PEACE ARCH NURSERIES, BLAINE, WASH. 
Better Peonies 
When you select plants for a perm¬ 
anent place in your garden remember 
there are few that will give the year 
after year satisfaction to be obtained 
from Peonies. Once planted they will 
come into full production the second or 
third season and will last for many years 
if left undisturbed and given a little well 
rotted manure or bone meal every sea¬ 
son. They like air and sunlight and 
should not be used in foundation work. 
Plant in large, well prepared holes with 
the buds not over two inches below the 
surface of the soil. Do not use fresh 
manure at anv time. 
Prices are for large, well balanced 
divisions, three of a kind at two and one- 
half times the single price. Prices have 
been greatly reduced this season. Plant 
September to April. 
Unless otherwise noted, prices are 30c 
each or three of a kind, 75c. 
Adolphe Rosseau, one of the best of 
the early dark red kinds, large flowers 
on strong stems, dark green foliage with 
a tinge of red on the stems. 
Augustin D’Hour, a large, mid sea¬ 
son red of the bomb type, fine cut flower. 
Avalanche, Globular flower of snow 
white with tips of petals slightly edged 
with carmine. Later than Festiva Max¬ 
ima. 50c. 
Benjamin Franklin, early mid-season 
rose type flower of brilliant crimson with 
dark shading at base of petals. 
Cherry Hill, mid season, semi-double 
of a peculiar garnet red colored unlike 
any other Peony we grow r $1.50. 
Chestine Gowdy, late mid-season, 
considered the best of the cone-shaped 
peonies. Guards of silvery-pink sur¬ 
rounding a tier of creamy-yellow petals, 
while the centre is a ball of pink. 40c. 
Clara DeSoise, immense, soft pink, 
ball-like flower, tipped silver. 50c. 
Chas. McKillip, midseason, semi-rose 
form. Bright red of American Beauty 
shade. Large, loosly built. 50c. 
Eugine Bigot, very late, deep red— 
one of the best late kinds. 
Festiva Maxima, the most popular 
of the white varieties. Large with center 
petals tipped red. 40c. 
Felix Crosse, late mid-season, bomb 
type of clear brilliant red. Very fine for 
cutting. 
Karl Rosenfield, mid-season, ball¬ 
like flower of velvety crimson, one of the 
best red kinds. $1.00. 
L’lndispensable, not recommended 
for hot weather countries but fine on this 
coast. Large, compact, flowers of violet 
rose shading to white as flower ages. 
Very late, 30c. 
Lady Alexander Duff, mid-season, 
large, flat, semi-double. Delicate shad¬ 
ings of pink and white with yelow sta¬ 
mens giving it a golden halo. One of the 
very finest. $1.50. 
Marie Crousse, medium size, mid-sea¬ 
son to late, delicate shell pink border¬ 
ing on salmon. A distinct and beautiful 
self-color. $1.00. 
Marie Stewart, medium to large 
mid-season flowers. Broad guard petals, 
pale pink, collar of narrow yellowish 
petals, surmounted by a crown of broad 
pink petals. Fine on this coast. 35c. 
Martha Bulloch, very large, cupped, 
rose-type. Silver-pink at the edges shad¬ 
ing to rose-pink center. One of the 
lagest and finest. $2.50. 
Mary Brand, another very fine mid¬ 
season crimson, with a silvery sheen 
that *jives it great brilliance. 40c. 
Mme Ducel, bomb-type, mid-season 
to late. Large Chrvsanthemum like 
flower of deep pink with silver reflex. A 
fine old-time sort. 40c. 
Milton Hill, pale lilac-rose with op¬ 
alescent tints of salmon. Large, mid¬ 
season bloomer of finest quality. $2.50. 
Mons Jules Elie, early globular-crown 
type. Flowers are so large that it is best 
to stake the plant. One of the very best. 
50c. 
Octavie Demay, coming next in sea¬ 
son after the Officinalis sorts, this light 
pink, crown-type flower is very welcome. 
Dwarf plant producing large flowers on 
rather short stems. 50c. 
Officinalis Rubra Plena, the big 
bright red peony that is almost sure to 
produce its wealth of bloom at Decor¬ 
ation Day. 50c. 
Phillippe Rivoire, not so lar<ge as 
some, but considered the most “finished” 
red Peony in the world. Deep red on 
long, strong stems. A new kind that 
rates high. $5.00. 
Philomele, pinkish rose and amber- 
yellow, changing to white as flower fades. 
$ 1 . 00 . 
Reine Hortense, sometimes called 
President Taft, a very large, flat, semi¬ 
rose-type flower of hydrangea pink with 
the center petals flecked carmine. Tall, 
strong, mid-season. $1.00. 
Rubra Superba, late, medium size 
dark red of rose type. Fragrant, does not 
fade 
Solange, in form this is a perfect 
rose type of large size, coming in mid¬ 
season. Its color is a creamy-white with 
decided “tea”, or brownish shadows. One 
of the highest rated peonies in the world. 
$2.50. 
Therese, rated just two points, out 
of ten, less than perfect, this flower oc¬ 
cupies with Solange and LeCynge the 
top step of the Peony ladder. Large, 
rose type that later opens a hi*zh, cupped 
center. Color is uniform light violet- 
rose, shading to lilac white. $2.00. 
