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tury has been on the market, and the market is hun- 

 gry yet, and will be. If yon are a young man and have 

 a little ground, and want to insure your life, buy a 

 Paeony, the best you can hear of, or take what you 

 would require for your first payment and purchase sev- 

 eral, and they will take as good care of you as the 

 insurance companies could. These companies live on 

 lapses, and those securities don't lapse. Should you 

 die, you are sure of what you paid in, with compound 

 growth, which means compound interest. 



The English say this is the flower for the "millions 

 and the millionaire.'' I think they would grow better 

 for the poor man than for the rich, for he would regard 

 liis bed of choice plants as his gold mine, and would 

 take the best of care of it. It takes years to learn a 

 trade and learn it well, a trade that will lay up money 

 for old age. It takes a good deal of cash to go into 

 business which will bring in adequate returns. But it 

 takes but little time, or cash either, to get a few of 

 these choice plants, and then love them and care for 

 them. A little capital invested in this way can be kept 

 sacred for the future, and insure comfort in old age. 

 There are no doubtful and uncertain board of trade com- 

 plications about the business. Set a little aside, and 

 how much incidental enjoyment you would reap from 

 it. Those worshipful flowers in queenly garments sa- 

 luting you, and they are all your own, and their num- 

 bers increasing as the years go by ; an income from the 



