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Souvenir de Louis Bigot Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
(9.1) Flowers large, convex, Rose-form with fringed 
petals. Bright bengal-rose, slightly tinged carmine at 
the base, changing to salmon-pink with silvery reflex. 
The color of this pink Peony does not fade in the sun 
and the stems are set in the foliage as though they 
were arranged in a vase. An unusually fine Peony, 
blooming midseason to late. 
Theresa 3-5 Eyes, Each $0.75, Doz. $7.50 
9.8. A most desirable variety of a charming shade of 
violet-rose, changing to lilac-white. Develops a high 
crown; strong grower and very free bloomer. A splen- 
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did addition to the midseason sorts of which it is one 
of the best. 
Venus 3-5 Eyes, Each $0.60, Doz. $6.00 
8.3. Exquisite, pointed buds, opening into large, com¬ 
pact flowers of delicate shell-pink with a collar of flesh- 
white. Extra good both as a garden flower and as a cut 
flower. One of the best in our collection. Midseason. 
Walter Faxon 3-5 Eyes, Each $0.75, Doz. $7.50 
9.3. Semi-rose type; midseason. A very distinct, deli¬ 
cate rose colored flower. Tall, free bloomer. Those 
who know this variety consider it one of the best pinks 
Scarce. 
-JWo 
Single Japanese Paeonias 
A type not very generally known, but awakening great 
interest and enthusiasm. The opened flowers are of 
extra wide spread, with one or more layers of broad 
guard petals which act as a cup to the mounted center. 
In place of the pollen-bearing stamens, the stamens and 
anthers are greatly enlarged into narrow, thick, twisted 
petaloids of various colors, forming a dense cushion. 
Fuji-No-Mine Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
( "Top of the Fuji Mountain.’’) A very large and free 
blooming sort; white, with rich cream center. 
Fuji-Zome-Gorono Each $5.00, Doz. $50.00 
( "A Wisteria colored gown.”) Inexpressibly beautiful 
in its matchless symmetry and delicate color tones. 
Immense, flattened, Poppy-shaped flowers borne very 
freely. The two-layered guards are broadly rounded, 
an exquisite shade of satiny Wisteria-pink. The 
crinkly cushion is pure gold, toned warmly towards 
the base with coral. 
Fuyajo Each $4.00, Doz. $40.00 
( "A Sleepless Castle.”) This is the darkest, richest 
and most distinctively Japanese of our group. Broad 
rounded guards of velvety mahogany-red. The fine, 
curly petaloids form a conspicuous, dense center; gar¬ 
net, streaked on reverse side and heavily tipped with 
light bronze. 
Gunpoor-No-Nishiki Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
All-over violet rose, the lower petals striped with 
white; full crown center. An excellent deep mass 
effect. 
Haku-Sei-Koh Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
("A white star light.") Good sized, compact; glisten¬ 
ing white, with full, center pale gold. 
Kara-Ori-Nishlki Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
("Name of a beautiful cloth.”) This shows uniquely 
fluted petals, with ends deeply indented. These are 
white, irregularly streaked and tipped with lilac-red. 
The center is medium sized but bright with deep gold 
filaments, and carmine seed pods. 
Mikado Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
The Peony shown at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893 
by the Japanese Government. A rich red with long, 
rounded petals of brilliant red surrounding a great 
dome of golden staminodes. Exceedingly brilliant. 
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Nana-Henge-Shlbori Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
(“A striped color.”) Very late. Deep rose, heavily 
splashed with carmine. At first full bomb shape, 
eventually revealing a variegated central cushion of 
gold and carmine; the now reflexed guards carrying 
streaks of green and yellow. 
Oki-No-Nami Each $1.00^Doz. $10.00 
("Waves in the far-off sea.”) Tall, free-flowering and 
showy. Pale Hydrangea-pink, rippled on" white: with 
full, fine cut center of peach pink and cream. 
Rashooman . Each $4.00, Doz. $40.00 
("A Devil Castle.”) Late; very tall, free, and em¬ 
phatically contrastive. The Chrysanthemum-like cen¬ 
ter of solferino, thickly studded and lined old gold, 
makes a lively offset to the two-rowed incurving 
guards of intense,. unblemished crimson. 
•‘Rose of Nippon” Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
A wonderfully free bloomer, a persistent mass of bril¬ 
liant 6-inch flowers. Very deep rose, the broadly promi¬ 
nent center darkened by carmine, and illumined by 
countless starpoints of both silver and gold. Many 
centers are slightly tufted. 
