The Bonnewitz Peony Gardens : Van Wert, Ohio 
good or better growth than a much 
larger root which is given only the usual 
attention. 
Peonies are planted in the fall, but I am sending 
this leaflet to you now in order to awaken an extra 
amount of interest in the PEONY BLOOM YOU WILL 
SEE IN JUNE. I will be glad to send you also my 
latest Peony Catalogue so that you may read about the 
most beautiful peonies in the world. 
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Away back in 1918, Mr. E. J. Shaylor, a famous 
peony man, won a one hundred dollar prize for the best 
new peony ever originated in the United States with one 
of his new seedlings named MRS. EDWARD HARDING. 
Two years later in 1920 I sold five divisions of this new 
variety at $100.00 each. 
But last season I sold one eye divisions of this 
famous one hundred dollar peony at 50 cents each. 
PHILIPPE RIVOIRE for twenty years has been the best 
and highest rated red peony in the world, and last sea¬ 
son I sold one eye divisions of it at 75 cents each. 
I attended my first National Peony Show in 1916, 
twenty-four years ago. It was held in New York City 
and KELWAY’S GLORIOUS at $40.00 each, was, in my 
judgment, next to JUBILEE the very finest peony I had 
ever seen. But both JUBILEE and KELWAY’S GLO¬ 
RIOUS are in my one eye division list at 50 cents each. 
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If you will ask for my catalogue 
now, I will send with it a list of seventy- 
five or more high grade peonies which 
are sold in this one eye division size. 
The catalogue will help you get acquainted with 
MRS. EDWARD HARDING, PHILIPPE RIVOIRE, 
KELWAY’S GLORIOUS and JUBILEE. 
LEE R. BONNEWITZ, Owner 
THE BONNEWITZ PEONY GARDENS 
VAN WERT, OHIO 
