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House & Garden 
Mohican Supremacy 
WHY WE LEAD 
BECAUSE of the study of, and devotion 
to, the Peony alone,—an undivided al¬ 
legiance. It’s significant. 
There are lots of POOR Peonies; why not have the benefit of really expert 
advice. Our fame is nationwide. ’Most everybody everywhere knows of 
the ABSOLUTE SUPREMACY of our Peonies. Do you? One of the 
REASONS is because 
BECAUSE our system of cultivation is un¬ 
matched in this country. Every root 
given individual and intensive culture, 
—as in a private garden. Ask those 
who have been here. 
BECAUSE we do not send out a root—re¬ 
gardless of its age—until it has bloomed 
satisfactorily here the spring prior to 
its going to you. Some of the plants 
we deliver are three and four years old 
—with no advance in price. 
WE GROW PEONIES 
-NOTHING ELSE 
Suspicions of the other reasons will be awakened by our catalog. Instant 
confirmation of them if you could visit our grounds and see the plants growing 
-—the stock we send to you. Ask those who have been here. 
BECAUSE there are not 2000,—nor 1000, 
—nor 500 distinct varieties; but scarcely 
more than 100, and we have “spiked 
the guns” of the duplicates at high 
prices. 
“OUR REPUTATION HAS BEEN BUILT ON THE QUALITY OF OUR STOCK” 
WE SHIP ONLY IN THE FALL, AND OUR ANNUAL CATALOG IS NOW READY. IT’S UNIQUE— 
DISTINCTIVE—VERY DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS. MAY WE SEND YOU A COPY? 
Mohican Peony Gardens, 
Sinking Spring, Penn’a 
A new novel without prob¬ 
lems or gloom 
THE 
GOLDEN 
BIRD 
By Maria Thompson Daviess 
Author of “ The Melt¬ 
ing of Molly,” etc. 
This is an idyl of Har- 
peth Valley, lonely Ann 
Craddock, a flock of 
thoroughbred chickens 
and a man who came out 
of the woods reading 
Horace, who knew all 
about the earth and the 
living things closest to it 
and who fared far and near just helping people and ani¬ 
mals in distress. It is sheer romance, as light as thistle- 
floss, as gay as a singing hen in a dust-bath, as sweet and 
clean as lilac in fresh bloom. “The Golden Bird” is a 
gift of delight to a war-ridden public. 
Illustrated. Price $1.35 
Published by The Century Co., New York City 
