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COLLECTION 
Many people like to purchase a collection of peonies that will prolong 
their blooming season over a number of weeks. But when they try to 
make their selections from a catalog, they become confused with the 
many descriptions. For such people we are offering a list of most excel¬ 
lent varieties in all colors. 
In the list of reds we have included Richard Carvel for an early 
variety with Commander for the latest one to flower. Mme. de Verne- 
ville will supply you with early white peonies and is gone long before 
Baroness Schroeder has decided to open. Among the pinks Lady A. 
Duff is one of the world's best and also one of the earliest pinks, while 
dainty Tourangelle with its exquisite coloring is one of the latest to 
flower. 
RED 
RICHARD CARVEL. Early bomb-shaped red, very fragrant, no stamens. 
LORA DEXHEIMER. Bright cherry-red, early midseason, most satisfactory. 
BRAND'S MAGNIFICENT. Midseason dark red, with beautiful roselike petals. 
COMMANDER. A pure solferino-red, and the latest to bloom. 
WHITE 
MME. DE VERNEVILLE. This white is exactly the shape of Richard Carvel and 
blooms at practically the same time. Shows traces of crimson on edge of petals. 
NYMPHAEA A large midseason semi-double white, showing golden stamens. 
BALL O' COTTON. Late midseason. Very fragrant. Fine show flower. 
BARONESS SCHROEDER. A late white that is universally liked. Rates 9.0 and 
gives satisfaction evrywhere. 
PINK 
LADY ALEXANDRA DUFF. A large, loosely built, pale pink that opens early. 
Sweet-scented and beautifully formed. 
EUGENIE VERDIER. A tall growing, fragrant light hydrangea-pink that comes 
into bloom midseason. 
SARAH BERNHARDT. A late midseason apple-blossom-pink. This variety is such 
an all around good peony that we feel it should be in every garden. 
TOURANGELLE. The coloring in this fine late flower is so unique that we cannot 
convey its beauty in any description we might write. It is a pearly white suffused 
with shades of delicate salmon. 
A $14.00 Catalog $| 0.50 
Value for 
Verendrye, N. D. 
April 26, 1938 
"You perhaps have heard the story 
(but don’t stop me) of the tailor who 
in Chicago’s earlier days set up a 
tailor shop there, ^ hanging over his 
entrance the sign: ‘Best Tailor in the 
World.’ Soon a second tailor came to 
town and set up a shop a few 
doors from the first, hanging over his 
door the words: ‘Best Tailor in this 
Town.’ Then to top them both came 
a third tailor over whose shop en¬ 
trance, midway between the other two, 
were hung in bold letters the words: 
‘Best Tailor on this Street.’ Now I 
am not a suit salesman but I would 
like your consent to my making an 
application of this story to the peony 
trade. It seems to me that the ulti¬ 
mate in preposterous claims (and I’m 
not saying that the third tailor s 
claims approached that) would be to 
adopt the slogan ‘Better than Brand s. 
And this by one who has yet to see a 
real Brand Division! I wish to thank 
you for the very fine peonies sent me. 
They were real heifer stock, if you 11 
pardon my shorthorn lingo. I think 
they will make the most increase of 
any stock I’ve planted so far, and 
what is more, I think they’ll be easier 
to divide two or three years hence, 
than most of my other plants. You 
may certainly look forward to an addi¬ 
tional order in the fall."—F. W. 
POSTPAID 
All roots are Brand Divisions. 
They will bloom this season. All 
will be labeled. They 
are true-to-name. 
