SINGLE JAPANESE AND CHINESE PAEONIAS 
A type not very generally known, but awakening great interest and 
enthusiasm. The opened flowers are of extra wide spread, with one or 
more layers of broad guard petals which act as a cup to the mounted 
center. In place of the pollen-bearing stamens, the stamens and an¬ 
thers are greatly enlarged into narrow, thick, twisted petaloids of various 
colors, forming a dense cushion. 
Camille Each $1.00, Doz, $10.00 
Clear violet-red; a lovely kind. Strong grower and blooms very freely. 
Clairette Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
Pure white, very large and a strong grower, giving many blooms. 
Dai-jo-Kuhan Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
A wonderful Japanese Peony. The large flowers are deep rose paling 
at the edges with bright yellow crest. 
Emma Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
Lilac dark pink. Two rows of perfectly shaped, round petals. Very large 
flower. 
Eva Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
Bright, light lilac-crimson. Very lively shade. Large, round petals. Free 
bloomer. Short stems. Unsurpassed for landscaping. 
Francoise Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
Bright rose. Two rows of petals. Center composed of petaloids which, 
when the flower opens, are of a yellowish white shade, edged yellow. 
While the flower develops, the petaloids take on the same shade as the 
guard petals. An excellent variety. 
Jacqueline Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
Glittering pure white. A most lovely and desirable variety, reminds one 
of a cluster of Water Lilies. Good strong grower. 
La Fraicheur Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
Substantial clear blush-white. Splendid for cutting and garden use. 
Most attractive in the hardy border. Very free flowering and long 
lasting. 
L’Etincelante Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
Semi-double to single in appearance with petals deep rose, inner petals 
pale rose, white at edges, golden crest of stamens. Large striking 
blooms. 
Lucienne Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
Pure white with purple reflex. Most striking garden sort; very rugged 
variety. 
Mikado Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
The Peony shown at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893 by the Japanese 
Government. A rich red with long, rounded petals of brilliant red sur¬ 
rounding a great dome of golden staminodes. Exceedingly brilliant. 
Nagasaki Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Light pink, dark foliage and robust growth. Excellent in the border. 
Nymphe Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
Bright flesh-pink. Large flowers. Golden stamens. A very fine variety. 
Oitmatsu Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Opens very light pink and changing to pure white. Two rows of petals 
of which the inner row is somewhat shorter than the outside row. The 
petaloids are yellowish white with little pink tips. 
Oki-No-Nami Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
("Waves in the far-off sea.") Tall, free-flowering* and showy. Pale 
Hydrangea-pink, rippled on white; with full, fine cut center of peach- 
pink and cream. 
“Rose of Nippon” Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
A wonderfully free bloomer, a persisfent moss of brilliant 6-inch flow¬ 
ers. Very deep rose, the broadly prominent center darkened by carmine, 
and illumined by countless starpoints of both silver and gold. Many 
centers are slightly tufted. 
I^uigggno Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
Clear red. Two rows of petals. Golden petaloids. A variety of great 
substance and very beautiful. 
Shi-Pen-Kue Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
Round petals, with thick golden petaloids. This is the nearest to blue in 
Peonies. 
Taikoon Each $1.00, Doz. $10.00 
Blood-red. Most striking against a dark background. 
Yeso Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
Pure white. Two rows of petals which stand out straight. The petaloids 
lie straight, are narrow at the base and become wider towards the end. 
The tips of these are tinted salmon. Very unusual. 
PAEONIA OFFICINALIS (Early Peony) 
Officinalis Albo Pleno Each $1.25, Doz. $12.50 
Double white. 
Officinalis Rosea Superba Each $0.85, Doz. $8.50 
Brilliant deep rose-pink fragrant flowers; one of the earliest to bioom. 
Officinalis Rubra FI. PI. Each $0.75, Doz. $7.50 
The old-fashioned early red, that even in our latitude blooms before 
Decoration Day. 
Officinalis Temiifolia FI. PI. Each $1.50, Doz. $15.00 
The fern-leaved Peony. Deep crimson flowers. Early, precedes Officinalis 
Rubra fl. pi. For rock gardens and perennial borders. 
