ALPHABETICAL LIST OF PEONIES 
The name and year in parentheses following the variety is that of the originator and the year 
in which it was disseminated. 
blooming. 
Following this the type of flower (see page 12) is given with time of 
IMPORTANT ABOUT PRICES 
The prices of the Peonies here listed are given in a price list enclosed in this booklet. 
As these 
prices will vary somewhat from year to year, be sure you have the price list for the current year 
in which you are ordering. 
The Peonies we name in this catalogue are only offered for sale dur- 
Doubly Important ing the fall months ef September, October and November. 
After this 
month see our current Spring Catalogue for the succeeding year for 
Peonies we offer for sale in the springtime. 
Patrons may order by the number preceding the name of each variety if they so desire, as our 
tield labels run by number and not by name, but mistakes are less liable to occur if you order both 
by number and name. 
shown. 
6S—ACHILLE (Calot, 1855.) Rose type, mid- 
season. Fine large five-inch bloom on three- 
foot stems, very floriferous in clusters. Opens 
light pearl or shell-pink, finishing delicate 
blush or lilac white with an_ occasional 
creamy-white spot. The flower in its make-up 
and color somewhat resembles an immense 
Carnation. Foliage crimpled like the foliage 
of an Ardisia. Fragrant. Excellent for all 
purposes. 
262—ADMIRAL DEWEY (Hollis, 1903.) Bomb 
type, midseason. Large light built flower. 
Color a delicate rose-pink shaded heliotrope. 
Sweet scented. 
SI—ADOLPHE ROUSSEAU (Dessert & Mechin, 
1890.) Semi-double type. Early midseason. 
Very large dark velvety-red with garnet hues 
and a distinct metallic reflex; one of the dark- 
est and a very brilliant color. The petals are 
very large and shell like, ideal habit with tall 
stiff stems keeping well when cut; dark foli- 
age veined red, one of the best reds for land- 
seape effect. Extra fine. : 
114—AGIDA (Origin unknown.) Semi-double 
type, midseason. If the color of this Peony 
was not so bright and attractive we would 
have discarded it long ago. A grand bright 
showy red in contradistinction to the purplish- 
erimsons that are so prevalent among red 
Peonies. In fact it might well be called a scar- 
let color. Very bright, gay and showy; free 
bloomer. 
183—AGNES MARY KELWAY (Kelway, 1890.) 
Crown type, early midseason. Deep violet rose 
guard petals enclosing a thick collar of nar- 
row cream-white petals. Within this collar a 
crown of same color as guards. Very free 
bloomer in clusters; fragrant; tall and vigor- 
ous grower, an exceptionally striking and 
handsome tricolor variety. 
146—ALBA SULFUREA (Calot, 1860.) Bomb 
type; midseason. Very large globular com- 
pact bloom, color creamy-white; center slight- 
ly flecked red; stigmas red. Tall, erect grow- 
er, distinct from Sulfurea, which has cream- 
white stigmas. For cut bloom and landscape 
work this variety is fine. 
Miss Ella V. Baines, Springfield, Ohio. 
We would prefer you to do so, letting the name follow the number as here 
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 mark- 
ings whatsoever; indeed it is rather a tint 
than a color or shade; in this regard it is in- 
deed remarkable and unapproachable by any 
other variety. Scorces easily the six points of 
excellence. Our stock of this variety, some six 
thousand plants (we have good reason to be- 
lieve), exceed in number that held commercial- 
ly by all other other growers in the world. 
217—ALEXANDRE DUMAS (Guerin, 1862.) 
Crown type; early. Lively brilliant pink crown 
interspersed with white, salmon and chamois; 
creamy-white collar of narrow petals mingled 
with the wide central petals. Exceptionally 
floriferous. A very pretty pleasing multi-col- 
ored sort, one of the best for massing and an 
excellent keeper after being cut. One of the 
earliest of the Chinensis type to bloom. 
218S—ALICE DE JULVECOURT (Pele, 1857.) 
Crown type; midseason. One of the freest and 
best landscape sorts. Large double flowers of 
globular form. Guards and center lilac-white, 
prominently flecked with crimson. Collar a 
creamy-white; fragrant, dwarf and free. 
769—ALPHA AND OMEGA (Pleas, 1903.) 
Anemone type. Very early. Among the first 
to open and has a charm all its own. After 
the bud has opened into a beautiful convex 
bloom with deep rose guards and bright yellow 
petaloids, there develops in the center a ring 
of glowing salmon-pink petals, ruffled some- 
thing like a huge Chrysanthemum, which in 
turn changes to white. It has the appearance 
of a flower growing out of the center of an- 
other. In other words, a double decker. One 
blooming stem with side buds and main cen- 
tral flower make a bouquet in itself. “Have 
tested it for five years and consider it a find.” 
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