GEORGE W. PEYTON 
SCARCE PEONIES 
Many varieties are very scarce this year. Especially so are the following: 
Mattie Lafuze, Louise Lossing, Pink Dawn, Burma, Casablanca, Pico, Dolorodell, 
King Midas, Mandaleen, Ramona Lins, Moonglow, Gold standard, Mrs. Harry F. 
Little. Those desiring these varieties should order early in order to avoid dis- 
appointment. 
CORRESPONDENCE is invited about any variety that is named in this 
pamphlet, whether priced or not. It may be possible to obtain it. Also as my 
garden has many hundreds of varieties in it not here listed, I am generally able 
tc supply any variety in commerce. You are invited to send me your entire list 
for pricing. I may be able to save you money. I can certainly save you time 
and trouble in locating varieties. . 
MIXED PEONIES 
As I expect to move nearly all of my peonies this fall, I am offering mixed 
peonies as follows: 
Box No. 1 Rapidan, Virginia 
Unlabelled Labelled 
DONS LON terse eaten ee ee ee $3.00 $5.00 
Pwentyetiveatones rere ere ee ee, 7.25 12.50 
OIL EVEL ODM ee ee eee es 13.50 23.50 
OneERNNNGTeO MLO ry e352 eee ee et ee 25.00 45.00 
Delivery free. No warranty whatever is given with these roots. 
THE AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY 
Join the American Peony Society and receive four bulletins a year usually. 
A sample bulletin will be sent anyone interested. Annual dues are three dollars, 
which includes the bulletins. The dues run from January to December of each 
year. 
PEONIES IN 1948 
Note: No account of my trip nor comment on varieties by me will be pub- 
lished in the American Peony Society Bulletin this year. 
My trip began on June 5 and ended June 28. It extended from New York 
to Chicago with some intermediate stops and included the New York and Guelph 
shows. I was a guest in the hospitable homes of the Harold Robersons of Wood- 
bury, New Jersey, the Louis Smirnows of Great Neck, New York, the Ray Get- 
mans of Syracuse, Mrs. Harry F., Little of Camillus, New York, the Ernest I. 
Stahlys of Goshen, the R. H. Jones of Peru, Indiana, the Martin Rohes of Blue, 
Island, the A. L. Murawskas of River Grove, the Harry J. Mulls of Glen Ellyn, 
Illinois, Mr. William Brown, his son and daughter-in-law of Elora, Ontario, and 
Colonel and Mrs. J. C. Nicholls of Ithaca, New York. This also included a grand 
week-end with the Rohes and their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. William 
Pratt, at Lake Tippecanoe, Indiana. To these many friends I am deeply indebted 
for their unfailing kindness and hospitality, which included many automobile trips 
between destinations. It was as always one of the greatest pleasures of the trip 
to meet so many old friends. and make new acquaintances. It was especially 
pleasing to meet the daughter of my late friend, Mr. Lee R. Bonnewitz, Mrs. 
Alice Bonnewitz Caldwell of New York, and Professor Saunders’ daughter Olivia, 
whose efficient staging of her father’s extensive exhibit added so much to the 
New York Show. 
While some of the gardens visited were past their prime, some just starting 
and some just coming into their best, yet all contained many items of interest. 
Especially fine were the blooms of Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt in the Smirnow garden, 
the magnificent plants in the Little garden, the fine stock of many rare varieties 
at Mr. Stahyl’s, those beautiful blooms of Dorothy J. at Tuckdawa, the over-all 
show in Mr. Napier’s, the beautiful stock in Murawska’s and Mull’s, the glorious 
blooms in Mr. Brown’s, especially of his own seedlings Athelstane and Fairleigh, 
and the preview of the many fine things that may still be in store for those of 
us who live long enough for them to be propagated from the garden of Colonel 
Nicholls. 