BOTANICAL PEONIES 
Corallina Each $2.M 
Blooms in early May in Ohio. Light carmine-rose flowers, followed by 
pretty seed-pods. 
Laciniata Each $3.50 
Sparkling red flower, foliage laciniated. Blooms in early May. A good 
landscape variety. 
Lobata Each $3.50 
Rather small globe-shaped flower of unusual glowing salmon-scarlet, 
suffused orange. Very unique coloring and difficult to describe. Grows 
15 to 18 inches high. Blooms early. 
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PAEONIA MOUTAN - Chinese Tree Peonies 
The Tree Peony is really one of the finest plants available for the gar¬ 
den. It is quite hardy, and does well under the simplest treatment. 
It flourishes in the most astonishing manner, bearing blossoms from 6 
to 8 inches across, which increase every year in beauty and size. They 
are a grand addition to the garden, as they do not die down to the 
ground like the herbaceous sorts, but make fine bushes 3 to 4 feet in 
height, covered every spring with elegant flowers. 
Culture. In the nursery they are grown unprotected and often have to 
stand temperatures of 10 to 15 degrees below zero. It is advisable, 
however, to avoid wind-swept locations and to protect the early bloom 
buds in cose of late spring frosts. The south or east side of a planting 
of evergreens, shrubs, wall, or building, is a very good location for Tree 
Peonies. Mulching is advisable the first winter after transplanting. Apply 
mulch of light material after the ground is frozen solid. Any good well- 
drained garden soil is satisfactory. Never cut bock the woody branches. 
Archiduc Ludovico Each $3 j00 
Enormous wide flower, double, flesh-pink, turning soft lilac. 
Athlete Each $4.00 
Immense double flower of fine glazed mauve, shaded rose; vigorous and 
prolific grower. Blooms very freely. 
Banksi Each $3.00 
Semi-double; pale lilac-rose. A very free-flowering variety and easily 
grown. 
Chromatella Each $20M) 
This striking novelty is a sport from the beautiful variety Souvenir de 
Moxime Cornu. Color, a pure sulphur-yellow without any shade of 
salmon or buff. The flower is full double. One of the choicest plants 
for the garden in existence. 
Comtesse de Tuder Each $4.00 
Lively salmon, petals tipp>ed satiny white; fine full double flower; free 
bloomer. Lovely sparklingly variety. 
La Lorraine Each $15.00 
A cross between Peony Lutea and a variety of Peony Moutan. Large, 
well-expanded full double flowers of good substance; the petals nearly 
imbricated, being of a soft sulphur-yellow with a salmon tinge when 
opening, becoming lighter and purer when fully expanded. (Award^ a 
work of Art at the Paris Horticultural Exhibition in 1909, awarded first- 
class silver medal at the Ghent Quiquennial Exhibition 1913, first-class 
certificate from the Floral Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
May 14, 1913). A true jewel for the garden. 
Mme. de Vatry Each $4.00 
Very large globular bloom; satiny pink, shaded lilac, vigorous grower. 
Reine Elizabeth Each $5.00 
Flower perfect in shape, vivid salmon-pink. A brilliant color; considered 
amongst the finest of all double Tree Peonies. A-1 plant. 
Souvenir de Ducher Each $4.00 
Large, globular bloom; bright reddish violet with silvery reflex. 
Souvenir de Maxime Cornu Each $12.00 
A vigorous variefy, raised by L. Henry at the Paris Museum from Peony 
Lufea hybridized with Peony Moutan, Ville de Saint-Denis. It forms a 
bush 3 to 4 feet high with abundant and healthy foliage, every stem 
carries 2 or 3 full flowers, 8 inches or more across, with crowned and 
wrinkled petals, of a deep yellow, heavily shaded orange. 
Surprise Each $10.00 
A tall vigorous variety; flowers carried by sfrong stalks, very large and 
full; the color is a combination of straw-yellow, pale salmon and rosy 
purple, of a very novel character. Fragrant. 
All Tree Peonies are furnished growing in 5-inch pots. This permits 
their handling in late spring without damoge. These pot-grown plants 
establish quickly and usually bloom from the second year otter planting. 
Tree Peony, Reine Elizabeth 
