A Portion of 
Our Planting at 
Blossom Time 
Your Success Means 
Our Success 
I T IS with a great deal of pleasure we again send you 
our Peony list. While we have not seen the fruition of 
all our hopes and plans, we are deeply grateful for the 
success that we have had, and we come to you at this time 
with the feeling that in the very near future conditions will 
tend to become more stabilized. 
We are exerting every effort to produce the very best 
stock that is possible to grow, and in our thirty-six years’ 
experience we believe we have never had better stock to 
offer than we are offering this season. We feel sure that you 
will be more than pleased with the stock we will send you. 
Samuel Hill, a new single peony of exquisite beauty re¬ 
sembling a huge apple blossom, blooms are often eight to 
nine inches in diameter. This is one of the finest Peonies 
we have ever introduced. It blooms in mid-season. 
You are invited to visit our garden at blooming time. 
See several acres of beautiful blossoms from pure white to 
darkest red. The new Barbur Boulevard, S. W. Pacific 
Highway, runs through our planting 2*4 miles, S. W. of 
city limits. Also visit our show room at our residence, three 
blocks north and one block east of West Portland School. 
We want your good will and are willing to earn it, 
therefore we want you not only to be satisfied, but so well 
pleased that we will get inquiries from your friends, saying 
Berneche’s peony roots were recommended by you. 
We believe a spoken word of praise from a satisfied cus¬ 
tomer is the best advertisement possible. 
How to Plant 
PEONIES 
Spade soil 18 to 20 inches deep, if subsoil is 
poor remove and fill with top soil. Use bone meal, 
well mixed with soil. Now plant the roots so the 
eves are 2}4 to 3 inches below the surface after 
soil is level, pressing soil tight against the roots. 
DO NOT USE FRESH STABLE MANURE 
AT ANY TIME. Cultivate freely during the 
dry season. 
We begin shipping roots about September 10 
to 15, and do not ship Peonies in the Spring. 
Since most Peonies are planted in the fall, the 
late planter must necessarily take the leavings, no 
matter where he purchases. It is impossible to dig 
and divide Peonies in the spring without greatly 
injuring them. Fall is the natural time to plant, 
besides Peonies planted in the fall may reasonably 
be expected to bloom the following season. 
SUCCESSFUL GROWERS 
OF PEONIES 
FOR 36 YEARS 
