Largest Flowers-Best Varieties-Prize Winners 
For a truly gorgeous display of fine blooms, year after year, plant Peonies 
ALL THESE PEONIES ARE LARGE AND DOUBLE 
YOUR CHOICE jKik Less Than 4 FOST- 
ANY 4 FOR EACH PAID 
AVALANCHE. 8.7. Late; large soft pure white blooms. 
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 8.1. Early; ruby red. 
CLAIRE DUBOIS. 8.7. Late. Rich satiny pink with silver 
tints. 
CROWN OF GOLD. 8.1. Large late white, opening loosely 
showing % of the flower yellow. 
DUCHESS DE NEMOURS. 8.1. Early. Perhaps the freest 
blooming white peony. 
EDULIS SUFERBA. 7.6. Earliest and greatest Memorial 
Day pink. 
FELIX CROUSSE. 8.4. Most popular and best early red. 
A bushel of flowers on each bush. 
FESTIVA MAXIMA. 9.3. The early large Memorial Day 
white. Crimson flecks on the petals. 
YOUR CHOICE gr* m 444 * Less than m 4 ^ 
ANY 3 FOR $1«UU 3, EACH 400 POSTPAID 
ALBERT CROUSSE. 8.6. Late. Large flowers, seashell 
salmon pink flowered crimson. 
ASA GRAY. 8.1. Midseason; extra large salmon pink tinted 
with minute rosy dots. 
CHESTINE GOWDY. 8.4. Late. High crown light rose in 
color with a creamy white collar. 
EUGENE VERDIER. 8.3. Late. A peach pink one tinted 
cream. 
GROVER CLEVELAND. 8.2. Late. Large, dark crimson, 
known and loved by all who’ve grown it. i 
KARL ROSENFIELD. 8.8. Midseason; big bright popular 
red. 
MARIE LEMOINE. 8.5. Late. Extra large, handsome, pure 
white. 
MONS. JULES ELIE. 9.2. Midseason. The blue ribbon 
peony. Largest size, satiny textured pink. 
REINE HORTENSE. 8.7. Extra large lilac pink, silver ; 
tipped. Blooms midseason. 
VENUS. 8.3. Midseason. Large lavender pink. 
It is not unusual for you to get 
large flowers 8 to 9 inches across 
in these newer and better varieties. 
These good peonies cost you no 
more than common ordinary sorts. 
My reputation for good peonies is 
nation-wide. 
HIGHEST RATIHG 
In All America 
Among these splendid peonies 
you will find some of the highest 
rating peonies in the country. When 
these bloom for you they will be 
the sensation of your neighborhood. 
In the official rating system 9.5 and 
up is practically perfect, 9.0 to 9.5 
is extra fine, 8.5 to 9.0 is extra 
good, 8.0 to 8.5 is good. We put 
the rating on each peony so you 
can see what the National Peony 
Society thinks of these varieties I 
offer you. 
LOWEST PRICES 
on Great Big, Vigorous Grow¬ 
ing, 3 Yr. Old Roots 
Order now. We will ship to you 
from September 15 clear down until 
freezing weather. Mulch newly 
planted roots the first season so 
they will not heave out of the 
ground by alternate freezing and 
thawing. 
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