Snyder Bros. (Inc.), Center Point, Iowa Peonies 
PEONIES 
Peony plants should be good for several decades, so it is poor judgment to 
start with unnamed, poorly rated, or discarded varieties simply because they 
are cheapest when so many highly rated superior kinds can be had for but a 
few cents more. Planting too deep, fertilizing too heavily, or cutting the tops 
too soon after flowering are probable causes of unsatisfactory results with 
peonies. 
Peonies may be planted in any good garden soil, not too shaded, and the 
buds should not be covered more than two inches. Bone meal may be used 
about them and some complete commercial fertilizer applied with caution. 
A stock of all the more expensive varieties is not kept in storage for late 
spring planting, so any orders for them which come too late for spring digging 
wil be held until September, which is the next season for planting Peonies. 
The figures after the price of each variety is its rating by the American 
Peony Society. The old rating system is used and on a basis of 10.0 being 
perfect. The prices are for strong standard divisions of 3-5 eyes or buds. 
Other sizes furnished on this basis. 
ADDIELANCHEA, 175c, 8.8: Creamy-white, base of petals yellow, late fragrant. 
ADOLPHE ROUSSEAU, 50c, 8.5: Dark lustrous red shaded maroon with yellow 
stamens. Tall, early, very large. 
ALICE HARDING, $2.50, 9.5: Delicate flesh pink. Very fine new kind. 
ASA GRAY, 50c, 8.1: Mid-season, pale pink with carmine dots, fragrant. 
AVALANCHE, 50c, 8.7: Late, very fine blush white. Extremely productive. 
BARONESS SCHOEDER, 50c, 9.0: Late, flesh color fading white, fragrant. 
CHERRY HILL, 60c, 8.6: Very early, rich dark crimson, yellow stamens. 
CHESTINE GOWDY, 60c, 8.4: Large, late, outer petals pink, collar creamy- 
white, center pink, streaked crimson. Excellent fragrance. 
CLAIRE DUBOIS, 50c, 8.7: Tall, late, fine pink with glossy reflex. 
CORNELIA SHAYLOR, 1%5c, 9.1: Tall, late, flesh-white, darker center, fragrant. 
COURONNE D’ OR, 50c, 8.1: Late, white with yellow stamens. 
E. B. BROWNING, 5c, 9.2: Large, very late, white tinged pink at first. 
ENCHANTERESSE, 50c, 8.9: Very late, creamy-white. Very large, faintly fra- 
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