BRAND'S BEAUTIFUL PEONIES 
9 
PINK PEONIES—Continued. 
MYRTLE GENTRY (A. M. Brand 1925). 9.1. Pink. A 
plant of splendid growth and clean appearance holds 
the beautiful great flower erect and well above the 
foliage. Immense flowers of perfect rose form with 
great broad, nicely rounded petals of wonderful sub¬ 
stance. Color, beautiful pink with tints of flesh and 
salmon. While all of these new Peonies have a pleas¬ 
ing odor, this one is the sweetest; the fragrance of a 
Tea Rose. Awarded Silver Medal at St. Paul Show in 
1923. A Brand Division $4.00. 
MME. EMILE GALLE (Crousse). 8.5. Pink. Blooms of 
this variety are large, compact, flat rose type. Color, 
delicate sea-shell-pink with touches of heliotrope and 
lavender. Strong, medium tall plant; a free bloomer. 
Extra fine in the bud. Comes into bloom with the very 
late ones of which it is one of the best. Often mis¬ 
taken for Tourangelle. A Brand Division $1.00. 
MME. JULES DESSERT (Dessert). 9.4. Pink. One of 
the finest of all Peonies—flowers very large, well 
formed, with long broad petals. Blooms held rigidly 
erect on good straight stems of medium height. Color 
a creamy white, lighted with buff and salmon shades. 
A few golden stamens appear to beautify an already 
beautiful flower. Always among the main prize win¬ 
ners at the great shows. A Brand Division $1.50. 
MONS. JULES ELIE (Crousse). 9.3. One of the largest, 
most beautiful Peonies; in fact, the largest of the 
globe type varieties. An immense self colored flesh- 
pink, shading a trifle deeper toward the base of petals. 
Great prominent broad guard petals enclose an im¬ 
mense ball of incurved narrow petals of the same 
color, all covered with an intense silvery sheen. 
A Brand Division $1.00. 
MRS. A. G. RUGGLES (Brand). 8.3. Pink. Resembles 
Therese. When grown in the same row and in bloom 
at the same time, critical visitors have taken all the 
plants for Therese. Mrs. A. G. Ruggles should be dis¬ 
budded to give the best blooms. In an occasional year, 
this variety is disappointing; then other years it is 
simply wonderful. In 1926 it was the finest flower in 
our entire fields. A Brand Division $1.00. 
PHOEBE CARY (Brand). 8.8. Pink. Much like Martha 
Bulloch. Introduced in 1907, it met such quick demand 
that our stock was almost gone before we knew. What 
we had for sale last year was gone before the season 
was over, and we were obliged to refund on late orders. 
A true rose type. Petals large, broad, of good sub¬ 
stance, slightly cupped. Color a beautiful rose-pink 
with center slightly deeper in shade. Pleasing fra¬ 
grance. Late, in season with Marie Lemoine. Tall 
plant; abundant clean, light green foliage. 
A Brand Division $2.00. 
PHYLLIS KELWAY (Kelway). 8.8. 
Pink. Very large, loosely built, of the 
most exquisite beauty. Color deep lav¬ 
ender-flesh with long rays of lighter 
lavender playing the length of the pet¬ 
als through the deeper colors. A row 
of broad petals surrounds a loosely 
built cup-shaped center of long narrow 
petals intermingled with conspicuous 
yellow stamens. Long, stiff stems hold 
blossoms erect—a gorgeous beauty in 
the rays of sunlight—one of the most 
brilliant and striking Peonies in the 
list. 
A Brand Division $3.00. 
PIERRE DUCHARTRE (Crousse). 8.2. 
Pink. Beautifully formed globular 
flower, often mistaken for La -France. 
Beautiful symmetrical form with great 
broad rounded petals; true rose type. 
Color a pale lilac-flesh with glossy re¬ 
flex, bordered with silver. We have al¬ 
ways felt this Peony was not being 
fully appreciated and we believe it is 
much underrated. It is in a class with 
Reine Hortense, Livingstone. La Perle. 
etc. A Brand Division $1.00. 
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE (A. M. Brand 1928). Too new 
to be rated. Pink. Large, beautiful flowers; a rather 
uniform lavender-pink. Irregular petals in unique 
irregular formation. The prominent guards stand out 
from the rest of the flower; very attractive from a 
distance. The entire flower is climaxed by a striking 
rosebud effect. Blooms carried well above the foliage 
on strong stems. A late Peony, remarkable both as a 
show flower and landscape variety. 
A Brand Division $4.00. 
FRESIDENT WILSON (Thurlow). 9.3. Pink. A large 
flower, on very stout stems of medium length. A very 
pleasing soft pink changing to shell-pink, the guards 
sometimes showing crimson markings. Asked to ex¬ 
amine a private show of wonderful Peonies staged by 
Mr. E. C. Shaw, I was asked to pick out the best vase 
of flowers without looking at the labels; and my choice 
was a vase of President Wilson. One of the great 
Peonies. 
A Brand Division $3.00. 
RAOUL DESSERT (Dessert). 9.0. Pink. Large, globu¬ 
lar, high built, with long broad petals. Flowers per¬ 
fect in form with pleasing fragrance are borne on tall 
stout stems. Color much like Walter Faxon and Souv. 
de Louis Bigot only more brilliant with shadings more 
marked. 
A Brand Division $2.00. 
REINE HORTENSE (Calot). 8.7. Pink. A show flower 
usually found in the winning classes. Sometimes sold 
under the name of President Taft. Tall growing, it 
produces lots of large perfectly formed flowers on long, 
stiff stems. Color a uniform hydrangea-pink, minutely 
splashed on a white background; also prominently 
flecked with crimson. Truly a wonderful flower—we 
can seldom supply the demand. 
A Brand Division $1.00. 
ROSA BONHEUR (Dessert). 9.0. Pink. A very fine mid¬ 
season flower. Color, light violet-rose with guard pet¬ 
als flecked crimson. Erect, medium strong grower. 
Flowers are large, flat, of rose type. Here is one of 
the extremely beautiful Peonies. Do not overlook it. 
A Brand Division $2.00. 
ROSETTE (Dessert). 8.8. Pink. Pretty flower of fine 
shape like a Captain Christy rose, silvery flesh shading 
to a salmon at base of petals and flecked crimson on 
the edges. A splendid variety of erect habit. 
A Brand Division $1.00. 
SARAH BERNHARDT (Lemoine). 9.0. Pink. Another 
variety that prevails in the show room. So well known, 
it seems unnecessary to say that it should be in every 
garden. Semi-rose type. Late midseason. Color, apple- 
blossom-pink with each petal silver tipped. Agreeable 
fragrance. 
A Brand Division $1.00. 
SARAH K. THURLOW (Thurlow). 9.1. Pink. A large, 
very late, delicate pink with coloring similar to Tour¬ 
angelle. The stems are long and slender but support 
the flowers well. Fragrant. 
A Brand Division $3.00. 
SOUVENIR DE LOUIS BIGOT (Dessert). 9.1. Salmon- 
pink. Color a brilliant rose, slightly tinted carmine at 
the base, turning to a salmon-pink. Resembles Walter 
Faxon in color but stands up much better in the field 
A Brand Division $2.00. 
Walter Faxon. 
