Enjoy a Long Blooming Season 
Beautiful Flowers From the Very Earliest to the Very Latest 
All Select Varieties *\ Each A Brand Division 
SUPER-EARLY S 
Collection 
Blooming very early, in continu¬ 
ous succession . . . these three va¬ 
rieties give you two whole weeks 
of Peony beauty AHEAD OF ALL 
THE OTHERS! 
LACINIATA. The earliest Peony to 
bloom. A single. Brilliant ver¬ 
milion-red. Great golden heart 
of stamens. Blooms with the ear¬ 
ly Tulips. Absolutely hardy. Un¬ 
affected by hard late frost. The 
foliage is heavily cut like that of 
the Fern Leaf Sumac. This va¬ 
riety was in full bloom on May 
15th. A Brand Division $2.00. 
TENUIFOL1A FLORA PLENA. Next 
earliest to bloom. A double. Very ^ 
brilliant crimson. Finely cut fo- 
liage, so much like that of the 
Cosmos. Every season we receive 
numerous requests for the name of this flower. 
Tenuifolia should always be carefully mulched 
the first winter after planting. Plant as early in 
the fall as practicable. Very scarce. We have but 
a small stock to spare this fall. Was in full bloom 
here on May 20th. A Brand Division $3.00. 
OFFICINALIS RUBRA. Next earliest to bloom. That 
large brilliant red Peony so often seen as a fa¬ 
vorite in old gardens. In latitude of southern 
Minnesota it generally blooms by Decoration 
Day. It does not begin to pass out until just 
before the main crop of other Peonies appears. 
Officinalis Rubra is always in bloom here June 
1st or before. A Brand Division $1.00. 
Fully two weeks preceding the early Chinese 
Peonies—Laciniata blooms first, then Tenuifolia, 
then Officinalis Rubra. Each remains till the next 
appears. The last of these remains to be succeeded 
by our early flowering collection. 
If Purchased Separately a Total 
Value of $6.00. 
Collection Price, For All Three 
These 
4 Collections 
will give the longest 
possible blooming 
season of this flower 
and a whole season 
of Peony pleasure. 
A Total Catalog 
Value of 
$20.50. 
Our Extra 
Special Price 
$ 15.00 
Midseason 
Flowering 
Collection 
Three from this list rate 9.0 and 
belong in the world’s 26 best. 
SARAH BERNHARDT. A prize-win¬ 
ning Peony in every show room. 
Equally superb as a garden vari¬ 
ety. Deep pink, tipped silver. 
Unusually large; delightfully fra¬ 
grant. 
MLLE. LEONIE CALOT (Calot). 8.1. 
Pink. Typical rose type. Very 
delicate, rose white, center of 
deeper shading, slightly tipped 
carmine. Fine form, medium 
height, rather spreading habit. 
Late midseason. A great favorite 
with many admirers. 
MARY BRAND. No red Peony ever 
won favor so quickly. Always found among the 
winning reds in every show room. Color so dis¬ 
tinct, it is easily recognized. 
NYMPHAEA (Thurlow). 8.8. White. Large, flat 
flowers with wide, silky petals of delicate creamy 
white, notched at tips, edges somewhat rolled. 
Yellow stamens in center reflect a golden light 
throughout. Fragrant. Midseason. Remindful 
of a Water Lily, only much larger and more 
beautiful than any Water Lily we have ever seen. 
Very refined; a real addition to our growing list 
of good Peonies. 
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Regular Price $5.00 
Collection Price 
$ 4.00 
$ 5.00 
Late Flowering 
Collection 
Early Flowering 
Collection 
If you wish four excellent Peonies to brighten 
your garden early in the season, we suggest: 
RICHARD CARVEL. The best early red on the mar¬ 
ket. Wonderfully fragrant. Strong, upright 
grower. Very free bloomer. 
MONS. JULES ELIE. One of the world’s 26 best 
Peonies. Fragrant. A wonderful lilac-pink. 
MME. DE VERNEVILLE. A splendid early white; 
parallel in form, type and beauty to Richard 
Carvel and Mons. Jules Elie. 
EDULIS SUPERBA. A deeper pink than Mons. Jules 
Elie, known as the Decoration Day pink. Noted 
for its wonderful fragrance. 
All four varieties will be in bloom at the same 
time. But Richard Carvel will appear first. 
Regular Price $4.50 
Collection Price 
$ 3.50 
E. B. BROWNING. A very late white coming into 
bloom with Marie Lemoine. The buds of this 
variety are often as large as the entire blooms 
of other fair-sized Peonies. Very fragrant. 
GRANDIFLORA. Soft shell-pink. When you think 
the Peony season is over, you can still cut beau¬ 
tiful large blooms from Grandiflora. 
FELIX CROUSSE (Crousse). 8.4. A deep rose-red 
showing no stamens. It consists of a central 
bomb or incurved petals surrounded by broad 
prominent guard petals. A good all-purpose red. 
CLAIRE DUBOIS (Crousse). Deep pink. Among 
hundreds of varieties, you occasionally find one 
Peony which, for all-around good qualities, ex¬ 
cels all others. Such is Claire Dubois. Immense 
globular form. Long incurved petals—a uniform 
shade of clear violet-rose, tipped silvery white. 
A late flower otherwise comparable to the early 
variety, Mons. Jules Elie. Excellent cut flower. 
Regular Price $5.00 
Collection Price 
$ 4.00 
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