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The Garden Magazine , August, 1 I 
The Brand Masterpieces 
America’s Most Beautiful Line of Peonies 
A. M. BRAND Lock Box 367 Faribault, Minn. 
42 years a Professional peony grower 
The members of the American Peony Society have just taken a second vote on 
the comparative merits of all the good named varieties of peonies. 
The result of this vote has been compiled by Prof. Saunders, Secretary of the 
society. Mr. Saunders makes a very careful analysis of the vote and finds that 
based on a vote of not less than 20 ballots on a flower there are 57 varieties that 
rank 8.5 and better. 
7 of these 57 varieties, or 12^%, are Brand Varieties. 
Secretary Saunders goes further and finds that based on a vote of not less than 
20 ballots there are 22 varieties that rank 9 or better. 
4 of these 22 World’s Best Peonies, or 18%, are Brand Varieties. 
This confirms my belief that I am not wrong in my assertion that the Brand 
Originations rank with the very best Peonies in the world. 
So it is with renewed confidence that we again offer to the public for this season’s 
shipment a larger stock than ever before of such Superb Brand Varieties as 
Brand’s Magnificent, the immense dark bluish red. A 
flower with great broad symmetrically arranged 
petals like those of a rose. 
Charles McKellip, another great bright red of peculiar 
shade. A flower that as the plants become older, 
will often be found in the show room. 
Chestine Gowdy, the great cream white cone shaped 
flower for which we get so many unsought praises 
from the East. First Prize seedling at Cleveland 
National Show, 1918. 
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, said by many to be the 
most beautiful Peony ever grown. By vote of the 
members of the American Peony Society pronounced 
“the finest Peony ever originated in America. ' 
Frances Willard, The Peerless White, classed by many as 
one of our very best bloomers, one of the world’s best. 
Luetta Pfeiffer, an immense flower, with large pure 
glistening pinkish white petals with just stamens 
enough interspersed to make it fascinatingly beautiful. 
Judge Berry, the great show Peony. A dainty flower 
of great size of a beauty fit for a “garden of the Gods.” 
Longfellow, the peerless red, pronounced by Peony 
experts at the Reading National Show “the greatest, 
brightest, most distinct, first-class red Peony ever 
grown.” 
Mary Brand, fast becoming recognized as the greatest 
commercial bright dark red in the world. 
We have an immense 
year clumps and can furnish 
If you do not have our 
Besides the largest and most complete stock in the world of cur own varieties 
for this fall’s trade we feel that we now have to offer the, largest stock in America 
of such Choice American, French, and English sorts as Bayadere, Candeur, Cherry 
Hill, Clemenceau, Enchantress?, Exquisite, Jeannot, Jubilee, Kelways Glorious, 
Kelways Queen, Lady Duff, La Fee. La France, Laura Dessert, Le Cygne, Mary 
W. Shaylor, Loveliness, Mignon, Mme. Jules Dessert, Mrs. Edward Harding, 
Philippe Rivoire, Raoul Desert, etc., etc. 
Richard Carvel, what Mons. Jules Elie is among pinks, 
Richard Carvel is among reds. A magnificent fragrant 
bright red, in bloom with Edulis Superba. Pronounced 
by one enthusiastic admirer, the “Brand Superb.” 
Phoebe Carey, the soft delicate one color lavender 
pink. Slowly becoming recognized as one of our best 
flowers. A great lovely pink, grown on long stiff 
stems so long that I saw a great plant in Mr. Boyd’s 
Movilla Garden collection, so tall that I hardly had 
to stoop that I might inhale its wonderful fragrance. 
And Martha Bullock, that wonderful flower that in 
our own opinion, based on an active experience of 
over 40 years as a professional Peony grower, we 
proclaim “The World’s most beautiful Peony.” 
stock in all ages and sizes from divisions to four 
almost any variety in whatever size desired. 
1920-21 Catalogue send for a copy. 
