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To this end, and as tending to add greatly both to his 
profit and pleasure, we suggest the growing of peonies, 
tulips, roses, dahlias, irises, delphiniums and pansies. 
Quickly discard the mediocre and retain only the 
best. As many of these bloom when the gladioli are 
not, we shall greatly prolong the season of beautiful 
flowers. 
PEONIES 
The peonies shown in the following cut are from 
one-eye divisions about a year and a half after plant¬ 
ing; that is, we planted them in the fall and this shows 
them in their second blooming season. 
By a one-eye division we mean the smallest division 
that can safely be made. It should have a root at least 
three or four inches long (five or six inches would be 
better), and may have more than one eye. It used 
to be that peony roots were seldom advertised for sale 
in smaller than three to five-eye divisions. However, 
Mr. Lee R. Bonnewitz, while President of the American 
Peony Society, developed a fine stock of the new and 
rare varieties, and in order to popularize the new ones, 
he offered one-eye divisions at a third of the price of 
the regular three-eye divisions. These gave such splen¬ 
did results that the one-eye division has now become 
quite popular and if all the nurserymen will follow the 
example of Mr. Bonnewitz and send out good strong 
roots with at least one extra eye for good measure, this 
size of root will be the one in most demand in the 
future when it comes to the purchase of the new and 
high-priced varieties. 
Some of the older standard varieties remain un¬ 
surpassed and every peony lover should have some of 
