Wert peony growers and this is how I did it. 
In one of our peony visits, Miss Anderson had 
told me that Mr. E. J. Shaylor of Auburndale, 
Mass., not only knew more about peonies than 
any other person in America, but that he had 
in his garden finer varieties than could be found 
anywhere else. I wrote to him and at my request 
he told me that the following eight varieties 
were the very best ones in his garden: LE JOUR, 
PHILIPPE RIVOIRE, ALMA, FRANCES 
SHAYLOR, KELWAY’S EXQUISITE, KEL- 
WAY’S GLORIOUS, MARY W.SHAYLOR AND 
WILLIAM F. TURNER and that he would fur- 
nish a five-eye division of each of them for 
$94.00. 
I sent him my check and when the package 
arrived I took it with me to Miss Anderson’s 
home and taking out my knife I opened the pack- 
age, showed her the roots and said, ‘“‘You have 
told me that Mr. Shaylor has the best varieties 
of peonies in America and he tells me that these 
varieties are the best in his garden and I now 
offer you a division of each of these eight var- 
ieties for a division of JUBILEE.” Yes the trade 
was made then and there and in three years, that 
JUBILEE had won for me in the National Show 
of the American Peony Society held in Phila- 
delphia in June, 1917, the coveted prize for the 
10 very best blooms in the show. 
When Mr. Shaylor heard that JUBILEE had 
attained peony fame, he wrote me that he had in 
his garden a peony he had grown from seed 
which produced better flowers than had been ex- 
hibited in any Peony show. He said he would fur- 
nish me a large division of it for $30.00 (if I re- 
member correctly). When the root arrived it 
was a large healthy one with six eyes. I will never 
forget the glorious half hour or more I spent in 
converting that one large six-eye division into six 
one-eye divisions. 
The name on the label of the plant was SHAY- 
LOR’S NO. 35 and of course I was careful to mark 
my stake where the roots were planted with the 
same name and number. The 1918 peony show 
was held in Cleveland and while I was out to 
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