

Alice Harding—9.5. Mid-season. Considered 
by Lemoine as his best introduction. Flow- 
ers 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. 
Baroness Schroeder—9.0. Late mid-season. 
A large double flesh-white to soft pink, 
with a delicate rose fragrance. The very 
high rating tells its own story. 75c. 
Doris Shaylor—9.1. One of the highest rated 
an A very lovely mid-season variety. 
E. B. Browning—9.1. Late. Very fragrant 
extra large, creamy-white with soft yellow 
Sonne its depths. A magnificent variety. 
E. C. Shaw—9.1. A delightful fragrant clear 
soft-rose. Very large flowers. Late bloomer. 
Extra fine. $1.25. 
Festiva Maxima—9.3. Large, early, pure 
milk-white with a few crimson flecks at the 
centre. Perfect rose type. 50c. 
Frances Willard—9.1. A constant prize 
winner. Very large fragrant blush-white 
when first open, changing to pure white. 
Late mid-season. $1.00. 
Frankie Curtis—9.3. A very large, perfect 
bomb type, with collar of large prominent 
guard petals, surrounded by a perfect 
chrysanthemum-like centre. Opens delicate 
flesh, changing to pure white with a pink 
blush down in the heart of the petals. 
Mid-season. $2.50. 
Grace Loomis—9.2. A very handsome large, 
fragrant white with lemon tints reflected in 
the centre. Prof. Saunder’s finest introduc- 
tion. Late. $2.00. 
Hansina Brand—9.1. Fine large deep flowers 
of dark flesh-pink, shading deeper at the 
base, with a lovely salmon glow through- 
out. $3.50. 
Jeannot—9.2. One of the very finest. Large 
globular rose-type flower of delicate flesh- 
pink, softly tinted lavender, lighted salmon- 
pink at base of petals. Late. A superb land- 
scape variety. $1.50. 
John M. Good—9.3. Large globular rose- 
type flowers of purest white. Perfect in 
plant and flower. Late mid-season. $2.00. 
Kelway’s Glorious—9.8. Ties with Therese 
as the second highest rated Peony. Im- 
mense flowers of rose-type, creamy white 
rose fragrance. No other Peony of such 
perfect form, Mid-season. $1.50. 
Lady Alexandra Duff—9.1. One of the very 
best Peonies both for landscape and garden 
planting. Delightfully fragrant. Large flat, 
semi-rose flowers of varying form, all but 
the terminal flower usually being beautiful 
saucer shaped discs. Soft pink and white. 
Mid-season. 75c. 
Le Cygne—9.9. The highest rated Peony and 
fully justifies its distinction. Very large, 
early ivory-white without the slightest trace 
of any other color. Exquisitely fragrant. 
Perfect rose type. A perfect bloom to every 
stem, Early. $2.50. 
Mabel L. Franklin—9.0. Very large, brilliant 
rose-pink with pronounced lemon fragrance. 
aa ee rie masterpiece, Mid-season. 
Martha Bullock—9.1. A mammoth flower 
sometimes measuring up to 12 inches in 
diameter. A fine landscape variety and a 
great ‘“‘show’”’ flower. Color silvery-shell 
pink at the centre, deepening to a deep 
ere ns Exquisite rose-fragrance. Late. 
Matilda Lewis—9.0. A large, rich dark 
crimson—nearly as dark as Mons. Martin 
Cahuzac, but redder. Late mid-season. 
$3.50 
Milton Hill—9.0. This late flowering variety 
is one of the very finest Peonies in exist- 
ence, either for the landscape or garden 
effect, or as a cut flower. It leaves nothing 
to be desired in a lovely pink Peony, of the 
greatest refinement. Very fragrant. $1.00. 
Mme. Jules Dessert—9.4. As will be noticed 
this rates close to the top. Delicate flesh- 
pink shading to creamy-white with a golden 
glow at the centre, reflected from the golden 
stamens. Late mid-season. $1.00. 
TOP-RATING 
PEONTES 
EMEMBER in planning your garden, and with special reference to Peonies, that no Peony 
in this list has an American Peony Society Rating below 9.0—which is a very high 
official score. Unattainable perfection in a Peony would win a rating of 10. which never 
has been known. 9.0 means very superior quality; 8.5 is exceedingly good; 8.0 is high quality; 
7.5 is held to be creditable; and only those rated under 7.5 are considered poor. But let me repeat: 
there is no Peony in this list rated 7.5 or 8.0 or 8.5, but only those rated 9.0 to 9.9. In fact every 
Peony rated above 9.0 is to be found with this group. 
If your house and grounds and gardens are said to reflect the aura of ‘“class,’’ you can best 
maintain such an enviable reputation by keeping well up to your own standards, and these officially 
rated Peonies furnish an example of what ‘certified quality” really means. At present our five 
most highly approved varieties are ‘Le Cygne,” rated 9.9—so close to perfection!—then ‘‘Therese,”’ 
rated 9.8; ‘“Kelway’s Glorious’ 9.8; “Solange” 9.7; and “Mrs. A. M. Brand”’ 9.6. 
