THE BOOK OF THE PEONY 



Maud L. Richardson, which is among the tallest 

 peonies, often growing five feet high. 



T. C. Thurlow, of West Newbury, Massa- 

 chusetts, was one of the early growers in this 

 country. Starting in 1875, after some years' 

 work he got together a large collection which in- 

 cluded most of the varieties which had been in- 

 troduced. James Hartshorn of Chicago, on 

 looking over Mr. Thurlow's grounds, examining 

 the labels and taking note of the different kinds, 

 asked that a price be named for the whole lot of 

 peonies. On all of his peonies, except two plants 

 each of a hundred varieties. Mr. Thurlow fixed 

 nine thousand dollars, which figure was forthwith 

 accepted. The collection filled two freight cars. 

 After the plants had been shipped, Mr. Thurlow 

 started to get up a new collection, better than 

 the one he had sold. 



Recently the seedlings of Brand — notably 

 Martha Bulloch (1907), and Frances Willard 

 (1907) — have aroused much admiration. The 

 beautiful productions of Shaylor, among which 

 are Frances Shaylor (1909), Jessie Shaylor 

 (1909), and Mary Woodbury Shaylor (1910), 

 show what is being accomplished in this country 

 by careful hand pollination. 



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