Top-Notch Single Peonies 
Pride of Langport (Greotly Reduced) 
Mellen Knight —A wonderful rich deep red, surrounding 
a centre of yellow stamens and reddish-green carpels. 
1.00 
Minnehaha —One of the best. A gorgeous bright cherry- 
red, with centre tufts of clear gold stamens. 1.00 
Mischief —Late. A new introduction in a very pleasing 
shade of soft pink, that blooms after most of the single 
flowers have finished flowering. 1.75 
Moonbeam —A new single in most unusual opal tints. 1.50 
Nellie —8.6. Mid -season. A very large flower of uni¬ 
form shell-pink, fading to almost white, with yellow 
central stamens . 1.00 
T he Single Peonies are those with one 
or more rows of large petals, known 
as guards, or guard-petals, surround¬ 
ing a centre of bright yellow stamens, which 
are a prominent part of the flower. The 
single Peonies are extremely handsome and 
unsurpassed for landscape effect. They 
hold well in rain and sun and have a pleas¬ 
ing habit of closing during the cool of the 
evening and opening again the following 
day. The following list comprises only the 
largest, finest and most outstanding of this 
group. A few of these are not rated be¬ 
cause they were so rare as to be unknown 
to most of the judges at the time of mak¬ 
ing the American Peony Society Symposium. 
Planting and cultural directions accom¬ 
pany all shipments. 
Albiflora (The Bride)—8.7. Early. Very 
popular large white with bright yellow 
stamens . . 1.00 
Black Prince —8.5. Mid-season. Very dark 
garnet red of a flat, velvety quality, in¬ 
stead of the usual glossy appearance 1.50 
Clairette —8.1. Mid-season. Flowers borne in clusters on 
strong stems. Tinted pink in the bud, but opens to a 
large, perfect white. 1.00 
Edith West —S imilar to Albiflora, but flowers later and the 
petals have more substance. An excellent white.... 1.50 
Flanders Field —Two rows of rich velvety red petals, sur¬ 
rounding a large prominent centre of golden stamens. 
3.00 
Harriet OIney —8.7. Mid-season. Superb landscape variety. 
Very large soft rose flowers. 1.50 
Helen —9.0. Early. A double row of dark shell-pink 
petals, surrounding the mass of golden stamens. A 
magnificent variety, as will be noted by the extremely 
high rating . 4.00 
Jeanne Ernould —Just being introduced. A magnificent 
rich apple-blossom pink, the purest quality of color 
imaginable. Tall rugged stems, withstanding wind and 
rain. Originated in the same garden as the world 
famous Therese, finest pink. 3.00 
Joseph Plagne —Just being introduced from France. Large 
carmine red with red and gold centre. Very striking. 
2.50 
Lejour —8.6. The highest rated white single. Mid-season. 
Very large flower, with petals of remarkable substance, 
surrounding a centre of golden stamens, in the midst 
of which are carpels of green, tipped bright carmine. 
1.50 
L'Etincelonte —8.4. Mid-season. Very large, cup-shaped 
flowers of bright pink, distinctly margined silver; centre 
stamens deepest yellow. 1.00 
Madeleine Gauthier —8.5. Early mid-season. An ex¬ 
quisitely beautiful flower, with petals of silvery flesh 
pink, surrounding golden stamens. 2.00 
Mafeking —8.2. Very large, deep ruby-red guards, with 
a great tuft of golden stamens in the centre. Wild 
mint fragrance . 1.00 
Marguerite Dessert —8.5. Mid-season. A beautiful white 
variety, with petals entirely powdered with minute 
carmine dots . 1.50 
Perle Blanc —8.4. Large, early-mid-season; broad, rounded, 
white petals, surrounding a large mass of golden-yellow 
stamens . 1.00 
Pacahantas —Late. A fine new rosy-red. 1.00 
Pride af Langpart —8.9. Large guard petals of pleasing 
pink, surrounding a centre of long yellow stamens; 
carpels light green, tipped pink. Best of its color. 
See color illustration. 1.50 
Velautine —Tall bright rose with silvery reflex. Strong 
upright stems. Charming variety. 1.00 
Vera —8.8. A new and rare variety, with immense flow¬ 
ers. Guard petals deep crimson, surrounding a thick 
ball of golden stamens. Early mid-season. 1.50 
Verdu n —Immense flowers with broad petals of rich crim¬ 
son-red, with a striking metallic reflex. 4.00 
Whitleyi Major —A magnificent blush color of unknown 
origin, with yellow centre. 1.00 
Wilbur Wright —8.0. Double row of deep crimson- 
maroon petals, surrounding an attractive centre of 
yellow stamens. Upright stems. 1.00 
Wild Rose —8.5. Large smooth white petals, thickly 
powdered with tiny rose-pink dots, with yellow stamens 
and crimsan carpels. Strong stems. Vigorous and very 
free flowering. Fragrant. 1.00 
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