Hollywood. Novelty Jap. An unusual shade of 
creamy cerise pink. Large trim blooms on stiff 
stems of medium height. Late. 5.00 
Monterey. Light salmon; cerise and golden tints in 
center. Midseason. Extra fine. Honorable 
Mention. 2.00 
Nippon Princess. Peculiar shade of brilliant cerise 
pink, with some darker reddish petaloids mixed 
in the center. A very unusual flower. Received 
the American Home Achievement Medal for most 
outstanding new seedling for year 1931. 4.00 
ADVANCED TRIAL SEEDLINGS 
Among the hundreds of new varieties, numbered and 
under advanced trial, are many very fine things well 
worth growing. We offer a few of these here, and you 
may rest assured they are better than many kinds named 
in the past. We never could understand the seeming re¬ 
luctance of some people to buy these numbered varieties, 
especially in view of the low price at which they are offered. 
Naming a variety does not make it any better. It is im¬ 
practical to name all the good ones, as new stocks have 
to be kept coming on, but to offer a present stock of a 
fine thing simply repays the cost of trying it out and at 
the same time gives the buyer something different, at a 
moderate cost. 
No. 1739. Late full double, somewhat like Solange, 
more pink in it, opens better and does not spot. 
A fine Peony.$1.00 
No. 1718. Very dark purple Jap, striking. Medium 
size, tall stems. 1.00 
No. 768. Unusual shade of red, heavily silvered with 
lighter edges. High built bloom, very striking, 
makes Auguste Dessert look cheap. Seedling of 
Marie Crousse. 1.00 
No. 1726. Immaculate white double, very tall, fra¬ 
grant.50 
No. 1888. Flesh pink semi-double, fading lighter. 
Fine substance and stem. 1.00 
No. 1884. Flat pink semi-double, fading white. Stiff 
stem dwarf.75 
No. 1804. Late dotted pink semi-double, nearly full 
double. Stiff stem. 1.00 
No. 1383. White and yellow Jap.75 
No. 1418. Red single, rather late. Color holds.50 
No. 1763. Pink single.50 
No. 1764. An extra fine red and yellow Jap, with 
carmine cast. Very close to some of my high 
priced named kinds. 1.50 
No. 1820. A white and yellow Jap, with tufts.50 
No. 1850. Odd deep pink single, flushed.50 
No. 1896. White single, dwarf, stiff stemmed.50 
No. 807. Dark red semi-double.50 
No. 1017. Very rich dark red semi-double.75 
A Word About Peony Prices 
New Peonies are priced relatively much lower than new 
roses, irises, dahlias or gladiolus, rate of increase being- 
very much slower. New varieties of equal quality may be 
priced differently, because of a difference in the amount 
of stock in existence. A variety might be offered at $10.00 
nine years after planting the seed, or at $3.00 fifteen years 
after. Different kinds differ widely in rate of increase. 
Some of the varieties offered at a low price this year for 
the first time were from seed planted as early as 1921. 
Those offered at higher prices are still scarce. 
