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House & Garden 
The New Brand Peony: Victory Chateau Thierry 
The Brand Peonies 
America’s Most Beautiful Contribution to the Peony World 
Bulletin No. 14 of the American Peony Society just 
out is devoted entirely to a vote of the Members of the 
American Peony Society as to the comparative merits 
of all the good named peonies of the world. Mr. 
Saunders, Secretary of Society, analyzes the vote and 
finds that taking into consideration only varieties which 
received the vote of not less than twenty members that 
there are 64 varieties that received a rating of 8.4 or 
better. 
Of these 64 varieties 9 or 13% are Brand 
Varieties. 
Mr. Saunders goes still further in his analysis of this 
vote and finds that with not less than twenty members 
voting on a variety there were only 22 varieties that 
received a vote of 9 or better. 
Now of these 22 World’s Best Peonies 4 or 
better than 20% are Brand Varieties. 
I would also call your attention to the fact that no 
safer guide can he found to follow in the making up 
one’s wants in peonies than the unsolicited expressed 
judgment of the Great Peony Growers of the country 
as set forth in their 1921 lists now just beginning to 
appear. 
Mr. Wm, A. Peterson gives a “Master List” of 50 
varieties of which 6 are Brand Varieties. 
Henry S. Cooper includes in his list of 56 varieties 
“which you should have at any price”, 9 Brand Varie¬ 
ties. 
Mr. James Boyd lists 21 sorts as the “cream de la 
cream of peonies” and 4 of these are Brand Peonies. 
I believe it can no longer be questioned that the 
Brand varieties are among the very best in the world. 
Besides the largest stock of Brand Varieties in the 
world we are also carrying one of the largest stocks in 
America of such other wonderful French, English, and 
American varieties as Le Cygne, Kelway’s Glorious, 
Phyllis Kelway, Theresa, Solattge, Mme. Jules Dessert, 
Tourangelle, La Fee, Lady Dufif, La France, Laura 
Dessert, Raoul Dessert, Jubilee, Mrs. Edward Harding, 
Rosa Bonheur, Philippe Rivoire, etc. 
// you do not have my 1920-1921 Catalog 
send for it. This is my 42nd year as a pro¬ 
fessional grower of peonies. 
A. B. BRAND, Faribault, Minnesota 
Reviews of Building Material Catalogs 
(Continued from page 76) 
“Bonds and Mortars in the Wall of sas Soft Pine Bureau, Little Rock, Ar- 
Brick.” An Essay on Design in kansas. If you are interested in building 
Patterns for Brickwork.” Pub- a Colonial house this pamphlet will give 
lished by Hydraulic-Press Brick you some impression of what can be 
Company, Saint Louis, Mo. done with soft pine as a building ma- 
Great variety of bricks and bonds terial. Also this company will send out 
are shown in the illustrations of this examples of Colonial architecture with 
catalog, also the laying up of brick interesting floor plans suited to the use 
in interesting patterns. of white pine. 
“Hy-Tex Brick Catalogue.” Published 
by Hydraulic Press Brick Company, 
New York City. 
This pamphlet gives a realization of 
the immense variety and beauty of the 
bricks manufactured by this company. 
The illustrations are in color. 
“Tapestry Brickwork.” Published by 
Fiske & Company, New York. 
A beautifully illustrated pamphlet 
which tells the story of brick from the 
Walls of Babylon to the modern prac¬ 
tical home. Much valuable practical in¬ 
formation about brick is given. 
“California Redwood Homes.” Pub¬ 
lished by California Redwood As¬ 
sociation, San Francisco, California. 
Interesting illustrations are given in 
this book of California houses built of 
redwood which, it is claimed, will not 
shrink, swell or warp, and resists fire 
and rock. 
“Cement Facts.” Published by Lehigh 
Portland Cement Company, Chi¬ 
cago, Illinois. 
An interesting story of how Portland 
Cement is made is given in the intro¬ 
duction of this book, valuable to build¬ 
ers of homes or factories. 
“For All Time and All Clime”— 
Bishopric Manufacturing Company, 
Cincinnati, Ohio. Bishopric is one of 
the best and at the same time least cost¬ 
ly of building materials for a stucco 
exterior over new or old buildings. It 
provides a building that is warm in 
winter and cool in summer, vermin- 
proof and healthy. 
