We $rade our roots as lollows: 
1st Size, Divided Roots This is a root divided, un¬ 
til it has from 2 to 5 eyes. This is the size we 
always plant and we recommend this lor general 
planting, both as to the desirability ol its low 
cost and the results obtained. Many varieties 
throw normal llowers the lirst year Irom planting. 
2nd Size, One- Year Roots —This is a 1st size di¬ 
vided root ol 2 to 5 eyes planted and grown 
lor one year, then dug and sold you as it comes 
Irom the ground. This is a most desirable size 
and is well worth the additional price ashed 
lor it. You simply lor the difference in cost 
between this size and 1st size save one ijear in 
time. This size will throw more bloom the lirst 
year Irom planting than the 1 st size. His is 
the popular size. 
3rd Size, Two-Year Roots —This is the 2nd size left 
in the ground one year longer and sold you as 
it comes from the soil. This size you gain two 
ijears ol time. 
4th Size, Three-Year Roots —-This is the 3rd size left 
in the ground one year longer and sold you as 
it comes from the soil. This size you gain three 
years ol time. 
Our aim is to always give value lor the money 
entrusted to us lor Peonies, and the fact that our 
Peony sales have reached the enormous amount they 
have, running into the hundreds ol thousands each 
season, should be proof that we are amply satis¬ 
fying our customers. It is not unusual to get 
letters saying: "We have bought Peony roots 
from all the growers and yours are the best ol any 
we buy.” 
OUR GUARANTEE—We guarantee our Peo¬ 
nies true to name and will cheerfully replace any 
that prove to be otherwise alter they have reached 
their normal blooming period. 
Classification 
The Peony Albiilora, or Chinensis as it is more 
commonly catalogued, has by the American Peony 
Society been divided into eight types as follows: 
SINGLE—Those with a single row of wide 
guards, and a center of yellow pollen-bearing 
stamens. 
SEMI-DOl'BLE—Those with several rows of 
wide petals, and a center of stamens, and par¬ 
tially transformed petaloids. Many of the reds 
are of this type. 
JAPANESE—These have wide guards the same 
as the Singles, hut with the stamens and 
anthers greatly enlarged into narrow, thick 
petaloids of various colors, tipped with ves¬ 
tiges of the yellow anthers without pollen. 
ANEMONE—A step further in the process of 
doubling, with the stamens all transformed 
into short narrow petals, forming a round 
cushion in the center of the flower. 
CROWN—In this type wide petals are developed 
in the center of the flower, forming a high 
crown with the narrow, short petals forming a 
ring or collar around it. Often the crown and 
guards are one color, and the collar another 
or lighter shade. 
BOMB—The next step in which all the center 
petals are uniformly wide approaching the 
guards, but distinctly differentiated from them, 
forming a globe-shaped center without collar 
or crown. 
SEMI-BOSE—Flowers in which the petals are all 
uniformly wide, but are loosely built, with a 
few pollen-bearing stamens visible or nearly 
concealed. 
HOSE—The process of doubling is completed, all 
stamens fully transformed into evenly ar¬ 
ranged wide petaloids, similar to the guards, 
forming a perfect rose-sliaped bloom. 
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