September, 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
There are Specialists and Specialists 
From Maine to California the 
supremacy of our Peonies is estab¬ 
lished, and we have almost doubled 
our capacity to meet the enormous 
demand upon us. Scores of letters 
like these explain it: 
Those of you who know us. have pretty 
well made up your minds about the 
Peony situation —and about us. To those 
of you who do not know us, we’ve a 
little story to tell about the upsetting of 
traditions—the little “revolution - ’ we’ve 
been engineering for ten years now. 
From Philadelphia — “ Really, I do not know how 
to adequately express my feelings in the matter 
of the roots that came today. They are so dis¬ 
proportionately greater than any I have ever 
received before from other growers that I sin¬ 
cerely regret that I did not know of you before.” 
From Chicago—“The Peonies arrived in excel¬ 
lent condition. I had previously bought from 
four different growers, and was astonished at 
the size of the roots you sent. They are really 
not roots but clumps.” 
From Sparkhill, N. Y. — “If buyers knew the 
kind of stock you send out as compared with 
plants sent out by other growers, you could not 
grow enough stock to fill your orders. Actually, 
your plants are about as heavy as some from 
- that have been planted two years.” 
WE GROW PEONIES 
-NOTHING ELSE 
“OUR REPUTATION HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE QUALITY OF OUR STOCK” 
— and they cost no more from us 
DISTINCTIVE CATALOG NOW READY 
Mohican Peony Gardens, B m Sinking Spring, Penn’a 
Peterson’s Perfect Peonies 
“ QUALITY FIRST ” 
209 E. Fayette St., Baltimore, Md., July 8, 1915. 
It is, of course, unnecessary to speak in praise of your peony roots 
or your treatment of your customers. It is a pleasure to deal with 
you, and I hope your business will continue to grow as it deserves. 
I wasted quite a neat sum of money in buying peonies from other 
dealers before I heard of you, and your plants outstrip them com¬ 
pletely. And then, too, the others were often not true to name. 
F. H. BARCLAY. 
Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N. J., Oct. 2, 1914 
Peonies received along with lots from four other growers. I 
ordered from the others for the experience, and now have the ex¬ 
perience. There is no comparison whatever between yours and 
theirs. 
J. C. NICHOLLS. 
This fall you must heed the call of The King of the Garden — 
the grandest, most glorious flower of them all. 
“ PETERSON PEONIES ” are world-famed—the standard 
by which others are judged; and when you do plant, why not 
plant the best? 
They’re the result of 22 years of enthusiastic—yes, loving 
devotion. For 11 years, my time the year round, without any 
other business interest (true specializing), has been^exclu- 
sively devoted to this flower and the Rose. • 
Much is put into my roots so that you may get much out of 
them—and get it without waiting. 
Come now! let me make a Peony enthusiast of you. Let me 
send you my Royal Collection of 12 varieties; one year old roots, 
$7.50; two year old roots, $13, and if this does not prove far- 
and-away the most delightful and satisfactory floral invest¬ 
ment you have ever made, your money back for the asking. 
“THE FLOWER BEAUTIFUL”, 
my annual Peony catalogue, its quality reflecting the quality 
of my stock, is yours for the asking. 
GEORGE H. PETERSON 
Rose and Peony Specialist 
Box 30, Fair Lawn, N. J. 
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