“Those Who Build for Tomorrow”—■ 
General Fireproofing Company, Youngs¬ 
town, Ohio. Stucco fireproof construc¬ 
tion, as set forth in this pamphlet, gives 
the architect what steel once gave the 
engineer, a new and freer medium of 
expression. 
“The Home You Long For”—Arkan- 
The Hollow Tile Building Association, 
Chicago, Ill., publishes a series of pamph¬ 
lets in which the value of hollow tile 
construction is set forth. The illustra¬ 
tions are in color, showing exterior^ in¬ 
terior and floor plans. Hollow tile, ac¬ 
cording to these pamphlets, will insure 
a healthful building which will stand the 
test of time, shrinking, decay and de¬ 
teriorating in any way. 
“Bay State Waterproofing”—Wads¬ 
worth Howland & Co., Inc., Boston, 
Mass. Interesting houses are shown in 
this pamphlet representing the value of 
Bay State brick and cement coating, 
which are both durable and waterproof. 
“Old House Mottoes”—Western Brick 
Company, Danville, Ill. This nicely de¬ 
signed and well published book gives 
you a collection of delightful mottoes 
for your home, mottoes for different 
rooms and for different details of the 
house. 
“Medusa—Waterproofed White Port¬ 
land Cement”—The Sandusky Cement 
Company, Cleveland, Ohio. Medusa ce¬ 
ment is one of the most reliable, inex¬ 
pensive, waterproofed cements manu¬ 
factured. It renders mortar or concrete 
absolutely impervious to water, prevent¬ 
ing the slightest penetration of moisture 
or dampness. 
“Designs for Houses in Indiana Lime¬ 
stone"—Indiana Limestone Quarrymen's 
Association, Bedford, Ind. This book 
shows many beautiful houses especially 
designed for Indiana limestone which 
has been called “the aristocrat of build¬ 
ing materials.” Floor plans are avail¬ 
able for these attractive houses. 
“Story of Kellastone Impressionable 
Stucco”—National Kellastone Co., Chi¬ 
cago., Ill. Kellastone expresses beauty 
and refinement, is substantial in appear¬ 
ance, “the equal of stone and brick in 
durability.” 
If You Plant But a Dozen Peonies 
(Continued from page 45) 
variety are greatly increased, but by no 
means assured. 
Cultural directions are now usually 
given more or less complete in the va¬ 
rious peony catalogs, and so in this 
limited space I shall refer only to the 
most essential points of planting and 
cultivation. Where full details of this 
phase of the matter and others are de¬ 
sired, I would recommend to the reader 
Mrs. Harding’s “The Book of The 
Peony”. This book, the only one of 
real consequence on the subject, will be 
found quite as interesting as it is help¬ 
ful. It will particularly appeal to the 
amateur, as the author is an enthusiastic 
amateur grower and fancier of this 
flower and is in no way influenced as a 
commercial grower sometimes may be. 
While a root will develop better for 
commercial purposes in a more friable 
soil, larger and better flowers will be 
produced in a heavy soil which contains 
more or less clay. In such soil the roots 
will be fewer and stouter and produce 
fewer but larger eyes which, in turn, 
will mean fewer growths the following 
spring. These will, however, be taller 
and stronger and bear larger flowers 
than would be produced in a lighter soil. 
The peony will grow and even thrive 
in any fair garden soil, but if fancy 
blooms are desired, it will pay to dig 
out a trench or bed 2' to 3' in depth 
and fill in with good soil. This should 
be done some time before planting so 
that the soil will settle and the grade 
be established by the time the roots are 
ready to plant. 
Select an open site or where the 
plants will get unbroken sunshine for 
at least a full half day, and do not place 
the plants near buildings or over¬ 
hanging shrubbery or trees. Also, the 
bed should not be located on a knoll 
or in a hollow. 
The roots should be set from 3' to 4' 
apart and so that the main eyes or 
fleshy buds are about 2" to 3" beneath 
the soil surface level. A deeper planting 
will result in weak and more or less- 
“blind” growths. 
While planting may be done as late- 
in the fall as the ground remains un¬ 
frozen, and with absolute safety, yet it 
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