September, 1913 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



01 



Peterson's 

 Perfect 



How my Peony roots compare with others. Extracts from three Peony 

 growers and dealers — men who know. 



"Oct. 22, 1912 — Peonies received and the roots are certainly fine. 

 I have bought lots of peony roots in the last ten years but the ones 1 

 receive from you excel them all." 



"Oct. 3,1912 — I must say that I never in all my life saw as fine, 

 clean and healthy looking Peony roots as the ones you sent me. 1 

 never saw roots with such large plump eyes. Tell me how do you 

 doit?" 



"Sept. 21, 1912 — Your recent shipment of Peonies received and 

 they were the best plants received from five different shippers. That 

 you will receive further orders from me is an assured fact." 



And this is what they accomplish in the amateur's hands the first year. 



Redholm, New Haven, Conn., June 16, 1913 

 My Peonies are perfectly beautiful, and are wonders for the first 

 year. Only one of the twenty-nine has failed to blossom, and each 

 plant has from three to six and eight beautiful blossoms. I am 

 enchanted with them, and wish 1 could let everyone know just what 

 your plants are. — Mrs. E. G. Stoddard. 



Again Prove Invincible 



Winning, out of six entries at the big 

 Boston Peony Show last June, four 

 first and two second prizes including 

 the most coveted first for the best 

 twenty varieties on exhibition. 



And my own exhibition here, at its height ten days prior 

 to the Boston show, was conceded by competent judges to be 

 the finest ever seen in this country, or probably abroad. The 

 above illustration is an exact untouched photograph of a sec- 

 tion of my new Peony Exhibition Garden 2}4 years from 

 planting. 



Advertising claims are easy to make, but this is a business 

 of achievement. 



My catalog (free) will tell you the whole story 



Rose and Peony 

 Specialist 



George H. Peterson FairLa^N.j. 







There are Specialists and Specialists 



Our business in 1908 was doubled in 1909, 

 and almost doubled again in 1910, and since 

 then it's been going a mad pace, away 

 above any normal gain. Scores of letters 

 like this explain it: 



From Lansing, Mich.: "Permit me to 

 say that I have a fairly representative 

 collection of Peonies, — some sixty odd 

 varieties, collected both in this country 

 and in Uurope; but for large thrifty 

 stock, yours exceeds by far anything 

 I have ever purchased." 



Those of you who know us, have pretty 

 well made up your minds about the 

 Peony situation— and about us. To those 

 of you who do not know us, we've a 

 little story to tell about the upsetting of 

 traditions — the little "revolution" we've 

 been engineering for eight years now. 



and this: 



From Beverly, Mass.: "I must say that 

 they are the finest one-year plants I 

 ever saw. I have purchased Peonies 

 from nearly all the prominent grow- 

 ers and yours are far ahead in size 

 and vigor." 



and this: 



From Highland Park, Mich.; "if all 

 the seed and plant business was con- 

 ducted in the manner that yours is, we 

 might all have better gardens, with 

 less trouble and expense." 



WE GROW PEONIES 

 -NOTHING ELSE 



"OUR REPUTATION HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE QUAUTY OF OUR STOCK" 



— and they cost no more from us 



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