BRAND PEONY FARMS, Inc 
MARY B. VORIIES (Vories). 8.0. White. A large rose type flower show¬ 
ing a few stamens. Opens a large, round, cup-shaped flower, flat on 
top. Pure white, with just an occasional faint tracing of carmine. 
Late. Very strong stems. A Brand Division $5.00. 
MARY P. KING (Franklin). 8.7. One of the good new varieties sent 
out in recent years. We regard it as very desirable. Large, semi¬ 
double, crown type. Uniform light rose-pink, shaded deeper at the 
center with crimson markings. Midseason. A Brand Division $2.00. 
MIDNIGHT (Brand). 7.3. Dark red. Often called the “Black Peony”— 
it is almost as dark as Mons. Martin Cahuzac, considered the darkest 
red. Medium early, preceding Longfellow. Flowers are large and 
borne on long, stiff stems. For a very dark red Peony, order this 
variety. A Brand Division $1.00. 
MIDTON KIDD (Richardson). 9.0. Pink. A very beautiful flower of a 
delicate shade of salmon-pink, resembling Walter Faxon. Seen in the 
show room in first class form, this variety is impossible to beat in 
its color. It received a rating of 9.0 with sixty-three voting. We can 
never supply the demand for roots. To obtain Milton Hill, you should 
reserve stock of this variety early. A Brand Division $2.00. 
MISS SADWAY (Kelway). Pink. The true Miss Salway is one of the 
most refined and beautiful of Peonies. Its low rating of 7.8 was an 
injustice and misfortune, as many had the old variety Solfatare 
which they had bought for Miss Salway. The true variety is crown 
type, guards and center a delicate flesh-pink with a creamy white 
collar of smaller petals, irregularly notched. Sweetest of fragrance; 
in every way a most desirable flower. A Brand Division $1.50. 
MDDB. EEONIE CABOT (Calot). 8.1. Pink. Typical rose type. Very 
delicate rose-white, center of deeper shading, slight carmine tips. 
Fine form, medium height, rather spreading habit. Late midseason. 
A great favorite with many. A Brand Division $1.00. 
Le Cygne. 
MARIE CROUSSE (Crousse). 8.9. 
Pink. A very attractive flower. 
Color very delicate shell-pink 
bordering on salmon; stiff, up¬ 
right stems. Fragrant. Midsea¬ 
son to late. A splendid variety, 
distinct in color from any other 
pink you may have. A most de¬ 
sirable sort for distant effect. 
Such a clear pure self color—-it 
attracts the eye, even when 
blooming among a hundred dif¬ 
ferent pinks. 
A Brand Division $1.00. 
MARIE JACQUIN (Verdier). 8.3. 
White. A midseason flower with 
purest white guards; then a 
collar of yellow stamens sur¬ 
rounding a row of shorter pure 
white petals, then a tuft of yel¬ 
low stamens, giving the flower a 
pronounced waterlily effect. One 
of the most dainty Peonies in the 
list. The stems are erect, a clean, 
light green, as is also the foliage. 
The flower is semi-double, held 
perfectly erect, and on young 
plants it often comes a beautiful 
single. A Brand Division $1.00. 
(Dessert 1899). Rose. Very large 
flower, semi-rose type. Uniform 
violet-rose, petals slightly 
flecked crimson. Erect, medium 
height, free bloomer. Early mid¬ 
season. A Brand Division $1.00. 
MME. DE VERNEVIDDE (Crous¬ 
se). 7.9. White. We feel this 
variety is much underrated. 
Flower large, very full, bomb 
type. Guard petals sulphur 
white; center petals rose-white 
with carmine touches. Good sub¬ 
stance. Stems, long and strong. 
An ideal cut flower. Pleasing 
fragrance. Comes into bloom 
after Festiva Maxima, and we 
regard it superior in beauty. 
A Brand Division $1.00. 
MME. EDOUARD DORIAT (Des- 
sert-Doriat). 8.6. White. Loose, 
globular flower, large size with 
beautiful rounded petals slight¬ 
ly tipped with penciled crimson 
on the edges. The outer petals 
reflex about a cupped center; sta¬ 
mens visible among the petals. 
Having watched this variety for 
6 years, we regard it as one of 
the best flowers coming from 
Europe in late years. 
A Brand Division $5.00. 
MME. AUGUSTE DESSERT 
Judge Berry. 
MARIE DEMOINE (Calot). 8.5. White. Has the most pleas¬ 
ing and pronounced fragrance of any Peony. A sulphur 
white, occasionally showing a carmine tip. One or tn 
most beautiful of all Peonies. Very late; it should be ) 1 
every collection. A Brand Division $1.00. 
MARTHA BULLOCH (Brand). 9.1. Pink. Very tall, very 
large, late. One of the greatest of all Peonies. We must 
judge Peonies not alone by individual taste but by per¬ 
formance over a long period. The great Peonies receive 
the awards at the large shows. The Northwest Peony 
Show is staged alternate years in St. Paul and Minne¬ 
apolis. Outside of the National Show, it is the largest 
Peony Show in America, taken year after year. Here 
Peonies from all varieties are shown at their best by 
expert showmen. The class that brings out the best flowers 
is the class that calls for ten vases, one each of ten 
varieties, three blooms to a vase. Into this class go the ten 
best vases of each exhibition. Martha Bulloch is almost in¬ 
variably in the exhibit that wins first. Bright old-rose- 
pink; center of lighter rose, and pink. Roselike fragrance. 
Tall, straight stems. Immense blooms. The most beautiful 
Peony of its size. A Brand Division $2.00. 
MARY BRAND (Brand). 8.7. No red Peony ever won favor 
so quickly as Mary Brand. Always found among the win¬ 
ning reds in every show room. Comes into bloom with 
Frances Willard. Color so distinct, it is easily recognized 
by amateurs, no matter how often they see it in our fields. 
A rose type Peony showing stamens. A red in which there 
is little trace of purple. One of the most satisfactory reds 
as a cut flower as it will last a week and hold right up 
stiff, if cut in the bud. A Brand Division $1.00. 
Claire Dubois. 
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