THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
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according to color, but it is to be remembered that this 
question of color is a difficult one in that peonies vary 
considerably in the depth of their tints during the period of 
maturity. All peonies can be classified from the color 
standpoint under the following heads: 
1. White or cream. 2. Light pink or flesh colored. 
3. Rose pink. 4. Red and crimson. 
1. There will probably be less difference of opinion as 
to the best white and cream than in the other groups. The 
following will undoubtedly receive votes from a large pro¬ 
portion of peony groAvers: Festiva Maxima, Duchess 
de Nemours (Calot), Madame de Verne Ville, Couronne 
d’Or, Avalanche, Festiva, Mons. Dupont, Madame Crouse, 
Baroness Schroeder, Marie Lemoine. 
To these might be added another cream-white less well 
known than the others, which has made an excellent show¬ 
ing in the Cornell plots this year under the name of Alvatre. 
Ube Hnnual Convention 
INVITATION FROM THE DENVER CONVENTION 
LEAGUE 
Denver, Col., June 26, 1909 
Editor National Nurseryman: 
V e have been informed by our local nurserymen that a 
referendum vote is to be taken among the members of the 
American Association of Nurserymen as to the meeting 
place of that organization in 1910. 
The Denver Convention League, representing the fore¬ 
most business men of the city, extends to you a most 
cordial invitation to hold your meeting in this city. We 
have entertained many conventions and each one has 
acknowledged the superior facilities given and entertain¬ 
ment received. 
Nearly A mile east of Rosenfield home, West Point, Nebr. 
2. Light pink or flesh color: La Tulipe, Marguerite 
Gerard (this is sometimes fickle in behavior, a quality 
perhaps not restricted to Marguerite), Madame Emily 
Lemoine, Germaine Bigot, Madame Emily Gallee, Potts 
Alba, Grandiflora Richardson, Etta. 
3. Rose pink: L’Esperance, Edulis Superba, Modeste 
Guerin, Alexandriana, Doctor Brettonneau (Verdier), 
Madame Ducel, Monsieur Jules Elie, La Martine, General 
Bertrand. 
4. Crimson or red: Doctor Caillot, Felix Crousse, 
August D’hor; Constance Everett, Grover Cleveland, 
Thurlow Double Red, Monsieur Martin Cahuzac, Marechall 
McMahan, Marechall Valiant, De Lache. 
The above list contains a considerable number of varie¬ 
ties recommended by Mr. George C. Thurlow, of Cherry 
Hill Nurseries, West Newbury, Mass, in a recent article in 
Horticulture. It contains also several varieties strongly 
recommended by Mr. B. H. Farr of Reading, Pa. 
The McFarland Publicity Service, of Harrisburg, Pa., are send¬ 
ing out complimentary photographs of their exhibit rooms, also 
of the convention hall where the American Association of Nursery¬ 
men held their 34th annual convention. 
Advertising is the lubricant that makes business run swiftly 
and without friction. A trial will convince the most pronounced 
skeptic. 
We will furnish you a meeting place and such committee 
headquarters as may be necessary, free of all expense to your 
organization; we will co-operate with the local committee 
to provide such entertainment as may be determined upon. 
We believe that,your coming, to this section of the country 
will result in a -largely increased business. Agriculturally 
and horticulturally Colorado is now very much alive. 
We sincerely hope that you will vote in favor of holding 
your 1910 convention in the City of Hospitality—Denver. 
Yours very truly, 
W. F. R. Mills, Secretary 
DENVER SECURES THE CONVENTION FOR 1910 
At latest reports Denver had secured such a lead over 
St. Louis for the place of meeting for next year’s convention 
that the question seemed practically settled. In order to 
secure the cooperation of the Pacific Coast Nurserymen, 
President Stannard has presented to them a cordial invitation 
by the hand of Mr.Thos.B. Meehan to meet-with the American 
Association in Denver in 1910. This action was timely 
and thoughtful. The attendance of the Western men is 
much to be desired at all times but more especially at the 
Denver convention. We can be sure that with Mr. Meehan 
as envoy the invitation will be as enthusiastically received 
as warmly presented. The letter is as follows: 
