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The Garden Magazine, February, 1921 
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An effective display of single Peonies in the gar- 
dens of Mr. L. J. Germann, Van Wert, Ohio 
MY VISIT TO MRS. PLEAS’ 
GARDEN 
r)ROF. SAUNDERS’ article, “What America 
* Has Done For The Peony,” in the Septem- 
ber issue of the Garden Magazine makes timely 
this long-cherished recollection of mine, my meet- 
ing a number of years ago with Mrs. Pleas, now 
one of the national figures in the Peony world. 
It was Sunday, June 4, 1909, “Peony Sun- 
day,” that I made my trip to Spiceland, Indiana. 
The quaint old brick house, set down among its 
gardens, was girt about with magnificent Colo- 
rado Blue Spruce, the finest trees of the kind 1 
have ever been privileged to see. They bordered 
lawn and gardens, and out beyond them stretched 
fields of gleaming bloom — a sight 1 will never 
forget! Fortunate in having Mrs. Pleas as my 
guide I went through this colorful fairyland of 
her creating. The single Peonies just in their 
prime, were a most interesting spectacle. 
Mrs. Pleas herself was all that the ardent 
Peony lover imagines her to be; she has spent 
Some fine blooms of the renowned Jubilee Peony 
grown by Mr. L. J. Germann, Van Wert, Ohio 
much of her lifetime in an effort to increase the 
world’s sum of beauty; her achievement speaks 
for her in no uncertain terms. Even the names 
of her Peonies carry something of her special 
charm, suggesting as they do a nature delight- 
fully imaginative and sensitive to color — Wild 
Rose, Opal Iris, Rosy Dawn, Golden Wedding, 
Roman Candles, Cottage Maid, Quaker Fady, 
Midsummer’s Night Dream, the world famous 
Jubilee, are surely more than mere labels! 
1 saw them all growing that “Peony Sunday” 
( 1 Continued an page 360) 
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