Peonies and “Safety First” 
Peonies as Cut-flowers. Fragrant and Decorative 
for Stately Hall or Humble Home 
Peony Culture 
Peonies will grow anywhere—reasonably speak¬ 
ing. They thrive in partial shade, but best results 
are obtained when they are planted in deep, rich soil 
about 2 inches below the surface and have a sunny 
location. Plenty of water during the growing sea¬ 
son is an added stimulus, and if liquid manure is 
applied at intervals of ten days, the grower will be 
amply repaid for his trouble in the increased size 
and coloring of the flowers. 
FOUR LEADING PEONIES 
Mons. Jules Elie. Large and full; glossy pink. 
-—---- This is spoken of as the 
King of all Peonies. Blooms are very large and 
deliciously fragrant. $i each, postpaid. 
Couronne (TOr. White, with yellow reflection; 
- red blotch on central petals. 
50 cts. each, postpaid. 
Felix Crousse. An especially choice, brilliant 
-- red; vigorous grower, free 
bloomer and slightly fragrant. 75c. each, postpaid. 
Festiva maxima. For over fift y years this has 
-—-- been the standard of per¬ 
fection in Peonies. The immense, perfectly double 
flowers are pure snow-white, with a beautiful flake 
of carmine in the center. 50 cts. each, postpaid. 
When you order from this list you may feel absolutely safe against any unhappy result, because 
we have allowed nothing in it except the very choicest kinds. 
You surely want Peonies, because no other flower approaches them for hardiness, freedom of 
bloom, fragrance, usefulness as cut-flowers and immunity from attacks of insects and disease. 
We have exceptional facilities, not only for testing them on our own 
good soil here, but also for making critical examinations of some of the 
finest collections grown, thus enabling us to select for our customers the 
kinds which leading specialists agree are without 
rivals, so order freely and feel safe. 
WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE 
AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY 
Wirrrp v. O The above 4, selected for all-round 
satisfaction, for $2.25, postpaid. 
Note. —If wanted for cut-flowers, Peonies should 
be cut while in bud, just as the color begins to show. 
They keep longer thus than if flowers open on the 
plant. 
“A friend told me, not long ago, that she had counted sixty- 
blossoms upon each of several of her [Peony] plants.”—Page 41 
in “A Woman’s Hardy Garden ,” by Helena Rutherfurd Ely. 
PEONY OFFICINALIS 
These are the real old-fashioned Peonies of our 
grandmothers’ days. They bloom earliest of all. 
The flowers are large, full, double and fragrant. 
Three varieties: 
Alba mutabilis. Blush-white. 
Rosea superba. Bright rose-pink. 
Rubra ( Atrorubens plena). Brilliant, glowing deep 
crimson. 
25 cts. each, postpaid 
The Peonies you shipped me last fall were all a success 
and are growing finely.—J. F. D., Erie, Penna. 
FIVE GRAND PEONIES 
DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS. Guard petals white, 
center lemon-yellow, with greenish reflex; very 
prolific and when half open is most exquisitely 
chaste. 45 cts. each, postpaid. 
EDULIS SUPERBA. Beautiful clear pink, with 
silvery reflex; very fragrant. It blooms in time for 
Memorial Day. 45 cts. each, postpaid. 
MME. DE VERNE VILLE. Immense bloomer; 
sulphur-white, with carmine-tipped central petals. 
45 cts. each, postpaid. 
MARIE LEMOINE. Immense flowers, often 8 to 
10 inches across. Ivory-white, with occasional 
narrow carmine tracing on the edge of some 
petals. 45 cts. each, postpaid. 
GRANDIFLORA. Bright shell-pink, overlaid with 
delicate lilac and salmon-pink. 45 cts. each, 
postpaid. 
Above 5 excellent kinds, all differ¬ 
ent, delivered for $1.75. 
9 Peonies, including 1 each of all 
above, delivered for $3.75. 
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