The Garden Magazine, September, 1921 



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The Brand Peonies 



Originated by 0. F. Brand & Son 

 America' s foremost hybridizers of the Peony 



500,000 Peony Roots 



We now have an immense stock of 500,000 roots of the very choicest 

 Peonies grown. 



Our Growing Methods 



We have made it a practice ever since the growing of Peonies became a 

 specialty with us, never to grow Peonies twice on the same location without 

 a long period of years intervening. In this way we have avoided many of 

 the difficulties and disappointments encountered by other growers who have 

 grown their roots year after year on the same ground, and by doing so, we have 

 kept the roots of our stock free from disease and have been enabled to send 

 to our customers roots such as they write us "they have never received before." 



We own at Faribault 200 acres of the very choicest nursery land. Land 

 which in pioneer days was covered with some of the choicest hard wood tim- 

 ber in America. Land which when cleared grew wonderful crops of that wheat 

 which has long since made the name "Minnesota" famous. Such soil is ideal 

 nursery soil. 



It is the possession of these 200 acres of land which enables us to con- 

 stantly shift our Peony beds, and this wonderful soil that permits us to send 

 our customers roots of such unusual size. 



Our Guarantee 



We guarantee our Peonies absolutely true to name. That our stock is free 

 from disease, except in the case of those varieties which are always diseased and 

 which we advise our customers not to buy. And that the stock which we 

 send out for size and constitutional vigor is unsurpassed. 



Our Stock is handled by Experts 



We are enabled to make this guarantee because our business is handled 

 at every stage by experts. In the first place, the roots which you purchase from 

 us are grown in Ideal Peony Soil. They are planted, cultivated, dug, and after 

 being dug, handled by experienced help. From the instant a root leaves the 

 ground until it is boxed and ready for shipment, it is in the hands of experi- 

 enced labor. Many of our men have been with us for over twenty years. The 

 father of my head Peony man in the field, worked for my father handling 

 Peonies in the 'sixties. 



All of these things taken together, with the fact that your Peonies from us 

 are handled from the time they leave the ground, up to the time they leave 

 for the transportation company under cover, away from the air in our immense 

 Insulated Storage Building. 



The Largest Storage Building in the World 



devoted to the handling of Peonies, permits us to supply you with an article 

 that cannot be surpassed. 



Personal Inspection 



And finally we are able to make this guarantee because Mr. Brand personally inspects every 

 Peony order after it has been collected, and before it passes on to the boxers for boxing. 



Such Peonies and Peonies so handled, are bound to please you. 



We issue a beautiful catalogue covering the entire stock of Peonies we have for sale. This cat- 

 alogue is yours for the asking if you are really interested in Peonies. 



New 1921 Brand Peonies 



David Harum An immense red of a distinct and very pleasing shade. Flower large, full, and 

 beautifully formed. Guard petals prominent and well expanded. Stems tall, straight, strong. Foli- 

 age broad, light green and clean. A profuse and annual bloomer. A distinct flower of a very dis- 

 tinct shade of red. Extra fine strong divisions $25.00 each. 



You can depend upon our judgment that David Harum is a good red. In the judgment 

 of the American Peony Society, there are but 8 reds which rank 8.5 or better and of these 8 sorts 3 

 or 37i% are Brand varieties. 



Mrs. Jennie R. Goudy A large flower with long, narrow bright, delicate pink petals, min- 

 utely flecked with red like Asa Gray, with heavy splashes of carmine on the edges of the central 



petals. Petals beautifully frilled and ruffled, A Ruffled Peony. Something entirely new in peonies. 

 Magnificent, strong 1 year plants $25.00 each. 



We are carrying this year the largest stock of Brand Peonies in the world and can supply roots 

 in all sizes from divisions to 3 year clumps. 



Besides the largest and most complete stock in the world of our own varieties for this fall's trade 

 we feel that we now have to offer the largest stock in America of such Choice American, French and 

 English sorts as Bayadere, Candeur, Cherry Hill, Clemenceau, Enchantrese, Exquisite, Jeannot, Jub- 

 ilee, Kelway's Glorious. Kelway's Queen, Lady Duff, La Fee, La France, Laura Dessert, Le Cygne, 

 Mary W. Shaylor, Loveliness, Mignon, Mme. Jules Dessert, Mrs. Edward Harding, Philippe Rivoire, 

 Raone Dessert, etc., etc. 



If you Jo not have our beautiful 1920-2/ catalogue and are really interested in purchasing Peonies, send for it. 



A. M. BRAND Lock Box 367 Faribault, Minn 



42 years a professional grower of Peonies 



