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Queen appeal to me for their particular kind of beauty. If I 

 remember correctly, for nearly a week before the flower opens 

 there are tracings of pink and white in a geometrical pattern 

 which I have noticed on no other bud. 



What a pleasure it is for us who live in Ohio to realize that 

 Edulis Superba will not fail us on Decoration Day, for it never 

 has. And how we do wonder whether M. Jules Elie will keep 



"Mons Jules Elie" peony and stone bird bath. 



faith with us and march in the Decoration Day parade, and make 

 more glorious the resting place of our Nation's heroes. 



I always advise my friends who are thinking of planting 

 any peonies to include at least one M. Jules Elie, for I think the 

 growing of this one variety has made more peony enthusiasts 

 than any one other thing in the world. Its beauty can be appre- 

 ciated more easily than that of any other variety, and its cultiva- 

 tion has seemed to me to serve the purpose of inculcating in the 

 beginner his faith in his own ability to grow fine peonies. 



I know at least twenty varieties that I prefer to it now, but 

 it gives me more pleasure to see one of my friends purchase an 

 M. Jules Elie than it does to know of his buying a Therese or a 