No investment for your garden will fetch you more satisfying returns than one for Peonies of 
the quality we maintain. Left undisturbed, perhaps almost neglected in the matter of scientific 
care, these plants will work out their own destiny and show marvelous growth and improvement 
for as long a period as a score of years or more, practically on their own! 
Botanists in studying the family trees of some of the proud and haughty clans of the garden, 
have definitely traced the Peony’s ancestry to the modest, shy, and highly respectable buttercup 
of the pastures and meadows; but sophistication and an exalted social position have wrought 
amazing transformations in the buttercup’s city cousins. Under the patient, untiring, and de- 
termined attention of horticulturists, the Peonies have attained Royal Rank in the garden, and 
they are accorded Royal honors and consideration wherever they may appear in the company of 
horticultural distinction. Make your selections carefully from our list, giving thought and due 
weight to your preferences in color and form, and if you plant them with due care, and show them 
a proper respect, you may be reasonably certain of having a garden without regrets, and a family 
possession that may become a veritable heirloom. 

Longfellow—9.0. A bright crimson variety that is a constant prize-winner and equally attrac- 
tive in the garden. Mid-season. $1.00. 
Mons. Jules Elie—9.2. Early. Although we 
sell this highly rated variety at a low price 
it is one of the largest and most striking 
of the pink Peonies, being a gigantic flower 
of perfect crown type, the centre being like 
a large show Chrysanthemum, with large 
prominent guard petals. Early flowering 
and has a pleasing fragrance. See color 
illustration front cover. 75c. 
Mrs. A. M. Brand—9.6. One of the five 
highest rated Peonies. One of the most re- 
markable Peonies ever introduced. Re- 
ceived the Gold Medal of the American 
Peony Society for its superior merit. Very 
large, perfect rose-form, pure white through- 
out and exquisitely fragrant. $3.00. 
Mrs. C. S. Minot—9.2. Very large flesh-pink 
with coppery tints. Extra fine. Late. $1.50. 
Mrs. Edw. Harding—9.3. This variety sold 
for $100.00 not long ago. It is a very large 
handsome pure white with delicate golden 
reflection from the concealed stamens. Mid- 
season. $1.25. 
Myrtle Gentry—9.1. Late mid-season. A 
beautiful and refined flower and one of the 
very finest of all Peonies. Color rosy-white, 
suffused with tints of flesh and salmon. 
Pleasing fragrance. $2.00. 
Nancy Dolman—4¥.1. Late. A huge bloom, 
so full and compact that it usually requires 
10 days to fully develop after the bud first 
begins to open. AWARDED A SILVER 
MEDAL BY THE GARDEN CLUB OF 
AMERICA. Color a beautiful soft pink 
throughout. $2.00. 
Philippe Rivoire—9.2. Richly rose scented, 
early, very dark crimson with blackish 
sheen. The American Peony Society has 
declared this as the best red Peony in the 
world. True rose-type of perfectly sym- 
metrical form, without any sign of sta- 
mens. The bright velvety crimson color 
holds without fading throughout the life 
of the flower. Has a delightful rose fragrance 
which is rare in red Peonies. A magnificent 
landscape variety. $1.50. 
President Wilson—9.3. A magnificent full 
rose-type flower that opens soft rose-pink 
changing to shell pink. Has a rich spicy 
fragrance. One of the best landscape varie- 
ties. Late blooming. Recently sold for 
$30.00. $1.50. 
Solange—9.7. Third highest rating. Coffee 
and cream color. Just put a lot of cream in 
your coffee and you have the color. No 
other Peony like it. Perfect rose-type. Late 
flowering. $1.00. 
Souv. de Louis Bigot—9.1. One of the most 
distinct of all pink varieties. Very large 
fragrant rose-type flowers with fringed 
petals of bright Bengal-rose, slightly tinged 
carmine at the base, changing to salmon- 
toa with a silvery reflex. Late mid-season. 
1.00. 
Therese—9.8, The second highest rated 
Peony and considered the world’s best pink. 
Very large rose-type with a delightful fra- 
grance. Equally fine for landscape or show 
purposes. Mid-season. $1.00. 
Tourangelle—9.4. Late. One of the most 
beautiful and delicate of all Peonies. Large 
fragrant pearly white with a tan and pink 
suffusion. $1.00. 
Walter Faxon—9.3. One of the finest of all 
Peonies. Soft coral-pink shaded lighter at 
the ends of the petals and deeper rose-pink 
at the base. Delightfully fragrant. A superb 
show flower. Mid-season. $1.00. 
NOTICE 
Payment may be made by check, 
money order, cash, or stamps. If 
cash or stamps are sent the letter 
should be registered. | do not make 
any C. O. D. shipments, as | have 
never found the practice satisfac- 
tory, to the customer or to myself. 
All shipments will be made by ex- 
press. The small charges to be paid 
by the purchaser on receipt of the 
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