Battle Creek, Mich. 
TREE PEONIES 
JAPANESE IRISES 
The Jananese Irises are perhaps the most showy of all, and are most valuable 
in the garden because they blossom after others have finished flowering. The 
broad fiat flowers, some of them 10 inches across, in their beautiful clear colors 
and pastel shades, add distinct character to any garden planting. Their principal 
requirement is an acid fertilizer such as ammonium sulphate, and an abundance of 
water about the roots a month before and a month after blooming. They like full sun. 
AIFUKURIN—A very beautiful single white, suffused and edged violet . $1.00 
CATHERINE PARRY—Dbl. Blue overlaid rosy-red .... .50 
COLUMBIA—Dbl. Blue with pure white veins and yellow center. Striking.50 
ELEANOR PARRY—An unusual double claret-red flushed white and blue .40 
GOLD BOUND—The most popular double white Jap. Flowers white as snow 
with a firm and waxy texture ...35 
HELEN WELLS—Sgl. Amethyst violet with purple standards. Large. 30".50 
KHA KHAN—Sgl. Large white suffused blue ..75 
KOMACHI—A double, deep violet-purple variety of great beauty .50 
KOMBARIN—A double, fine, large, pure white that is early and outstanding.50 
MAHOGANY—A large, double flower of rich mahogany-red. Very late. One 
of the handsomest of Japanese irises .35 
MARGARET S. HENDICKSON—Triple. Soft bluish violet with white center 
flushed bluish. Wavy petals ...75 
OTOMENE—Sgl. Gigantic flowers to 9" in diameter, soft lavender veined 
purple. Extra fine ________— 1.50 
PAINTED LADY—Midseason. Fine white with dainty pink flush.50 
PRES. HARDING—This fine white has been off the market for several years. 
Double, deep blue, lined deeper. 1.00 
PURPLE AND GOLD—A very popular, double Japanese of brilliant purple 
and gold coloring .35 
RED RIDINGHOOD—Sgl. Amaranth suffused white. Best low priced red ..50 
WISTER’S FAVORITE—Sgl. Real sky blue with deeper markings and 
rounded petals. Very fine . 1.50 
TREE PEONIES 
(PiEONIA ARBOREA) 
Including the Newest in Double Yellows 
Generally speaking the Tree Peony differs from the herbaceous Peony in that 
the stems of the Tree Peony are woody, the plant will attain a height of over 5 feet, 
and it show’s colors unknown in the Chinese classes. 
Tree Peonies in general bloom earlier than the Chinese Peonies and they are 
very free-flowering. The collection listed on these pages represents perhaps the 
finest assortment available today. We like to draw your attention especially to the 
yellow varieties w r hich still belong to the rarest of all plants. 
SIZE OF PLANTS AND TIME OF SHIPPING—At prices quoted we supply 
strong two- to three-year-old plants. Most tree peonies are carried in 5" pots so 
that they can be shipped at any time. Tree Peonies bloom wflien very young, quite 
often on one-year plants. They grow T less rapidly than the Chinese Peony. 
ARCHDUC LUDOVICO—Enormous wflde flower, double, flesh-pink, turning 
soft lilac . $5.00 
ATHLETE—Immense double flower of fine glazed mauve, shaded rose; vigor¬ 
ous and prolific growler . 5.00 
BARONNE D’ALES—Very large imbricated bloom; vivid salmony-pink; deeper 
in center . 5.00 
CAROLINA D’lTALIE—Wide flower; silvery-flesh with salmon reflex; prolific 
and beautiful . 5.00 
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