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I hope you are one of the persons who will 
wish to remain on my mailing list and receive 
my 19,17 Peony Catalogue. Instead of ten thous¬ 
and names, 1 would rather have a very selected 
list of even five thousaml, all of whom are really 
interested in .my annual observations on peonies. 
I have just passed my 70th year and I wish 
particularly to send my catalogue to every one of 
my older friends even though none of them will 
ev(‘r have room for more p(;onies. 
In the })ast .‘10 years 1 have purchased over 
1100 varieties of peonies and will continue buy¬ 
ing the very best new ones. However, I have 
already discarded over 900 varieties which, in 
my judgment, have been superseded. There are 
at least .50 varieties now in my garden which are 
on their way to the discard, for 1 desire to propa- 
