Plants, Seeds, 



50^EARS Experience 



SPLENDID HE^K^m PEONIES 



"ARISTOCRATS OF THE FLOWERS" 



Peonies today show a wonderful improvement over former years. 

 There is something of true magnificence about this aristocrat of the 

 flowers, and in large mass-plantings they produce an effect that you 

 remember — great, gorgeous blossoms, daintily dyed with the most 

 exquisite shades, from white to the deepest reds. They are deliciously 

 fragrant and for effective decorations, especially on a large scale, are 

 totally unsurpassed. Bloom several weeks in the spring. Height, 2 

 , to 3 feet. 



Culture. — They will grow anywhere, reasonably speaking — 

 though they do best in rich, deep soil and a sunny position, but thrive well 

 in partial shade. Plenty of water during the growing season is an added 

 stimulus. They are perfectly hardy, require no protection and are 

 not troubled with insects or disease. 



SIX FINEST PEONIES 



Couronne d'Or. Beautiful white, with a blotch of red in the center 

 around which is a halo of yellow. Immense, very full, ball-shaped 

 bloom. Price, 50 cts. each, postpaid. 



Felix Crousse. This is one of the leading red Peonies. It is an excep- 

 tionally striking kind with large, double, ball-shaped blooms, and is 

 extra-fine in everj' way. Price, 50 cts., each, postpaid. 



Festiva maxixna. For over fifty years this has been the standard for 

 perfection in Peonies. The immnese, perfectly double flowers are 

 pure snow-white with a beautiful flake of carmine in the center. 

 No collection of Peonies is complete without this beauty. Price, 50 

 cts. each, postpaid. (See illustration.) 



Francois Ortegat. One of the richest colored Peonies. Brilliant 

 crimson, full, double flower. Price, 50 cts. each, postpaid. 



Gigantea. Immense blooms 6 inches to 7 inches across, on long 

 stems; color a most exquisite shade of bright pink, tipped with sil- 

 very white; indescribably beautiful and deliciously fragrant. The 

 finest of all pink Peonies for cut-flowers. Price, Si. 00 each, postpaid. 



La Tulipe. Very fragrant. .A very large, globular flower, flesh-pink 

 shading to ivor\'-white with a few of the center petals tipped crimson. 

 Price, 50 cts. each, postpaid. 



Peony, Festiva maxima 



Offer No. 61. 



6 above "Finest Peonies," $3, by express, 

 our free delivery offer, page 3. 



See 



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

 soms upon each of several of her [Peony] plants." — Page 41 in "A 

 Woman's Hardy Garden," by Helena Rutherfurd Ely. See Books, page 4. 





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TEN STANDARD PEONIES 



35c. each, $3.50 

 Large, rose-tinted white 



Charlemagne. 



flowers. 

 Chrysanthemi'flora rosea. Rose pink 



with pale shadings in center. 

 Due de Cazes. Guard petals Tyrian-rose, 



center soft rose. 

 Duchesse de Nemours. Large white 



flower with sulphur shadings. 

 Louis Van Houtte. Bright violaceous 



red; always in demand. 



per doz., postpaid 

 Marie Lemoine. Extra-large; free-flow- 

 ering; ivory-white. 

 Monsieur Charles Levecque. Delicate 



soft lilac-pink. Exquisite. 

 Queen Victoria. Looked upon as an 



excellent early white. 

 Rosea superba. Exquisite silvery rose; 



flowers very large. 

 Victoire Modeste. Brilliant lilac-rose 



with full center of amber white. 



Offer No. 6l3. The above 10 Standard Peonies for $3, postpaid. 



PEONY TENUIFOLIA (The Fern-leaved Peony) 



Double flowers; color like the Jacqueminot rose; interesting and handsome. Price 

 35 cts., each, postpaid. 



PEONY OFFICINALIS (Earliest to bloom) 



These are the real old-fashioned Peonies of our grandmother's day. They bloom 

 earliest of all. The flowers are large, full, double and fragrant. Three varieties: Alba. 

 Blush-white. Rosea. Bright rose-pink. Rubra. Brilliant, glowing deep crimson. 



Price, 35c. each, postpaid 



The grand effect of Peonies en masse 



Offer No. 61b. The above 3 OflBcinalis Peonies for 90c., postpaid. 



Peonies in Color — Not Named — Red, White, and Pink. 



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Price, 25 cts. each, 3 for 65 cts., 12 for $2.50, postpaid 



