3 c Garden Magazine, August, 1921 
349 
PETERSON’S 
PERFECT 
PEONIES 
for the past seventeen years have been 
the standard by which others were judged 
and will continue to excel all others. 
Since the other man’s experience is 
worth much more to you than anything 
I can say for myself, I invite your perusal 
of the following letter, received absolutely 
unsolicited and printed here with the 
! glad permission of the author afterward 
obtained. Mr. Barclay is a private collec- 
tor of peonies of wide and long experience. 
| Forest Park, Baltimore, Md., Oct. 15, 1920 
“It will gratify you to learn, I know, that I 
have made a careful comparison of your stock 
with that of the leading peony growers in this 
country, including — , — , — , — , — , — , and 
I others, and, in all frankness, there is no com- 
I parison. A comparison of the same varieties 
I (which is the only real test) shows the eyes of 
I your roots to be larger and stouter, and invari- 
| ably this results in better and finer bloom from 
j your plants than from the others. Your soil 
, must be nearly perfect for the growth of peony 
I roots and I do not hesitate to tell you that in 
I most instances I have ordered from you regard- 
less of price because I feel so sure of the result, 
| both as to quality and trueness to name.” 
F. H. Barclay 
My Peony catalogue for 1921, contain- 
ing many such letters as above, and this 
year featuring in illustration such much 
talked-of varieties as Le Cvgne, Jubilee, 
Martha Bulloch, Mad. Jules Dessert, etc., 
will be sent to you on request. 
GEORGE H. PETERSON 
Rose and Peony Box 50, 
Specialist Fair Lawn, N. J. 
Plants Love Companionship! 
Above dainty Sedum Acre is seen tenderly huddling around Sempervivum globiferum 
— and it is a peculiar fact that these two seem to thrive best in each other’s company. 
On our own grounds, the Sedum becomes established voluntarily around this Sempervi- 
vum. This is just one of the many instances responsible for 
A Rockery’s Enduring Charm 
Not only does a rock garden offer the ideal location for many quaint and curious plants but the plants 
themselves bring constant and ever-changing surprises. Nor need your grounds be spacious to hold a rock 
garden. A small comer, plenty of rocks, a little soil and some plants combined will make you the cutest 
garden imaginable. 
You Can Always Start with Pot Grown Plants 
From the very beginning, this nursery has made a specialty of rock garden plants and we grow a 
greater variety in greater quantities, perhaps, 
than any other establishment in the East. 
Many of the plants are available grown 
in pots. This makes it possible for you to 
start at any time. Firmly established root 
system will prevent any shock to the plant. 
Just prepare your ground and set them — they 
will never stop growing. 
PALISADES NURSERIES, Inc. 
Sparkill, N. Y. 
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