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word opalescent which leads me to believe that its 
color is not fixed as firmly as some of the other 
older varieties. 
NELLIE (Kelway)—8.6.... 1.00 
1 imported this peony direct from Kelway over 
twenty years ago. It is of medium height with ex¬ 
cellent stems which carry attractive pink blooms. 
POCOHONTAS (Pleas). 1.00 
This single peony is tall, blooms late in the season 
and carries attractive red blooms. 
PRIDE OF LANGPORT (Kelway)—8.9... 1.50 
This variety is, I believe, the best and sturdiest 
of the Kelway single pink peonies for use upon the 
landscape and for interior decoration. I believe 
that none of my customers ever complained about 
the performance of this variety. 
SEA SHELL (Sass). 5.00 
The blooms of this newest Sass seedling are im¬ 
mense in size. The petals are an iridescent shell- 
pink with a rich satiny texture and the centers 
of the flowers are full of shining golden-yellow 
stamens. We believe this is the first time that this 
variety has appeared in an Eastern grower’s cata¬ 
logue. (Introducer's description). 
SWAN WHITE (Good & Welsh). 7.50 
This new white single peony is of large size and 
instead of only one row of petals it has developed 
a second row and we believe that it is of superior 
quality to many of the older varieties. 
SILVIA SAUNDERS (Saunders). 5.00 
This single (but almost semi-double) shell-pink 
peony agrees with the variety Helen in demand¬ 
ing stiff clay soil for its best productions. I hope 
some of the purchasers of this variety and Helen 
will write and tell me that they agree with me that 
there is a vast difference in the quality of these 
two varieties when grown in different types of soil. 
They both possess more charm as well as better 
substance when grown in what appears to be in¬ 
ferior soil. 
THE QUEEN (Kelway). 1.00 
Between thirty and forty years ago Mrs. Sarah 
Pleas of Spiceland, Indiana, was one of the most im¬ 
portant and prominent growers of new varieties of 
peonies. She was a voluminous correspondent and 
in her letters to the Van Wert peony growers she 
told us that she used this white peony as the 
mother parent of many of her new introductions. 
It is probably of more use to the hybridists than 
many other varieties and I give this information 
for what it is worth to the men and women who 
are now growing seedlings of their own. 
VENISE (Dessert) ... 1.00 
This very brilliant, pink, single peony is of medium 
height, but the quality of the bloom is good and 
the color of the flower is attractive. 
WHITE SWAN (Pleas) ... 1.00 
This is probably the best late, white, single peony 
from Mrs. Pleas’s garden. She knew how to select 
very attractive names for her new peonies. 
