HE STRAINS offered below are arranged roughly 
by season, beginning with the earliest. In my garden 
I have peonies for almost two months, beginning about 
May 5 with the earliest species and hybrids, and end- 
ing about July 5 with the last of the Chinese peonies 
and sometimes with belated blooms on P. lutea and its 
hybrids. Peony shipping season September and October. 
Transportation prepaid. Prices are indicated in the list. 
Cash should accompany orders. 
Directions for Planting 
Failures with peonies are more often due to bad 
planting than to poor roots. The ground should be pre- 
pared in advance and must be deeply dug. Two feet is 
not too much; 18 inches is a minimum, and the hole 
where the root is to be set should be filled with good 
friable loam. Some manure at the bottom will be to 
the good but it must not come into contact with the 
roots. These must be set not too deep. 
In the case of the herbaceous peonies, the buds 
should be placed so that they will be covered with two 
or three inches of soil. 
Tree peonies and the lutea hybrids should be plant- 
ed at the depth at which they have been growing. In 
grafted plants the union between the understock and 
the scion should be a couple of inches below the sur- 
face of the soil. 
At the best however peonies cannot be expected to 
give much bloom the first year after setting. 
