throughout the many years it was blooming in 
my garden, a kindly feeling for Mr. Lemoine took 
possession of me. 
In 1920, when I began selling peonies, the 
custom was for the purchaser to pay the express 
or par(;el post charges on shipments, and I adopt¬ 
ed Mr. Lemoine’s custom, and it has given me a 
great deal of pleasure, for many years, to include 
an extra root or two in every shipment I have 
made. 
However, some dealers have now adopted the 
custom of paying parcel post charges on their 
shipments, and my joy in giving free roots has 
been tempered with the thought that I am con¬ 
tinually jjaying out good money to include the 
postage on the extra roots. In order to get the 
full j)leasure out of the gifts 1 love to make, 1 
have decided to adopt a uniform {)rice of 15c 
postage on the lirst root, and 5c additional on 
all other roots the customer includes in his order. 
1 have received splendid letters from the 
customers who have received the free roots and I 
hope to continue this custom inherited from 
Lemoine, the great expert of the Peony World. 
I believe that many of my most loyal friends 
were lirst drawn to me by the surprise roots in 
their peony shipjnents. 
Please Do Not Forget the Post Card. 
If you are still a lover of Peonies and Iris 
You will want to remain on 
my Mailing List. 
THE BONNEWITZ 
PEONY AND IRIS GARDEN 
VAN WERT, OHIO 
