ELLA V. BAINES, THE WOMAN FLORIST, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 



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"Aristocrat of Flowers" 



SPLENDID PEONIES 



Hardy Everywhere 



THE wonderful improvements made during recent 

 years in these old-fashioned hardy plants have 

 brought them into renewed popularity. The 



gorgeous flowers, which rival the finest Roses in 

 size, form and color, are produced in great abundance. 

 After once being planted they require little care and 

 attention, thrive anywhere, and are absolutely hardy 

 even in the coldest climates; each-year after plant- 

 ing they grow into greater value, producing more and 

 more flowers. They are not troubled with insect 

 pests. Try some of our fine Peonies, and see what 

 grand flowers they are. Get it out of your head 

 that there are only Red, White and Pink Peonies to 

 illustrate at flowering time. People who visit our 

 field will say. "I have Pink and White Peonies. I 

 desire onjy Red ones," but when they are shown the 

 Pink and White, they invariably exclaim, "How 

 grand! I have none like them." There is as much 

 difference in Peonies as there is in Roses. 



We have found that divisions do not give the 

 customer satisfaction; they have to wait too long for 

 the plant to become established. 



For this reason we are not offering 

 any Peony this year under a one- 

 year-size. 



The one-year plant is a plant divided and reset 

 a year before. We do not advise our customers to 

 divide any of these one-yeaT roots if they want 

 bloom the first year. We find that Peonies should 

 not be divided more than once in tnree years. 





















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Special List of Peonies 



To those who do not care for the nomenclature of the Peony, we have made up this list, and here offer them as 

 an aid to making selections. Patrons will find these varieties embrace a wide range of color and form, and are 

 exceptionally meritorious. 



This is our special storage lot dug this fall for Spring planting. You can plant Peonies up until March 1, after 

 that time we would suggest you wait until next fall. If in need of other varieties write for our book "Peonies for 

 Pleasure." 



All orders for other varieties would be filed until next September as we 

 never dig Peonies after December 1st. 



For a few customers who could not plant their Peonies during the fall season, we 

 are carrying the following varieties in storage and will fill orders for Spring as long as 

 this supply lasts. You can plant these up until March 1st, but not after that time. 

 All orders received after March 1st for Peonies will be filed for Sept. 1924 delivery. 



12— ALBERT CROUSSE— (Crousse, 1893.) Bomb type; late. 

 Immense, very full convex bloom, as perfect in outline 

 and contour as a Show or Fancy Dahlia flower, so perfect 

 in shape is it that from stem to stem it forms a perfect ball. 

 The petals are imbricated like a Carnation and overlap 

 each other. The color is as wonderful as its form and is 

 best described as an even delicate sea shell-pink without 

 fleck or markings whatsoever; indeed it is rather a tint 

 than a colpr or shade; in this regard it is indeed remarkable 

 and unapproachable by any other variety. Scores easily 

 the six points of excellence. Our stock of this variety, 

 some six thousand plants (we have good reason to believe), 

 exceed in number that held commercially by all other 

 growers in the world. $1.50 each. 



35— AMERICAN BEAUTY— (Crousse, 1886.) Crown type; 

 midseason. A glowing red, known in the Chicago cut 

 flower market as the "American Beauty" Peony. Superb. 

 $1.50 each. 



228— AUGUSTIN d'HOUR— (Calot,. 1867.) (Syn. Marechal 

 MacMahon.) Bomb type; midseason. Extremely large, 

 showy, perfectly built bloom; primary petals narrow and 

 built up close and high. Color very deep, rich, brilliant 

 solferino-red with slight silvery reflex; the largest of all 

 red Peonies. Indispensable. This is as high class a Peony 

 in its way as Felix Crousse, although they are entirely dis- 

 tinct and in no way conflict. It is a taller grower and 

 larger flower than Felix Crousse. 75 cents each. 



28— COURONNE d'OR— (Calot, 18"3.) Semi-rose type; late 

 midseason. This is the famous Crown of Gold. Immense, 

 very full, imbricated ball-shaped bloom. Solid and com- 

 pactly built from edge to center. Color snow-white re- 

 flecting golden-yellow stamens that show through the 

 petals when looking at the flQwei; from the side. These 



stamens light up the whole flower with a glow that is 

 simply indescribable and which suggests the name "Crown 

 of Gold." Delicate carmine pencihngs on edges of a few. 

 central petals. Incomparably lovely and one of the very 

 choicest and best Peonies in cultivation. An enthusiast 

 on seeing this variety blooming in our fields exclaimed, 

 "Why, Crown of Gold is Festiva Maxima dressed up in 

 her wedding clotnes." It is in our opinion tne attainment 

 of perfection in the Peony. One grower says: "I believe 

 I could detect Couronne d'Or by its wnite water lily fra- 

 rance anywhere." 75 cents each. 



93— EUGENIE VERDI ER— (Calot, 1864.) Semi-rose type; 

 early. Do not confound the name of tnis variety and 

 Eugene Verdier. Miss Jessie M. Good, who has devoted 

 considerable time during the past ten years to the study 

 of tne Peony wnjle they are blooming, says: "Of all your 

 six hundred varieties I place Eugenie Verdier first and fore- 

 most. It has so many good qualities I hardly know where 

 to begin to enumerate them. It is a strong, healthy grower, 

 with bloom on three to four foot stems. The flower is 

 enormously large for a Peony. Then its loose petalage 

 adds a distinctive charm never seen in the varieties 

 crowded with petals. Its form is ideal, being flat, show- 

 ing its great wealth of tints and blending of coloring to 

 fine advantage. What about its color? Simply in- 



describable. It opens a fresh delicate Hydrangea-pink 

 with primary petals lighter, center flushed crimson. The 

 flower hangs on in perfection for two weeks and often 

 finishes with two-thirds of the flower paper-white, the other 

 third in the center a decided Hydrangea-pink. Words 

 absolutely fail to convey an impression of its exceeding 

 great beauty. Fragrant. Easily scores six points of 

 excellence," $1,50 each. 