Shiro-Sangai Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
An exact counterpart of the lovely No. 47, except that 
this variety is white, and by far the choicest of the 
whites. Its Lily-cup guards are milk white; the exten¬ 
sive central tuft of narrow petaloids buff, noticeably 
crested with gold. Eight-inch flowers are normal, pro¬ 
duced very freely. 
Yamato-Tsukasa Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
("The Master of this Country.”) Bright rose, with 
full fine center of ivory white. 
Yoochi-No-Tsuki Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
("Shadow of moon in a rippled pool.”) Six to eight 
inch flowers with prominent cushion center; white, 
occasionally flushed pink, with amber-cream petaloids. 
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Chinese Tree Peonies—Paeonia Suffruticosa (Arborea) 
The Tree Peony is really one of the finest plants avail- year in beauty and size. They are a grand addition to 
able for the garden or the conservatory. It is quite the garden, as they do not die down to the ground like 
hardy, and does well under the simplest.treatment. It the herbaceous sorts, but make fine bushes 3 to 4 feet In 
flourishes in the most astonishing manner, bearing bios- height, covered every spring with elegant flowers, 
soms from 6 to 8 inches across, which increase every 
Archiduc Ludovico Each $5.00, Doz. $50.00 
Enormous wide flower, double, flesh-pink, turning soft 
lilac. * 
Athlete Each $5.00, Doz. $50.00 
Immense double flower of fine glazed mauve, shaded 
rose; vigorous and prolific grower. 
Banksl Each $5.00 
Semi-double; pale lilac-rose. A very free flowering 
variety and easily grown. 
Chromatella Each $50.00 
This striking novelty is a sport from the beautiful 
variety "Souvenir de Maxine Cornu.” Color a pure 
sulphur yellow without any shade of salmon or buff. 
The flower is full double. 
La Lorraine Each $35.00 
A cross between P. Lutea and a variety of P. Moutan. 
Large well expanded full double flowers of good sub¬ 
stance; the petals nearly imbricated, being of a soft 
sulphur yellow with a salmon tinge when opening, 
becoming fighter and purer when fully expanded. 
(Awarded a work of art at the Paris Horticultural 
Exhibition in 1909, awarded first class silver medal at 
the Ghent Quiquennial Exhibition 1913, first class cer¬ 
tificate from the Floral Committee of the Royal Hor¬ 
ticultural Society, May 14, 1913.) 
Moutan / Each $4.00 
The wild Tree Peony of Thibet. Large purple flowers 
of tremendous size with golden center, borne in great 
profusion. It is one of the loveliest as well as one of 
the hardiest of Tree Peonies; look exceedingly well in 
the border or flower garden. 
Mme. de Vatry Each $5.00, Doz. $50.00 
Very large globular bloom; satiny-pink, shaded lilac; 
vigorous grower. 
Reine Elisabeth . Each $5.00, Doz. $50.00 
Flowers perfect in shape, vivid salmon-pink. A bril¬ 
liant color; considered amongst the finest of all double 
Tree Peonies. 
Shell Pink Each $5.00 
Semi-double Tree Peony. Of lovely shade of shell-pink. 
Fine 3-year-old specimens producing blooms 8 to 10 
inches in diameter. 
Souvenir de Ducher Each $5.00, Doz. $50.00 
Large globular bloom; bright reddish violet with sil¬ 
very reflex. 
Souvenir de Maxime Cornu Each $20.00 
A vigorous variety, raised by L. Henry at the Paris 
Museum from P. Lutea hybridized with P. Moutan Ville 
de Saint-Denis. It forms a bush 3-4 feet high with 
abundant and healthy foliage, every stem carries 2 or 
3 full flowers, 8 inches or more across, with crowned 
and wrinkled petals, of a deep yellow, heavily shaded 
orange, fragrant. 
Surprise Each $50.00 
A tall vigorous variety, flowers carried by strong 
stalks, very large and full; the color is a combination 
of straw yellow, pale salmon and rose-purple, of a very 
novel character. Fragrant. 
Mixed Tree Peonies Each $3.50 
Including all sorts and types. No warranty as to color 
or type. 
This mixture is made up of many lovely varieties. It 
is difficult to avoid the loss of labels or names and any¬ 
one who would like some rare plants will find them in 
this mixture. We cannot select colors, roots are shipped 
without description or name. 
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