PAINESVILLE, OHIO 
Sarah Bernhardt 
Japan—Rashooman 
Hardy Perennial Plants ♦ 45 
Japan—Shiro-Sangai 
PEONIES 
Spring planting of Peonies is practical if done early, before 
the new shoots become too long. March or early April. 
DOUBLE PEONIES 
Standard 3- to 5-eye divisions. 
Albatre 8 . 7 . Milk-white shaded ivory, the interior petals 
— slightly tinged with lilac, which condenses to a 
carmine thread at the edges ; midseason. 35c. 
Albert Crousse. 8.6. All-over pure shell-pink, edged creamy 
white; large, full and high built; late. 35c. 
AllgUSte Dessert 8.7. Midseason, rose type. Rounded 
" ■ - ■ ■ . petals in full cup-shaped flowers ; bril¬ 
liant, velvety carmine with silvery reflex. $1.00. 
Baroness Schroeder 9 -°- Extra good cut-flower sort, 
— ■■ ■ of large, full rose type. Opens 
flesh-white but bleaches to pure white. 50c. 
Claire Dubois. 8.7. Clear satiny pink with glossy reflex. 
Large, globular, late midseason. 50c. 
Defiance A useful landscape type with long, nodding stems 
■ and semi-double 10-inch flowers, crimson-red 
edged silver, clouded with violet. 50c. 
Duchesse de Nemours. 8.1. Large and full; shapeliest, 
best commercial white, uniquely tinged with sulphur. 35c. 
Edulis Superba. 7.6. Very large, round and fluffy flower, 
bright rose-pink, with silvery reflex and crinkled petals; 
a charming mottled appearance. One of the earliest. 35c. 
EnchantereSSC 8.9. Large, globular flower on tali', stiff 
— . 1 ' — stem; creamy white. Late. 75c. 
Felix CrOUSSe 8.4. Midseason. Large, round heads per- 
■ fectly double; crimson-cardinal at base of 
petals. A favorite. 50c. 
Festiva Maxima. 9.3. High built flowers borne on long 
stiff stems; the earliest; purest white, inner petals slightly 
tipped carmine; an age-old favorite. 35c. 
Georgiana Shaylor 8.9. A popular, large, globular 
—semi-rose type ; tender rose-pink, 
the guards and center slightly splashed crimson. 60c. 
James Kelway 8.7. Very large, semi-rose type. White, 
■ ■■ ■ occasionally flecked crimson. 35c. 
Karl Rosenfield 8.8. Pure, rich, intense crimson. Of 
— . half-rose type, it makes and remains 
a splendid full, rounded substantial flower. 50c. 
Lady Alexandra Duff 9 -L Immense full double flowers ; 
- outer petals tender rose, dimin¬ 
ishing to blush white at center. High perfume. 75c. 
Marguerite Gerard. 8.4. Magnificent, broad, thick heads 
of hydrangea-pink, marbled on creamy white and further 
enriched by collars of golden anthers. 35c. 
Marie Jacquin 8.3. (“The Water Lily Peony”). Beau- 
— tiful single and semi-double flowers; the 
waxy, pure white cup full of golden stamens. 50c. 
Mary Brand 8.7. Immense midseason flowers, free bloom- 
— ■ ing; vivid crimson-red. 75c. 
Mme. de Vemeville. 7.9. Medium-sized, globular flower, 
petals crinkly and semi-transparent; creamy white. 35c. 
Mme. Ducel 7.9. One of the choicest varieties for cut- 
— ting, both as to form and color. Shaped 
like a high-built Chrysanthemum and colored evenly a 
warm, true pink ; holding its form. 35c. 
Mme. Smile Galle. 8.5. Late. Shell-shaped petals of blush, 
waxy white at base; center a warm shell-pink. 35c. 
Mme. Jules Dessert 9 - 4 * Magnificent flowers of large 
- — size, with broad petals of trans¬ 
lucent texture. Exquisite when opened in water; creamy 
white lit with buff and salmon. Midseason. $1.25. 
