June, 1919 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



211 



THE BRAND PEONIES 



Originated by O. F, Brand & Son 

 America's Foremost Hybridizers of the Peony 



Our Peony Gardens were established in 1869 and now for fifty 

 years we have been growing peonies on a large scale. Kindly per- 

 mit us to call your attention to the fact that for the last eighteen 

 years we have been actively engaged in originating by cross pol- 

 lenization and selective breeding new varieties of Paeonia. 



Many years are required to produce and determine the worth 

 of a new peony and we cannot emphasize too strongly the conserv- 

 ative methods which we are pursuing in this work. Every peony 

 in our list has received the sanction of the most discriminating 

 connoisseurs before we have believed it to be worthy of introduction. 



We consider ten years from the planting of the seed, to be the 

 least period of time in which one should attempt to arrive at a cer- 

 tainty of the worth of any one seedling. During the years we have 

 concentrated upon the peony we have bloomed some five hundred 

 thousand seedlings and the standard of perfection which we have 

 set for the "Brand" peonies is such that of all this half million 

 only a mere handful, as it were, have been considered to be worthy 

 of the name of "BRAND." 



Our work of producing new seedlings is going constantly on- 

 ward and we expect to supplement our list from time to time with 

 new creations bearing individual characteristics which will entitle 

 them to this distinction. 



We consider some of our peonies to be as fine as were ever pro- 

 duced and the eagerness with which they are now being sought by 

 collectors the world over convinces us that we are not alone in 

 our views. 



Charles McKellip, Chestine Gowdy, Elizabeth Barrett Brown- 

 ing, Frances Willard, Henry Avery, Judge Berry, Longfellow, Lora 

 Dexheimer, Martha Bulloch, Mary Brand, Mrs. A. G. Ruggles 

 and Richard Carvel are a few of the good Brand Peonies. There 

 are many more. 



Our beautiful new 1919 Catalogue will be issued just at the 

 close of the blooming season. Write for it. 



Faribault 



A.M. BRAND 



40 Years a Peony Grower 



Minnesota 



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GILSON WEEDER 



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3V blade for narrow rows $1.00 



;eneral work 1.10 



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Gilson Garden Tools are sold by 

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