Prize-Winning Double Peonies 
Mons. Jules Elie 
T HIS list contains only the very finest Peonies. No variety is included in this list unless it is officially rated 
at 80 or over, which is the official rating for "very good." Most of them are rated 85 or better and about 50 
of them are rated 90 or better. The five very highest rated varieties are included. They are Le Cygne 9.9, 
Therese 9.8, Kelway's Glorious 9.8, Solange 9.7 and Mrs A. M. Brand 9.6. In fact, this collection includes ALL of the 
very finest and highest rated Peonies. 
Th is list is not only made up from a quaiiTy standpoint as to varieties, but with the idea of furnishing good 
strong, sound roots that will give satisfaction to the most critical; roots that are healthy and rugged, free from 
disease and of strong flowering size, three to six eyes to a plant. 
Although printer's ink costs money, and these descriptions must be necessarily brief, I have tried to give 
some idea of the character of each variety, for each Peony included in these collections is there because it has 
an individual beauty that is not duplicated in any other variety. The flowering season is also given, as this will 
help in selecting varieties that will extend the season into the longest limit possible. 
Peonies are easily grown almost anywhere in ordinary garden soil, the principle thing to remember in planting 
being to see that the eyes are not more than an inch or two below the surface. Too deep planting is the most 
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