«8.8 MONS. MARTIN CAHUZAC 
7.8 MODESTE GUERIN 
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9.6 MRS. A. M. BRAND 
(Dessert) 
If you wish the darkest red Peony grown, order this one. Flowers 
medium to large, semi-rose type, with stamens. Color a deep 
maroon-red. It often comes semidouble until plants are well estab- 
lished. The plant is medium tall with strong, sturdy, upright 
stems. It comes into bloom early midseason and is a striking 
landscape variety. A Brand Division $1.50 
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A large, early midseason deep rose-pink with a rose fragrance. The 
type is the same as Mons. Jules Elie. Although an old variety it 
still retains its popularity. A Brand Division $1.00 
MRS. BRYCE FONTAINE (A. M. Brand) 
A midseason, rich dark crimson. It is darker than Longfellow but 
not the color of Mons. Martin Cahuzac. It is a flower of wonderful 
substance and holds up well after being cut and for this reason it 
makes a fine garden and also show flower. Although this variety 
is listed as new and few roots have been sold we have watched it 
year after year for over 16 years and we are willing to place it 
among the very best reds. A Brand Division $5.00 
GOLD 
1923 

(A. M. Brand) 
A pure glistening white coming into flower very late in the season. 
The flower is large, of perfect rose form, with large uniform petals 
of remarkable substance. This flower received the Gold Medal of 
the American Peony Society at St. Paul in 1923. The plant is 
medium tall with vigorous upright stems and beautiful dark green 
foliage. A Brand Division $3.00 
The following article appeared in the March, 1942, Peony Bulle- 
tin and with Mr. Bigger’s consent, we are using it in our catalog. 
THE PEONY “MYRTLE GENTRY” 
“If 1 was limited to one Peony I would, without hesitation, pick 
Myrtle Gentry. I have grown the variety since 1928 and in all the 
twelve blooming seasons I have yet to find even one serious fault with 
this variety. 
“The roots are always clean. The plant grows a fine green; stays 
green all season clear up to frost, and this one fact makes it a good 
grower. It has always been free from disease for me. It has been very 
consistent as a bloomer and blooms every year and every plant blooms. 
“The color is one of those melting pinks that can’t be beat. It fades 
a little in the sun, but after it fades it is still as pretty as it was before. 
“After you see the root; plant it and see it grow so well; bloom into 
as fine a flower as it does, then just smell it—and it will finish your 
opinion of it as being one of the best. 
“The fragrance is wonderful, and to sum up the variety, I vote it 
the most desirable in all the four hundred named and two hundred 
and fifty numbered seedlings that are growing in my planting. 
“To me, Myrtle Gentry is Mr. Brand’s masterpiece and if he had 
produced no other variety, he could certainly be proud of his work.” 
MYRON D. BIGGER, 
Topeka, Kansas. 

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Peonies which I purchased from you in the fall of 1940 came along. 
Every one of your late introductions is a perfect beauty. Joanne Fore- 
man was a lovely large pink, and Ruth Elizabeth had seven lovely 
blooms. W. E. Blanchette has blossoms which measured between 
eight and nine inches in diameter.” Hak.G. 
MRS. DEANE FUNK (A. M. Brand) 
A Walter-Faxon-pink coming into bloom early midseason. The 
flower resembles Phyllis Kelway and is one of the finest of all 
Peonies for use in decorative work in making up large baskets or 
vases of flowers. A distinct band of golden stamens lights up the 
entire flower and these stamens enclose a rosebud, cup-shaped cen- 
ter of large incurving petals. Magnificent in the show room. 
A Brand Division $3.00 
MRS. EUCLID SNOW (A. M. Brand) 
Flesh-pink. Plant of medium height, holding its blooms erect and 
well above clean light green foliage. Flowers open into a large 
cup-shaped bloom. Petals broad, long, and nicely notched at the 
ends. Color a deep flesh-pink with rays of deeper pink through the 
petals. A very attractive flower coming into bloom early mid- 
season. A Brand Division $5.00 
MRS. HARRIET GENTRY (A. M. Brand) 
A very late perfect rose type white. Petals are very large, of the 
purest glistening white. Deep in the center of the flower you will 
find a touch of that peculiar pinkish tint for which Solange is 
famous. This is one of our latest white Peonies to bloom and is 
one of the most refined flowers in this list. A Brand Division $3.00 
MRS. J. H. NEELEY (Dr. J. H. Neeley) 
A late flowering blush-white shading to white with a greenish re- 
flex at the base of petals. Center petals enlivened with yellowish 
pink or salmon tones that are attractively different. A new variety 
that seems destined to earn a place among the truly great Peonies. 
A Brand Division $5.00 
MRS. JOHN M. KLEITSCH (A. M. Brand) 
A tall, very late deep pink with exceedingly strong, heavy stems 
and large deep green foliage. The petals are long, broad, pointed, 
and of great substance. A fragrant flower of deep rose type. When 
you think the Peony season is over, Mrs. John M. Kleitsch comes 
along to top off the season. Too late to appear in many shows, 
but won first prize as the best flower in the entire show at St. Paul 
in 1928. A Brand Division $2.50 
NEWS FROM THE SOUTH 
Mrs. John M. Kleitsch made only two flowers as a two-year-old, but 
one of them was fine; and what a darling shade of pink this one is. 
MRS. J. V. EDLUND (J. V. Edlund) 
This is a large pure white flower of most perfect form. In voting 
off the tie with Hansina Brand at the Toronto National Show, this 
flower was awarded best flower in the show. It is a late, large pure 
white that is in bloom with Blanche King, Genevieve, Mrs. A. M. 
Brand, and Mrs. Frank Beach. It is one of the very finest of all 
Peonies. A Brand Division $5.00 
MRS. ROMAINE B. WARE (A. M. Brand) 
A fragrant light pink coming into bloom midseason. The flower 
is medium large, rose type, with a delightful rose fragrance. The 
plant is medium tall with strong, slender stems that hold the flowers 
well erect. Returning from the National Show at Boston, I stopped 
with my good friend Harry F. Little. Mrs. Romaine B. Ware was 
in full bloom. Of this wonderful flower Mr. Little said: “I think 
this one of the daintiest of all Peonies.” A Brand Division $2.00 
MRS. ROWLAND (Brand) 
We need new shades and colors in Peonies and this new introduc- 
tion of ours is distinctly different from all others. In color it is a 
peculiar shade of a deep rich red-purple. The flower is rose type 
with large, beautifully arranged petals. We named this Peony 
for a pioneer Minnesota woman who went through the terrible 
days of the Indian Massacre at New Ulm, Minnesota. If you are 
looking for something entirely different, you will find it in this 
new variety. A Brand Division $7.50 
MRS. CHARLES MAYO (A. M. Brand 1944) 
A beautifully high built double white. The flower is nicely formed 
with a purity of color as the driven snow. We have named several 
of our Peonies for members of the staff of the famous Rochester 
Minnesota Clinic who have done so much to further the interest 
of the Peony in their city. On one of their many trips to our 
fields during the blooming season, we showed them this fine white 
seedling and at their suggestion we named the variety in honor 
of the wife of one of the famous founders of the clinic. 
A Brand Division $10.00 







Regina, Sask., Canada, 
July 13, 1942. 
“T thought I would drop you a few lines to let you know how the 

