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8.8 
8.1 
9.3 
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9.8 
8.6 
9.9 
8.5 
8.3 
WHITE PEONIES 
ARGENTINE (Lemoine) 
A late midseason globular white, with symmetrically arranged pet' 
als of splendid substance. Fragrance pronounced and good. A very 
high class white that we personally think is one of the best new 
Peonies from Europe in recent years. A Brand Division $2.50 
BALL O' COTTON (Franklin) 
Late midseason. This is an outstanding fragrant white. It is an 
excellent show flower and is also a good garden variety. The plant 
is of medium height with strong stems and good foliage. One of 
the very best of the new white Peonies. A Brand Division $1.50 
DUCHESSE DE NEMOURS (Calot) 
A very early, fragrant, pure creamy white. The guard petals are 
white with a full center of light canary-yellow, deepening to pale 
green at the base. An excellent garden variety. 
A Brand Division $1.00 
DR. CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM (New) (A M. Brand) 
This variety was named for Dr. Graham, who was so long identified 
with the early history of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minnesota. 
Here is a large late white in season with Marie Lemoine. It is a rich 
creamy white absolutely void of stamens. The plant is tall, with 
medium green foliage and strong stems. The flower is large, loosely 
built, with large guard petals enclosing a center of smaller lacy 
petals. There is an occasional trace of carmine on a petal, but not 
flecked like Festiva Maxima. The general appearance of this late 
flower is that of a large, very creamy white, the Kelway’s Glorious 
type. We consider this a real acquisition to our short list of good 
late whites. It is absolutely a first-class variety and also a late variety. 
It is a loose type and will open well. A Brand Division $10.00 
FESTIVA MAXIMA (Meillez) 
An early true rose type with broad guard petals surrounding a 
compact inner mass of rich white petals flecked crimson. This is a 
good early garden variety to use for cut flowers, but as a rule, 
comes too early for a show flower. A Brand Division $1.00 
FRANCES WILLARD (Brand) 
Frances Willard is a very fine white which we believe gives uni¬ 
versal satisfaction. It opens an exquisite blush-white, occasionally 
with a carmine touch, changing pure white. Usually found in the 
winning classes in every show room. Midseason, comes into bloom 
with Mary Brand. (A gorgeous Peony named for a great woman.) 
A Brand Division $1.50 
KELWAY'S GLORIOUS (Kelway) 
Midseason. Although not as symmetrical as Le Cygne, we believe 
this wonderful variety is fully as good and deserves as high a rating. 
Immense blooms with very long petals, so arranged that the entire 
bloom resembles a great downy ball of the most exquisite, delicate, 
snow-white lace. A Brand Division $2.00 
LA LORRAINE ( Lemoine) 
Midseason. A large flower, nicely rounded, with great broad petals 
beautifully arranged. Color a soft even shade of creamy pink. In 
our opinion, this flower is not fully appreciated, for it is one of the 
choicest of all Peonies and should rate well above 9.0. From our 
first observation of the flower, this has been our constant impres¬ 
sion. When shown together with magnificent blooms of Le Cygne, 
Kelway’s Glorious, Therese and Mme. Jules Dessert, we have seen 
blooms of La Lorraine which showed up equally beautiful; and we 
think it is just as good a flower as any of them. 
A Brand Division $2.00 
LE CYGNE (Lemoine) 
A flower of true rose type, perfect in form. Early midseason. 
Creamy white with no tracings of color. Strong, medium height 
stems. Flowers large and delightfully fragrant. Le Cygne is the 
highest rated Peony and fully deserves its rating when seen at its 
best. A Brand Division $3.00 
MARIE LEMOINE (Calot) 
A sulphur-white, occasionally showing a carmine tip. This variety 
has a pleasing and pronounced fragrance. It is one of our latest 
whites. A Brand Division $1.00 
MARIE JACQUIN (Verdier) 
A midseason flower with purest white guards; then a collar of yel¬ 
low stamens surrounding a row of shorter pure white petals, then 
a tuft of yellow stamens, giving the flower a pronounced Waterlily 
effect. The stems are erect, a clean, light green, as is also the foliage. 
The flower is semi-double, held perfectly erect, and on young plants 
it often comes a beautiful single. A Brand Division $1.00 
MISS SALWAY (Kelway) 
This variety opens a delicate flesh-pink with a creamy white collar 
of smaller petals irregularly notched, which gives the bloom a 
dainty, lacy appearance. It has a sweet fragrance and is in every 
way a most desirable flower. A Brand Division $2.00 
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Mrs. Frank Beach 
9.0 MRS. FRANK BEACH < A . M. Brand) 
Ivory-white. A very large, flat, perfect rose type flower with long, 
narrow, laciniated petals of the same lacy effect as in Jubilee. Blooms 
equally large as Jubilee but borne finely erect on rather dwarfish 
plants with very strong stems. Much as we admire Jubilee, it is 
handicapped by a weak stem. Mrs. Frank Beach is a glorified 
Jubilee. Deep cream. It fades but little even when developed in the 
field. Like Le Cygne, this variety develops a flower true to type 
even on a yearling. Blooms profusely as a two-year-old. Received 
an Award of Merit, American Peony Society, London, Ontario, 
1922. Late midseason. Sweetly fragrant. A Brand Division $3.00 
9.1 MRS. HARRIET GENTRY (A . M. Brand) 
A very late perfect rose type variety. Petals are very large, of the 
purest glistening white. Deep in the center of the flower you will 
find a touch of that peculiar pinkish tint for which Solange is 
famous. This is one of our latest white Peonies to bloom and is 
one of the most refined flowers in this list. A Brand Division $3.00 
7.9 MME. DE VERNEVILLE (Crousse) 
A bomb type. Guard petals sulphur-white; center petals rose-white 
with carmine touches. Good substance. Stems long and strong. 
An ideal cut flower. Pleasing fragrance. Gomes into bloom after 
Festiva Maxima, and we regard it superior in beauty. 
A Brand Division $1.00 
9.0 NINA SECOR (Secor) 
Flowers medium to large. Tall, graceful, light green stems. Rather 
narrow clean light green foliage. Bloom absolutely pure white, 
of true rose type. Built high with a cupped rosebud center. Very 
fragrant. One of the very best pure whites. Much like Kelway’s 
Glorious. A Brand Division $1.00 
8.8 NYMPHAEA (Thurlow) 
Large flat flowers with wide, silky petals of delicate creamy white, 
notched at tips, edges somewhat rolled; yellow stamens in center 
reflect a golden light throughout. Fragrant. Early midseason. Re¬ 
mindful of a Waterlily only much larger and more beautiful than 
any Waterlily we have ever seen. Very refined; a real addition to 
our growing list of good Peonies. More semi-double than rose type. 
A Brand Division $1.50 
ROBERT E. LEE (New) ( A .M. Brand) 
A beautiful snow-white that we have had under test since 1922. 
A pure white flower that makes a wonderful showing when grown 
in mass. Several years ago we had this variety on four-year plants 
in a row about 100 feet long. The plants were disbudded and 
when they came to bloom they were truly a wonderful sight. 
Every available inch of space was filled with the pure white flowers 
and the row reminded one of a great drift of snow. 
A Brand Division $10.00 
9.7 SOLANGE (Lemoine) 
This is a variety that is hard to classify. It might be classed with 
the light pinks, but it is neither a white nor a pink, but a suffusion 
of buff and pale salmon-pink. A late variety with tight buds that 
often fail to open. When well grown this variety has perfect 
form and unusual coloring. Always a favorite the year when it 
comes good. A Brand Division $1.00 
