Prize-Winning Double Peonies 
This list contains only the very finest Peonies. No variety is included 
in this list unless it is officially rated at 80 or over, which is the official 
rating of the American Peony Society for “very good.” Most of them 
are rated 85 or better and about 50 of them are rated 90 or better. The 
five very highest rated varieties are included. They are Le Cygne 9.9, 
Therese 9.8, Kelway’s Glorious 9.8, Solange 9.7, and Mrs. A. M. Brand 
9.6. In fact, this collection includes ALL of the very finest and highest 
rated Peonies. 
Primevere—$1.50—Illustration Greatly Reduced 
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This list is not only made up from a quality standpoint as to varieties, 
but with the idea of furnishing good strong, sound roots that will give 
satisfaction to the most critical; roots that are healthy and rugged, free 
from disease and of strong flowering size, three to six eyes to a plant. 
Although printer’s ink costs money, and these descriptions must be 
necessarily brief, I have tried to give some idea of the character of each 
variety, for each Peony included in these collections is there because it 
has an individual beauty that is not duplicated in any other variety. 
The flowering season is also given, as this will help in selecting varieties 
that will extend the season into the longest limit possible. 
Peonies are easily grown almost anywhere in ordinary garden soil, 
the principal thing to remember in planting being to see that the eyes 
are not more than an inch or two below the surface. Too deep planting 
is the most common cause of failure to flower. The varieties here listed will all flower profusely, increasing in beauty from year to 
year and may be left undisturbed for 20 years. 
There are three distinct types of Peonies; Doubles, the large showy varieties with a multiplicity of petals; Singles, having one 
or more rows of petals, with a centre of stamens; and the Japanese type, in which these stamens have been developed into narrow 
petaloids, surrounded by one or more rows of guard petals, the Japanese type being somewhat like the singles, but more devel¬ 
oped. Each type has its special adherents; all are different, and each type adds something to the Peony Garden. 
To make it more convenient in selecting your order, I have grouped these three types separately. I trust you will enjoy reading 
the brief descriptions. 
FULL CULTURAL DIRECTIONS WILL ACCOMPANY ALL SHIPMENTS 
Adolphe Rousseau —8.5. Early midseason. Very large, dark, 
rich lustrous red; so deep that it looks almost black from 
a distance. One of the finest landscape varieties in its 
color. 75 
Alice Harding —9.5. Midseason. Considered by Lemoine as 
his best introduction. Flowers of refined form and texture, 
with delicate coloring and sweet fragrance. Creamy white, 
with soft pink guard petals, which are flushed darker on 
reverse. 3.00 
Philippe Rivoire—$1.75—Illustration Greatly Reduced 
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I pack and ship all Peony orders separately and prepay 
postage or expressage on orders for Peonies amounting 
to $2.00 or over. If Peony order is less than $2.00 please 
add 20c for packing and postage. 
Alsace-Lorraine— 8 . 8 . Late midseason. Pure waxy white, 
with a soft, creamy tone and a suggestion of brownish 
yellow at the base. One of the most exquisite of all Peonies. 
.75 
Auguste Dessert —8.7. Midseason. Intense velvety carmine, 
with a distinct silver border. A very handsome and distinct 
variety. 1.00 
Avalanche— 8.7. Late midseason. Winner of Grand Sweep¬ 
stakes North Dakota Peony Show, 1939. A magnificent, 
large, waxy, bluish-white. Makes a wonderful garden effect 
and equally fine as a specimen or show flower.50 
Baroness Schroeder —9.0. Late midseason. A large double 
flesh-white to soft pink, with a delicate rose fragrance. The 
very high rating tells its own story.75 
Cherry Hill — 8 . 6 . A very early glistening brilliant red, that 
stands out among all other reds. Awarded a Silver Medal 
by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.75 
Claire DuBois— 8 . 6 . Late. Very large, bright satiny-pink 
with a silvery sheen. Late flowering and best in its class. 
.75 
Cornelia Shaylor— 9.1. Late. FRAGRANT. An exquisite 
late soft rose. One of the best of its color, as the extremely 
high rating will indicate. Very tall strong stems. 1 .50 
David Ha rum— 8 . 6 . An indispensable midseason red, with 
strong stems that hold the flowers erect. One of the best 
reds for landscape effect. 1.00 
Denise— 9.0. Large, exquisite, fragrant, imbricated flowers 
of flesh-white, with centre flecked crimson.... . 2.50 
Doris Shaylor— 9.1. One of the highest rated pinks. A very 
lovely midseason variety. 1.00 
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