WEST NEWBURY, MASS. 
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Single Peonies 
Price per dozen at ten times the single rate, e. g. $1.00 
each; $10.00 per dozen. 
Prices quoted are for large divisions (L.D.) consisting 
of strong three to five-eye divisions, and one-year (1 yr.) 
plants, which are divisions grown for one year or divi¬ 
sions equal to those. 
For two-year clumps add 50 per cent, to one-year price. 
Three-year clumps at double the price of one-year 
plants. 
The single flowers, or those having a single row of pet¬ 
als with a center of yellow stamens, are the first to bloom, 
but will last for some time, for as the terminal flower 
fades the side or lateral buds open. For garden effects 
they are most satisfactory. They are more individual and 
withstand the rains and winds where the heavier doubles 
might be beaten down. In the early morning and at dusk 
the flowers are closed, resembling large rosebuds, and are 
especially alluring. If cut when in bud and brought into 
the house they keep a week or more. We have tested 
varieties for many years and list below those we have 
found to be best. 
ADANA (Kelway), very fine single flowers with broad 
petals of good substance; delicate shell-pink with 
bright golden stamens. Long buds resembling roses. 
L. D. $2. 1 yr. $3. 
Black Prince (See Series A). 
Celeste Brocket (Brocket), milk-white petals — thickly 
sprinkled with minute dots of lilac, giving a total ef¬ 
fect of pale lavender or faint pink. Stock limited. 
$1.50 each. 
CLAIRETTE (Dessert 1905), tall, strong stems with 
8.1 dark green foliage, bearing very large pure white 
flowers. The petals are long and silky and the cen¬ 
ter mass of stamens is bright yellow. $1.50 each. 
Duchess of Portland (Barr), white, faintly tinted pink, 
7.8 gradually deepening toward the center of each petal. 
Strong, tall grower. $1 each. 
Emily (Kelway), rose-pink, not tall but free-flowering 
7.4 and shows up well in the border. 75 cents each. 
HELEN (See Series A). 
Hermes (Kelway), the broad petals of soft pink enhance 
the large golden center of stamens. $1.00 each. 
HESPERUS (Kelway), broad petals of deep shell-pink 
of good substance, forming a cup-shaped flower. $1 
each. 
LE JOUR (Shaylor 1915), large, pure white single flow¬ 
ers; petals of good substance so that the flowers do 
not wilt down. Stamens yellow, showing red stig¬ 
mas. Very fine. Early. L. D. $2. 1 yr. $3. 
L’ETINCELANTE (Dessert 1905), large flowers and 
8.4 broad petals of bright pink, with silvery borders. To¬ 
tal effect is a soft but bright pink, which is especial¬ 
ly attractive in the garden. $1.50 each. 
