year should give good bloom. Failure results from failure 
to observe the directions given above, from late freezes 
after plants are budded, and from planting diseased roots. 
(Buying from a dealer who sends out healthy roots is a 
vital point for success with Peonies, a diseased root being 
worthless). 
Listing the causes, we include planting too deep; exces¬ 
sive decay from poor drainage, too frequent watering, or 
use of animal fertilizers (a certain amount of decay is 
natural); blighting of buds from drouth before blooming 
or during previous summer, from freezing, from Botrytis 
blight; exhaustion of soil about old plants; robbing of 
plants by trees or shrubs, from removing too much green 
foliage with blooms, from cutting off all foliage in mid¬ 
summer. Peonies are just about the' easiest of all peren¬ 
nials to grow, but they appreciate proper care. 
When cutting blooms, let two or three leaves remain on 
every stub of the stalks. Do not cut more than half or 
two-thirds of the blooms. Removing bloom heads (no 
green leaves) just as soon as bloom shatters conserves 
strength of plant. 
EARLY FLOWERING SPECIES 
Every garden should contain some of these early 
bloomers. They cover a period of about 16 days before the 
common varieties start. 
Anomola (Smouthii). The earliest in this list. A pur¬ 
plish red single. The ‘cut-leaved’ Peony. Makes 
a plant the size of the regular kinds with leaves 
gracefully cut. By taking off the seed pods after 
blooming, one has a foliage effect for the rest of 
the season as fine as a large fern.$ 1.00 
Officinalis Red Jap. Typical Japanese bloom, color 
and type of plant same as Officinalis Rubra, but 
it blooms about 4 days before the latter.75 
Officinalis Rosea Plena. Pink double, blooms with 
Officinalis Rubra.75 
Officinalis Single Red. Blooms about 3 days before 
Officinalis Red Jap. The same plant habits and 
color as Officinalis Rubra.75 
Officinalis Rubra. The best known of the Officinalis 
species. The “Grandmother’s early old fashioned 
double red” which brings back old memories to 
so many of us. It blooms about 5 days before the 
earliest regular (Chinensis) variety.50 
Testimonials 
From Canada—“White Perfection is all that the name 
implies.” “Daniel Boone—astonished all my friends.” 
From New Jersey—“I received Peonies from six different 
growers this fall—Your Peonies were far superior to 
anything I received from the others, good generous 
divisions that should be at least a year ahead.” 
From Illinois—“Rosalie is a beauty.” 
From Iowa—“White Perfection gave me the finest white 
single bloom I have ever seen. Roberta was fine.” 
From Wisconsin—“Nippon Beauty is still the best red Jap.” 
From Ohio—“The roots I received from you arrived in 
excellent condition and were certainly good healthy 
roots.” 
NEW SEEDLING PEONY FREE 
With all orders of $5.00 or more, if requested when order 
is given. 
No. 772. A seedling of Marie Crousse, which from 
recent work seems to be the probable parent of that glorious 
pink, Walter Faxon. No. 772 is a very fine shade, suggestive 
of Walter Faxon, and a perfect bloom is a beauty. However, 
it has a very weak stem and some years might not open, 
so I shall not name it. But it will give a thrill to any one 
who appreciates fine color. 
