CHICAGO • AMERICAN BULB COMPANY • NEW YORK 
PEONIES 
STRONG 3 TO 5 EYE ROOTS 
PEONIES UNDER COLOR 
(Selected from Choice Named Sorts) 
Recommended for "over the counter" store sales to the garden planting public. Not to be compared to divisions from old "worn out" 
plants as the quality is "tip-top" in every way. You can recommend the same to your best friends. 
RED SHADES —PINK SHADES — WHITE SHADES. Strong 3 to 5 Eye Roots. Per 10. S1.50 Per 100. $10.00 
We are growers of Peonies strictly 
for root production. We do not mar¬ 
ket our flowers. Therefore, when you 
purchase your Peony roots from us, 
they contain the full amount of 
vitality. This is very important for 
your future success. Our plants are 
very carefully grown and all roots 
shipped out are first class quality. 
Please note our reasonable prices. 
ALEXANDER DUMAS. A brilliant pink, 
interspersed with salmon, white and 
chamois. Early, very profuse bloomer, 
and very rigid plant. One of the great¬ 
est bloomers of all. 
10 .$ 2.00 100 .$ 16.00 
AVALANCHE. A magnificent flower 
which opens like a rose. Pure white 
with a few pencilings of carmine on 
the edge of center petals. Fragrant; 
crown type; late midseason. An old 
variety but one that will stand com¬ 
parison with anything there is. 
10 .$ 2.00 100 .$ 16.00 
BARONESS SCHROEDER. Rose type; 
late. White with shading of flesh. This 
is one of the finest Peonies. Its im¬ 
mense flowers of great substance with 
high chalice-shaped center are freely 
produced, lasting a long time. Very 
fragrant. 10 .$ 2.00 100 .$ 16.00 
CHARLES McKELLIPP. Crown type; mid¬ 
season. Opens rose-shaped and devel¬ 
ops into crown type. The irregular rich 
crimson petals of the center are min¬ 
gled with gold stamens and surrounded 
by rows of broad, silky guard petals. 
It has a charm peculiarly its own. 
10 .$ 2.00 100 .$ 18.00 
FELIX CROUSSE. Large, typical bomb- 
type flower of clear, brilliant red, com¬ 
ing in late midseason. The guard petals 
are prominent, surrounding a large, 
globular center of even coloring. It is 
a strong, vigorous plant of spreading 
habit. 10 .$ 2.00 100 .$ 15.00 
KARL ROSENFELD. A better Peony and 
a better quality of red than any of the 
older red sorts; pure, rich, intense 
crimson of half-rose type. It makes and 
remains a splendid full-rounded flower 
of excellent substance; equally val¬ 
uable as cut-flowers or garden show. 
10 .$ 2.00 100 .$ 15.00 
KELWAY'S QUEEN. Fragrant flesh pink. 
Midseason. If you have this variety 
in your planting, you have what is 
considered the flower of the aristocrat. 
10 .$ 7.00 100 .$ 65.00 
LORD KITCHENER. Bomb type flowers, 
bright cherry-red. Midseason. 
10 .$ 2.50 100 .$ 20.00 
MARIE JACQUIN. The water-lily Peony. 
Semi-double, cup-shaped white flow¬ 
ers borne in great profusion. Beautiful 
landscape variety. Midseason. 
10 .$ 2.00 100 .$ 16.00 
MILTON HILL. Rose type; late. Flowers 
large, cupped, clear soft flesh color. 
Turns nearly white in full sunlight be¬ 
fore fading. One of the finest varieties 
in existence. 10... $ 3.00 100. . .$ 25.00 
MME. DUCEL. Pink of medium shade 
with silvery reflex. Bomb type, re¬ 
sembling the famous Mons. Jules Elie. 
Very desirable. Strong grower, me¬ 
dium height. 10. . .$ 2.00 100. . .$ 15.00 
MME. JULES DESSERT. Large, flat semi¬ 
rose type. Flowers are delicate flesh 
pink, shading to straw white. 
10 .$ 3.00 100 .$ 25.00 
Peonies in the better cutflower varieties, listed on this 
page, usually provide good profit for the florist grower. 
MONS. JULES ELIE. Bomb type; early midseason. 
King of all Peonies. Color an ideal glossy lilac-pink, 
shading to a deeper rose at the base, the entire 
flower overlaid with a sheen of silver. Ideal for 
cut-flowers. 10. $ 2.00 100. $ 16.00 
OFFICINALIS RUBRA FL. PL. Rich deep crimson; 
the great Decoration Day Peony. 
10. $ 3.00 100. $ 25.00 
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. Semi-rose type; mid¬ 
season. Brilliant red in color; a grand Peony. 
10 .$ 2.00 100 .$ 18.00 
PRESIDENT TAFT. Delicate hydrangea pink, com¬ 
pletely enveloped in a halo of white. Profuse 
bloomer. 10. $ 3.00 100. $ 25.00 
PRINCESS BEATRICE. Large, compact high crown. 
Guards and crown light violet-rose, collar cream- 
white, center flecked crimson. Fragrant. Strong, 
vigorous grower, medium height, very free bloomer. 
Early midseason. Extra good tri-color. 
10 .$ 2.00 100 .$ 16.00 
RICHARD CARVEL. One of the best early reds. 
Large bomb-shaped blooms of the same style as 
Felix Crousse but better in color. 
10. $ 3.00 100. $ 25.00 
SARAH BERNHARDT. Semi-rose type. Midseason. 
Appleblossom pink, with each petal silver-tipped. 
10. $ 2.50 100. $ 20.00 
SOUV. DE CHAS. GOMBAULT. One of the most out¬ 
standing varieties. It is tri-color, flowers are built 
up crown shaped. It is much admired for its 
beauty; at the same time it is different than the 
general list of the clear colors. Fine lasting quali¬ 
ties. We like it very much. 
10 .$ 2.00 100 .$ 18.00 
