THE BONNEWITZ GARDENS, VAN WERT, OHIO 
Peonies for Fall Shipment 
Many of our customers will be surprised to find that we are not 
offering individual peonies for sale this year. Instead of doing this, 
we have selected the following list of the best selling peonies in our 
garden, and have combined these varieties into eight different col¬ 
lections at prices ranging from $5.00 to $12.50 each. We are further 
offering over ninety additional varieties any one of which may be 
substituted for any variety in any one of the eight collections, so 
that every peony lover can get just exactly the peonies he wishes at 
collection prices. Make as many substitutions as you wish in each 
collection. 
We have two objects in doing this. First we can sell a collection 
of six peonies cheaper than we can sell the six individual peonies; 
second, we can dig and ship collections in a much less time than we 
can fill orders for individual varieties. We are very anxious to save 
as much time as possible during the months of October and Novem¬ 
ber, so that we can give that time to a sweet corn business, which 
we are conducting in the hope that it will help a widow lift a mort¬ 
gage from her farm. 
We hope you will turn to page 4 and read the story of ah old 
variety of most excellent sweet corn, which has for the last fifty 
years been grown and artificially ripened for seed by a woman, 
now a widow, over seventy years of age. . : r v 
PEONIES IN THE COLLECTIONS 
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Every peony enthusiast in the United States either has ALICE 
harding, the original $200.00 peony now growing in his gar¬ 
den, or he longs to have it there. See Peony Wrth a War Story. 
He has already purchased tamate boku, the very finest pink 
Japanese peony in the world, isiani gidui, the purest white Japanese 
peony, and ama-no-sode, the most spectacular one, or he is waiting 
for a favorable opportunity to buy them. Here is a list of fifteen 
other peonies, each with its own individual personality, which all 
peony lovers will concede are among the world’s most interesting 
varieties. 
Myrtle gentry, one of our most beautiful light pink, double 
peonies, originated in the garden of America’s most successful 
grower, Mr. A. M. Brand. 
Philippe rivoire, the universally acknowledged best red, double 
peony. 
Le cygne, or, (in English), the SWAN, a magnificent white, 
double variety, the highest rated peony in the world. 
Phyllis kelway, the very large semi-double brilliant pink 
peony, which wins prizes in peony shows, and makes beautiful bor¬ 
der plantings. 
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