Mons. Jules Elie 9 -3. The peerless pure pink. Broad re- 
—■— -;- ; flexing guards with a high pyramidal 
body of semi-quilled petals converging to an apex. 50c. 
Octavie Demay. 8.5. Very large flat crown. Guards and 
center pale hydrangea-pink, collar almost white. 35c. 
Officinalis Rubra fl. pi. 8.6. Rich deep crimson ; the great 
Decoration Day Peony. 75c. 
Princess May. Wide, semi-double flowers, blooming early 
in great profusion. Blush white, marked lilac. 35c. 
Reine Hortense 8.7. A prize-winning cut flower; of per- 
— ■ feet, deep, compact form. Color a uni¬ 
form, warm pink, flecked carmine. 75c. 
Sarah Bernhardt 9.0. A superb, compact, semi-rose 
——■ 1 ■ ■ -■■■■-- type. Uniform mauve-rose or apple 
blossom-pink, silver tipped, fragrant. 50c. 
Solange (Lemoine). Rated 9.7. Unusually large, full, 
-- compact, globular crown type, with round, amber- 
white buds ; late. Very delicate lilac-white tinged progres¬ 
sively with amber to salmon at the heart. $1.00. 
SOUV. de Louis Bigot 9 -I* Large convex bloom; bril- 
— ■■ liant Bengal rose, turning to sal¬ 
mon-pink with silvery reflex. $1.00. 
Tourangelle 9 - 4 * Exquisite, late, large flat rose type; 
• " very fragrant. Pearl-white tinged with 
mauve, peach-pink at base. $1.00. 
Walter Faxon 9 -3* Considered one of the most outstand- 
— ■ - - - - - - - - ■ ing pinks ; soft coral-pink, lighter at the 
tips but deeper rose at base, with salmon reflection. $1.25. 
MIXED PEONY OFFER 
We select five 
distinct varieties 
in assorted colors. 
$ 1.00 
Japanese Peonies 
In this class the stamens and anthers are greatly enlarged 
into narrow, thick, twisted petaloids of various colors, form¬ 
ing a dense cushion set within a cup of broad guard petals. 
11— Yoochi-no-tsuki (“Shadow of Moon in a Rippled 
- -- Pool.”) 6- to 8-inch flowers with 
prominent cushion center; white, occasionally flushed pink, 
with amber-cream petaloids. 75c. 
15— Fuyajo (“ A Sleepless Castle.”) 9.2. This is the darkest 
. n - n - - — and richest of our group. Broad rounded guards 
of velvety mahogany-red. The fine, curly petaloids form a 
conspicuous, dense center; garnet, streaked on reverse side 
and heavily tipped with light bronze. $3.00. 
17 —Rashooman (“ A Devil Castle.”) Late; very tall, 
— —— free, and emphatically contrastive. The 
Chrysanthemum-like center of solferino, thickly studded and 
lined old gold, makes a lively offset to the 2-rowed incurv¬ 
ing guards of intense, unblemished crimson. $3.00 each. 
20 —Fuji-no-mine (“Top of the Fuji Mountain.”) White, 
— ..— with rich cream center. 75c. 
42— “Rose of Nippon” A wonderfully free bloomer, a 
- ■ persistent mass of brilliant 6- 
inch flowers. Very deep rose, the broadly prominent center 
darkened by carmine, and illumined by countless starpoints 
of both silver and gold. Many centers are tufted. $2.00. 
64— Shiro-sangai By far the choicest of the whites. Its 
■ lily cup guards are milk white; the ex¬ 
tensive central tuft of narrow petaloids buff, noticeably 
crested with gold. Eight-inch flowers are normal. $2.00. 
88— Oki-no-nami (“Waves in the Far-Off Sea.”) Tall, free 
' flowering and showy. Pale hydrangea- 
pink rippled on white; with full, fine cut center of peach 
pink and cream. $1.00 each. 
Mikado 8.6. Similar to No. 17, the cup a deeper red and 
— — cushion a yellower gold. $1.25. 
