Long’s Double Peonies 
For Delivery Any Time After September 1st 
Standard, divisions. Prepaid 
Each 
AVALANCHE. Large, ivory white.$0.50 
EDULIS SUFERBA. The early rose pink .50 
FRANCES WILLARD. Creamy white_1.00 
GRANDIFLORA. Large silvery pink.... 1.00 
JUBILEE. Immense white. Lovely.75 
EARL ROSENFIELD. Rich crimson.50 
LE CYGNE. Famous large white.2.00 
LAURA DESSERT. Lovely canary yellow 1.50 
LUETTA PFEIFFER. Hydrangea pink.. 1.00 
LONGFELLOW. Snappy red, splendid... .75 
MARTHA BULLOCH. Large rose-pink.. 1.00 
MARY SHAYLOR. Shell pink. .75 
MRS. EDW. HARDING. Pure white.1.50 
NIMBUS. New, lovely large white.1.00 
OCT AVIA DEMAY. Early light pink.50 
OFFICINALIS RUBRA. Earliest red.50 
RENIE HORTENSE. Grand rose pink... .75 
SARAH BERNHARDT. Apple blossom... .75 
SOLANGE. Soft cream pink, suffused 
Havana brown. .75 
SOUV. DE L’EXPOSITION. Violet-rose. 
Silvery reflex. Very large. Fragrant... .75 
THERESE. Enormous pink. 1.00 
WALTER FAXON. Salmon-shell-pink... 1.00 
NO NAME PEONIES. All good double vari¬ 
eties, each labeled as to color. Order these 
by color only. RED—PINK—WHITE. Any 
of these three colors, all the same or assorted 
colors, your choice of colors, at: 3 for $1.00, 
prepaid. 7 for $2.00, prepaid. No further dis¬ 
counts on these. 
Peony Quantity Prices 
(Prepaid) 
Any three 50c Peonies for.$1.35 
Any six 50c Peonies for. 2.40 
Any two 75c Peonies for. 1.30 
Any five 75c Peonies for. 3.00 
Any two $1.00 Peonies for. 1.70 
Any five $1.00 Peonies for. 3.90 
Any two $1.50 Peonies for. 2.50 
Plant Peonies in the fall, when large com¬ 
mercial growers plant them—September and 
October. Peonies will not be listed in our 
spring catalogue. 
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PEONY POINTERS 
By all means, plant Peonies in fall, from 
early Sept, till ground freezes, if you can. 
Next best is EARLY spring, the earlier the 
better. For spring planting, the roots should 
be dug and stored in basement in fall, or some 
mild day in winter BEFORE buds have devel¬ 
oped very much. 
Size of roots or divisions may vary a great 
deal, and all be good. Not advisable to plant 
a very large root. A smaller one, from good 
healthy stock, will usually forge ahead of a 
clump several years old. Number of eyes to 
the root or division is the usual way of des¬ 
ignating the size and value. But this is only 
a partial measure. A root may have too many 
eyes for its size. Maybe a 3-eye division will 
excell a 4 to 6-eye one. 
Regardless of number of eyes or size of 
root, the root should be cut back to within 5 
or 6 inches of the crown before planting. Do 
not plant a root anything like a foot or so long. 
If roots dry out in storage or in shipping, 
soak them 24 hours in water before planting. 
In fact, it’s a good idea to wash all peony 
roots before setting them out. Of course you 
will gently firm the soil all around the roots, 
being careful not to injure the eyes. Water 
thoroughly soon as planted. See that soil is 
wet when ground freezes. 
Avoid placing any fertilizer close to the 
roots, especially any barnyard or poultry 
manure. Almost sure death to peonies when 
so used. May be dug in some distance away 
from the roots. Any good brand of commer¬ 
cial fertilizer is O. K. None really necessary. 
Set roots 18 or more inches apart. Set shal¬ 
low, so the buds or eyes not more than 2 
inches below level of ground after ground is 
settled. Make a hill of soil 6 inches high over 
each plant late in fall and throw some old 
trash over the roots after hilling up. 
Do not expect many Peony blossoms first 
season. And not best results the second. 
From third year on, you get the real true and 
full size blooms. Cultivate and water as 
needed, continuing this after blooming season 
until September. Let the roots remain for 8 
or 10 years, or as long as they do well. Then 
divide and reset in September or October. 
A well established Peony root or clump may 
be likened to a storage battery. You recharge 
it for the next season by watering, cultivating 
and judiciously fertilizing. This is done after 
blooming time until September. 
For largest blooms, remove all buds but the 
main or terminal one, soon as they appear. 
Cut Peonies before blossoms fully open, let¬ 
ting them open indoors. Renew water daily, 
and cut off some of the stem same time. Keep 
the cut Peonies in a cool place, out of a draft. 
Ants on Peonies do no harm. Blasted buds 
may be due to various causes. One is, freez¬ 
ing some weeks before. If Peony stems 3lim 
and too many to the plant, thin them out 
early, by cutting off some close to the ground. 
So long as Peonies doing well, don’t feel you 
need to take them up. Very different from 
the Iris, which must be thinned or reset every 
few years. Peonies have been known to thrive 
and bloom 100 years or more in same location. 
Often a newly planted Peony root will die 
down first summer. Do NOT dig it up or dis¬ 
turb it. Let it alone, except to water it. 
Chances are it will revive the next spring. 
$4.00 Peony Collection 
One Each, Labeled, Prepaid 
Edulis Superba.$0.50 
Grandiflora. 1.00 
Jubilee.75 
Karl Rosenfield.50 
Laura Dessert. 1.50 
Octavia Demay...50 
Renie Hortense.75 
S. D. L’Exposition.75 
Total Value.$6.25 
Special Price, prepaid.$4.00 
