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How To Grow Peonies 



THE TIME to plant Peonies is in the fall— from the 

 first of September until freezing weather. Any 

 good garden soil is good for Peonies but do not 

 plant in low, wet soil or in light, sandy soil, and 

 do not use any fresh manure near the plant when 

 setting. We use a small handful of dry ground bone meal 

 to each plant when setting and a good potato fertilizer in 

 spring just before they begin coming through the ground. 



In planting see that the eyes are about two inches 

 below the level surface of the ground. Remember, too 

 deep planting is one of main causes of shy blooming. And 



do not expect a full crop of blooms the first year. If 

 properly planted and cared for you will have some flowers 

 the first year but you must give the plants time to make 

 new roots and become established before you can expect a 

 normal crop of flowers. And another thing to remember: 

 always leave at least two or three leaves on the stalk 

 when you cut the bloom. This helps the plant store up 

 strength to produce another crop. 



Demand For Peonies Increasing 



THE DEMAND for good peonies is increasing yearly 

 and if you are not handling them you cannot realize 

 the extra profits you are missing Our trade is in- 

 creasing right along, last season being the best we have 

 ever had in spite of the cry of "over production." 



If you are not acquainted with the varieties we will 

 gladly advise you the best varieties to plant or to offer for 

 resale. Now is the time to get ready for next fall sales. 



There is money in growing Peonies for cut-flowers. 

 We have received over $1,500 from one acre in one season 

 from cut-flowers alone, and we are over one hundred miles 

 from our market. -Think it over. 



Visit Our Peony Fields 



WE WILL certainly be pleased to have you visit our 

 Peony fields when in bloom (around Decoration 

 Day) or at any other time when convenient for you 

 to do so. We now have over seventeen acres in this won- 

 derful flower and will increase our plantings as fast as we 

 can take care of them. In looking over this list you will 

 see that we are not only growing the standard varieties 

 but have a very representative collection of the newer and 

 higher priced ones as well. 



A descriptive list of these Peonies and Iris will be 

 gladly sent you upon request. To save space we are 

 making as brief description of Peonies as possible and 

 are just listing the Iris without any description. 



