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these. As the price of most of these is now very rea¬ 
sonable, it is best to get them in clumps about two 
years old. Before planting, these can readily be divided 
into quite a number of one-eye divisions and each of 
these small divisions will at the end of three or four 
years have developed into a plant as good or better than 
the one would have been if the clump had been planted 
as one plant. Thus there will be a great gain in the 
number of clumps and each of them will be better for 
there are no old roots in their way in the development 
of a perfect root system. 
Or if the growing of plants is the end in view, in¬ 
stead of the growing of the flowers, at the end of a 
couple of years from planting they may be dug and 
again divided and the divisions sold or planted. For this 
purpose the new and higher-priced varieties should be 
used, for they are in greatest demand and yield the 
most profit. Then, too, there is the added pleasure of 
growing blooded stock. 
These young plants may be grown in rows from 
two to three feet apart, depending on method of culti¬ 
vation used, and from six inches to a foot apart in the 
row. Many of them will want to bloom the first sea¬ 
son, but it is best not to let them do so. They will 
furnish quite a number of fine blooms the second 
season. 
Mr. A. M. Brand of Faribault, Minn., is the origi¬ 
nator of many of the finest new American productions. 
His catalogue contains an excellent description of his 
methods of originating new varieties. 
The Garden Notes issued from time to time by Mr. 
Lee R. Bonnewitz of Van Wert, Ohio, are real classics 
and if they don’t cause you to want to grow peonies, 
