HE object of this list is simply to give a list of varieties from which to 
sell roots. I do not believe in overpraising, or in rewriting descrip- 
tions in such terms as to catch customers. Plain descriptions and 
good roots shipped true to name, is better. To do this I attend to 
this business myself. It has never been entrusted to help. For ten 
years I have given my individual attention to studying and growing 
Paeonies. I have maintained a trial ground at my own expense, and bought from 
first hands every known good Paeony which I could learn about. No matter what 
part of the world it was to be found in. The best in the world can be found here. 
I believe there is not another place in America where so many fine varieties can be 
found, or where one can get them with such certainty of their being just what they 
buy. 
I do not sell small nursery roots. They do not give satisfaction. I have often 
shipped a bill of Paeonies and been informed the next year that every one bloomed, 
or that all bloomed but one. I do not say that they all will, but a good part of 
them will. 
Set them out well — it will be time well spent to do this the best possible. 
Use old manure — one year old anyway. Give the plants each spring after they 
come up some bone meal and some fertilizer — strong in potash — working them 
both in around the roots. Set the eyes three to four inches below the surface. 
The flowers are not as perfect the first year or two as they will be after the plants 
are well established. 
I do not believe in heralding the letters of recommendation which I have 
received. I could fill pages with them if I choose. My garden, two years ago, 
received the first premium from the Mass. Hortl. Soc., and as an additional appre- 
ciation the Committee gave me a Silver Medal. This year my flowers were only 
shown at this same Societies Exhibition for pleasure, but the Committee wished 
to make some recognition of my exhibit, and they gave me another Silver Medal. 
The season for shipping begins September 1st and lasts until freezing. Better 
set in September if your ground is ready. 
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