HE object of this list is simply to give a list of varieties from which 
to sell roots. It is plain on purpose to lx; reasonable in price. 
To spend $300.00 for a list and $100.00 for mailing would have 
to come out of the buyer. I prefer to put it into the roots. This 
I do; giving strong roots at a fair price. A full page advertise- 
ment and a glowing catalogue is no insurance that the roots will be good or 
true to name. I do not believe in overpraising, or in rewriting descriptions 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 over 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 Paeonv 
which I could learn about. 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. 
1 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 1 choose. My garden three years 
ago, received the first premium from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 
and as an additional appreciation the Committee gave 1 me a Silver Medal. For 
1910 my flowers were only shown at this same Society’s Exhibition for pleasure, 
but the Committee wished to make some recognition of my exhibit, and they 
gave me another Silver Medal. 
In June, 1911, this society honored me with their Gold Medal. No higher 
honor can be received in America. 
The season for shipping begins September 1st and lasts until freezing. Better 
set in September if your ground is ready. 
