SPLENDID HERBACEOUS PEONIES 
“ARISTOCRATS OF THE FLOWERS” 
Peonies today show a wonderful improvement over former years. 
There is something of true magnificence about this aristocrat of the 
flowers, and in large mass-plantings they produce an effect that you 
remember—great, gorgeous blossoms, daintily dyed with the most 
exquisite shades, from white to the deepest reds. They are deliciously 
fragrant and for effective decorations, especially on a large scale, are 
totally unsurpassed. Bloom several weeks in the spring. Height, 2 
to 3 feet. 
Culture. —They will grow anywhere, reasonably speaking— 
though they do best in rich, deep soil and a sunny position, but thrive well 
in partial shade. Plenty of water during the growing season is an added 
stimulus. They are perfectly hardy, require no protection and are 
not troubled with insects or disease. 
SIX FINEST PEONIES 
Couronne d’Or. Beautiful white, with a blotch of red in the center 
around which is a halo of yellow. Immense, very full, ball-shaped 
bloom. Price, 50 cts. each, postpaid. 
Felix Crousse. This is one of the leading red Peonies. It is an excep¬ 
tionally striking kind with large, Rouble, ball-shaped blooms, and is 
extra-fine in every way. Price, 50 cts., each, postpaid. 
Festiva maxima. For over fifty years this has been the standard for 
perfection in Peonies. The immnese, perfectly double flowers are 
pure snow-white with a beautiful flake of carmine in the center. 
No collection of Peonies is complete without this beauty. Price, 50 
cts. each, postpaid. (See illustration.) 
Francois Ortegat. One of the richest colored Peonies. Brilliant 
crimson, full, double flower. Price, 50 cts. each, postpaid. 
Gigantea. Immense blooms 6 inches to 7 inches across, on long 
stems; color a most exquisite shade of bright pink, tipped with sil¬ 
very white; indescribably beautiful and deliciously fragrant. The 
finest of all pink Peonies for cut-flowers. Price, $1.00 each, postpaid. 
La Tulipe. Very fragrant. A very large, globular flower, flesh-pink 
shading to ivory-white with a few of the center petals tipped crimson. 
Price, 50 cts. each, postpaid. 
rkffon Mrs fil 6 above “Finest Peonies,” *3, by express. See 
UllCr IvlO. ©A. our free delivery offer, page 3. 
Peony, Festiva maxima 
“A friend told me, not long ago, that she had counted sixty blos¬ 
soms upon each of several of her [Peony] plants.”—Page 41 in ‘‘A 
Woman’s Hardy Garden,” by Helena Rutherfurd Ely. See Books, page 4. 
Peonies in Color—Not Named—Red, White, and Pink. Price, 25 cts. each, 3 for 65 cts., 12 for $ 2 . 50 , postpaid 
The grand effect of Peonies en masse 
TEN STANDARD PEONIES 
35c. each, $3.50 per doz., postpaid 
Large, rose-tinted white 
Charlemagne. 
flowers. 
Chrysanthemiflora rosea. Rose pink 
. with pale shadings in center. 
Due de Cazes. Guard petals Tyrian-rose, 
center soft rose. 
Duchesse de Nemours. Large white 
flower with sulphur shadings. 
Louis Van Houtte. Bright violaceous 
red; always in demand. 
Marie Lemoine. Extra-large; free-flow¬ 
ering; ivory-white. 
Monsieur Charles Levecque. Delicate 
soft lilac-pink. Exquisite. 
Queen Victoria. Looked upon as an 
excellent early white. 
Rosea superba. Exquisite silvery rose; 
flowers very large. 
Victoire Modeste. Brilliant lilac-rose 
with full center of amber white. 
Offer No. 61a. The above 10 Standard Peonies for S3, postpaid. 
PEONY TENUIFOLIA (The Fern-leaved Peony) 
Double flowers; color like the Jacqueminot rose; interesting and handsome. Price 
35 cts., each, postpaid. 
PEONY OFFICINALIS (Earliest to bloom) 
These are the real old-fashioned Peonies of our grandmother's day. They bloom 
earliest of all. The flowers are large, full, double and fragrant. Three varieties: Alba. 
Blush-white. Rosea. Bright rose-pink. Rubra. Brilliant, glowing deep crimson. 
Price, 35c. each, postpaid 
Offer No. 61b. The above 3 Officinalis Peonies for 90c., postpaid. 
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