MENTIONED


313

APPENDIX B —INTRODUCERS OF PEONIES AND THEIR PRODUCTIONS


332




GENERAL INDEX


334

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS