164 THE GOLD MINE 



endeavoring to call out of the unknown, clioicer ones 

 than have jet been discovered. 'No flower so richly 

 rcAvards the propagator. Among a thousand seedlings 

 there may be only one of superior excellence, yet each 

 one will be distinct from the rest, and not a poor or 

 worthless one among them all. 



To show the awakening interest in the fall of 1904 

 the leading papers of the West, aggregating a circula- 

 tion of over 300,000, have given special illustrated is- 

 sues awakening an interest in the great empire of the 

 N^orthwest, where such flowers are so much needed and 

 where they succeed so well. 



There is no plant or flower on earth which gives so 

 much pleasure and profit and so richly rewards its 

 friends. 



CLASSIFICATIOZ^ OF TPIE ORIGINAL VARIETIES. 



I have spent much time in the endeavor to search 

 out the original families of this remarkable flower. 

 From the number we judge that there is yet great room 

 for progress, and perhaps we have only just begun with 

 our hybridizing. By permission I quote from J. W. 

 Manning, in ^^American Glardening,'' of March 5th, 

 for which I tender grateful acknowledgment: 



''Until the forthcoming Paeony list of the American 

 Paeony Society is published, I believe quotation of va- 

 riety names should be used with great care, and believe 

 that the best interest may be served by giving the fol- 

 lowing list of species and their distinctive characters: 



