September, 1910 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



79 



The Peony 



NOW ADMIHEDLY QUEEN OF 

 THE WHOLE REALM OF FLORA 



EVIDENCE 



WORTH READING 



From Sparkhill, N. Y.: " The Peonies came iu fine 

 condition, and I wish to express my thanks to you for 

 sending me such a fine lot of plants. If buyers knew 

 the stock you send out as compared with that sent out 

 by some of the other Peony growers, you could not grow 

 enough stock to fill your orders. Actually your roots are 



about as heavy now as some of those I had from 



that have been set two years." 



From Ardmore, Pa.: " I am so very well pleased with 

 the twenty-two Peonies just received from you, that I send 

 the enclosed order for twenty more that 1 had intended 



placing with ■ — . The stock from 



cannot compare with what you sent me in any way. Your 

 roots are two to three times larger; had four times as 

 many eyes, and your packing was done in a very intelligent 

 manner." 



From Chambersburg, Pa.; "I have planted a good many 

 Peony roots, and some very good ones, but the roots jast 

 received from yon are the strongest and finest roots I have 

 ever seen. Thanks for your generous dealing." 



From Ottawa., Canada: "All of the Peonies you sent 

 me last fall bloomed this si>ring, as did those I got from 

 you the year before. They were all true to luime, which I 

 consider worth mentioning as this has not been my experience 

 with those obtained from some other growers." 



From, Carson City,^ Nevada: " I wish to tell you how 

 well pleased I am with the Peonies you sent me last fall. 

 They were about as large again as those I had from another 

 man, while the stalks this spring are much finer than others 

 a year older." 



From Collinsville. Alabama: " The Peonies are very 

 fine indeed. Most of them look like two-year roots that 

 other dealers send out. I fully appreciate the quality of your 

 stock and wish you a much-deserved success." 



From Nashville, Tenn.: '"1 roust say that your roots are 

 the largest I have ever received fiom any dealer for year- 

 old plants. I have some from another party that yours 

 would make two of them." 



From Buffalo, N. Y.: " I take pleasure in informing 

 you that the Peonies I bought of you last fall made a won- 

 derful showing this spring; some of them having four and 

 five large blooms," 



From Yarmouthville, Maine: "The Peonies came in fine 

 condition. I never saw such large roots. They are a 

 splendid lot of plants." 



From Providence, E. I.: "I have ordered in the past 

 roots from well-known seedsmen, and the little ' m 

 stock that I received cannot be compared with yours.' 



The glorious modern Peony has come into its own. No longer need to cry 

 aloud the mierits of this wondrous flower — this regally magnificent bloom, w^ith 

 all the delicacy and charm of the fairest rose that ever bloomed in a profes- 

 sional's green house. You know by now that Fall is the only time to 

 pl£illt. Most growers wll ship in the Spring also — if you insist. We do not. 

 Our annual Fall catalog is ready. It's unique — distinctive — different. May 

 we send you a copy ? It Avill explain to you just why you sLould 



Purchase Your Peonies from TRUE Peony Specialists 



In these days practically every one offering Peonies calls himself a "Peony Specialist." The 

 nurseryman in the fall announces Peonies as "one of his specialties." Others who grow "other things" 

 beside Peonies, suddenly become "Peony specialists" at Peony planting time until prospective Peony 

 buyers naturally become prone to the suspicion that perhaps the term "speciahst" is only an empty 

 catch-phrase and doesn't mean much — in horticulture at least. But we are not "intermittent" Peony 

 specialists, if we may so express it. 



WE GROW PEONIES 

 -NOTHING ELSE 



With us this one flow^er is the "w^hole thing." It has our undivided time and attention, devotion 

 and study. We are thus specialists in a sense w^hich possesses a legitimate value and significance. 



We asf(_ you to consider these features — 



THE BEST SORTS IN EXISTENCE No perplexing and endless lists of varieties to 

 AND ONLY THE BEST — "puzzle" over. We have done the sorting and 



sifting. To present more than 100 sorts shows 

 a disability to intelligently eliminate. This number of varieties covers the field, the remainder being 

 duplicates or of no real value w^hatever. 



^VE GUARANTEE EVERY We send you what you pay for — not something more or 

 ROOT TRUE;T0 NAME— less like it under the name. 



WE SUPPLY ONLY 

 ESTABLISHED PLANTS- 



We grovir for discriminating customers and furnish only 

 vigorous, high grade and liberally grown stock — "quality" 

 stock that cannot fail to satisfy the most exacting buyer. 



THESE FEATURES WHICH INDICATE OUR FIXED POUCY, SERVE PERHAPS TO SUFFICIENTLY 



EXPLAIN THE PHENOMENAL GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS- THE RAPID INCREASE OF 



A DISCRIMINATING CUENTELE— STRIKINGLY SIGNIFICANT AS EVIDENCE 



OF OUR UBERAL METHODS, AND THAT SPECIAUZING— IN THIS 



INSTANCE AT LEAST-IS NOT AN EMPTY CATCH-PHRASE 



"OUR REPUTATION HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE QUALITY OF OUR STOCK" • 

 WRITE FOR THE CATALOG TODAY— IT'S WORTH HAVING 



MOHICAN PEONY GARDENS 



Box 300, SINKING SPRING, PENNSYLVANIA 



