Peonies and "Safety First" 



When you order from this hst you may feel absolutely safe against any unhappy result, because 

 we have allowed nothing in it except the very choicest kinds. 



You surely want Peonies, because no other flower approaches them for hardiness, freedom of 

 bloom, fragrance, usefuhiess as cut-flowers and immunity from attacks of insects and disease. 



T L^ We have exceptional facihties, not only for testing them on our own 



, ^ ^'^ gccd soil here, but also for making critical examinations of some of the 



hnest coflections grown, thus enabling us to select for our customers the 

 kinds which leading speciahsts agree are without 

 rivals, so order freely and feel safe. 



WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE 

 AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY 



Peony Culture 



] Peonies will grow anywhere — reasonably speak- 



^ ing. They thrive in partial shade, but best results 



"X are obtained when they are planted in deep, rich soil 



^ about 2 inches belozv the surface and have a sunny 



/ location. Plenty of water during the growing sea- 



^^' son is an added stimulus, and if liquid manure is 



, applied at intervals of ten days, the grower will be 



amply repaid for his trouble in the increased size 



and coloring of the flowers. 



FOUR LEADING PEONIES 



MonS. Jules Elie. Large and fuU; glossy pink. 



This is spoken of as the 



King of all Peonies. Blooms are very large and 

 deliciously fragrant. $i each, postpaid. 



Couronne d'Or. ^^'hite, with yellow reflection; 



-' red blotch on central petals. 



50 cts. each, postpaid. 



Felix CrOUSSe. ^^ especially choice, brilliant 



red; vigorous grower, free 



bloomer and slightly fragrant. 75c. each, postpaid. 



Festiva maxima. For over fifty years this has 



been the standard of per- 

 fection in Peonies. The immense, perfectly double 

 flowers are pure snow-white, with a beautiful flake 

 of carmine in the center. 50 cts. each, postpaid. 



Peonies as Cut-flowers. Fragrant and Decorative 

 for Stately Hall or Humble Home 



Note. — If wanted for cut-flowers, Peonies should 

 be cut while in bud, just as the color begins to show. 

 They keep longer thus than if flowers open on the 

 plant. 



"A friend told me, not long ago, that she had counted sixty 

 blossoms upon each of several of her [Peony] plants." — Page 41 

 in "A Woman's Hardy Garden," by Helena Rutherfurd Ely. 



PEONY OFFICINALIS 



These are the real old-fashioned Peonies of our 

 grandmothers' days. They bloom earliest of all. 

 The flowers are large, full, double and fragrant. 

 Three varieties: 

 Alba mutabilis. Blush-white. 

 Rosea superba. Bright rose-pink. 

 Rubra {Atroruhens plena). Brilliant, glowing deep 



crimson. 



25 cts. each, postpaid 



H FFFD^ 9^ '^^^ above 3 Peonies for 65 

 UlllJlV'^ ^'l- cts.. Dostpaid. 



The Peonies you shipped me last fall were all a success 

 and are growing finely. — J. F. D., Erie, Penna. 



T OFFFU >- ^ The above 4, selected for all-round 

 ^ VllXlv^ ^ satisfaction, for S2. 2 5, postpaid. 



FIVE GRAND PEONIES 



DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS. Guard petals white, 

 center lemon-yellow, with greenish reflex; very 

 prolific and when half open is most exquisitely 

 chaste. 45 cts. each, postpaid. 



EDULIS SUPERBA. Beautiful clear pink, with 

 silvery reflex; very fragrant. // blooms in time for 

 Memorial Day. 45 cts. each, postpaid. 



MME. DE VERNEVILLE. Immense bloomer; 

 sulphur-white, with carmine-tipped central petals. 

 45 cts. each, postpaid. 



MARIE LEMOINE. Immense flowers, often 8 to 

 10 inches across. Ivory-white, with occasional 

 narrow carmine tracing on the edge of some 

 petals. 45 cts. each, postpaid. 



GRANDIFLORA. Bright shell-pink, overlaid with 

 delicate lilac and salmon-pink. 45 cts. each, 

 postpaid. 



•nflFTFIfy *>€■ Above 5 excellent kinds, all dififer- 



^vrrcir^ ^d em, delivered for $1.75- 



T^AFFFPV 01^ 9 Peonies, including i each of all 



*^vIILK^ ^D ^bove, delivered for $3.75. 



