lunch the premiums were awarded, and on my 
return I found more excitement than I had en- 
countered at either of my two National Peony 
Shows in New York and Philadelphia. I finally 
discovered that for several years there had been 
a One Hundred Dollar prize offered for a new 
peony grown from seed which the judges should 
decide is better than any other peony -that had 
been originated in America. My informant took 
me to a display of white double peonies, to which, 
he told me, had just been awarded that particular 
One Hundred Dollar prize. 
Now there was of course a label on that prize- 
winning variety, and when I lifted that label, 
what name do you suppose I found upon it. No, 
of course it would not be fair to ask you to guess, 
but was I surprised when in big bold letters and 
figures I saw “SHAYLOR’S NO. 35.” Of course 
I told all my friends and acquaintances at the 
show that in my garden at home I had six one 
year plants of the SHAYLOR’S NO. 35. 
Two years later at Reading in Pennsylvania 
JUBILEE again took the prize for the best 10 
blooms in the show and a month later I sent out 
a little four page printed folder about 3 x 5 inches 
in size in which I listed about twenty-five or more 
of my choicest varieties. Of course SHAYLOR’S 
NO. 85 to which was given the name MRS. 
EDWARD HARDING, led the list. When I se- 
lected a price for it I decided that any peony 
which on its very first show could win a $100.00 
prize should be worth at least as much as its prize 
and so I listed all five of the 5-eye divisions at 
5100.00 each and all five of them were sold at 
that price. I believe these were the first peony 
divisions advertised and sold for $100.00 each. 
I have written this true story so that some of 
the new members of the Peony Society may 
know that $100.00 peonies have been grown from 
one-eye divisions. 
PARCEL POST 
Here is the scale of parcel post prices on packages this year. 
The charges on one division of any size (or root of any size) 
will be 10c. The charges on two roots or divisions will be 12c, 
on three roots or divisions 14¢c, on four roots or divisions 1l6c, 
and one cent for each additional root or division. 
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