• THE COURT OF HONOR IN THE PEONY REALM • 
(best flower in the show) and in this very much larger 
show a much greater number of people were afforded 
the opportunity of seeing its beauty and appreciating 
its quality. 
^ Martha Bulloch 
The next variety which was placed in the COURT 
OF HONOR was IV^ARiTHA BULLC^CH, pink, a Brand 
variety, but this particular bloom was grown by Mr. A. 
B. Franklin and it was adjudged “the very best flower 
in the whole show”. This award undoubtedly pleased 
two of my very best friends, Mr. Brand for it was his 
origination and Mr. Franklin for it was a bloom from 
his garden. 
^ President Lincoln 
The next COURT OF HONOR variety was a new 
single Peony with two rows of very large petals of ex¬ 
cellent quality showing a rich dark red color. This 
variety was placed in the COURT OF HONOR because 
it was “the best single peony” (meaning one which has 
only one, two, or three rows of petals). Both its size and 
color were excellent and I am glad that Mr. Brand who 
originated and grew this particular peony selected the 
name PRESIDENT LINCOLN for it. It will be growing 
in many of our gardens in the near future. 
^ Tamate Boku 
The two following varieties, the last in the COURT 
OF HONOR, however, gave me more thrills than all the 
other six combined. One of them, the outstanding gem 
or jewel of the entire COURT OF HONOR was an old, 
old variety which I myself imported in 1916 and for 
which I paid Mr. Dessert in France only $2.00 and yet 
that variety, after twenty-four years in our gardens and 
shows, has risen in price from $2.00 so that in the year 
1937 I found it listed in eleven different catalogues at 
prices ranging from $7.00 to $15.00. The name of this 
variety is TAMATE BOKU, a pink and yellow Japanese 
variety of pure pink and pure yellow. I believe that a 
greater per cent of pure yellow is found in this bloom 
than in any other peony in our gardens. It is a very slow 
grower and a very late bloomer but an absolutely perfect 
landscape variety. I have, I believe, over one hundred 
plants of it, two or more years old, and at the end of 
