
Reine Hortense (See page 14) 
More About the Peony, Myrtle Gentry 
By Myrtle Gentry 
Years ago when I selected this fine pink as the flower I liked 
best of all from our seedling field, I had no idea that flower 
lovers all over the country would find a place for me in their 
gardens. When I read the Peony Bulletins issued by the Amer- 
‘ican Peony Society and note what others say of my perform- 
ance in their gardens from North to South, from East to West 
and I also note the many prizes I have won, I have come to 
the conclusion I really made a wise choice. 
FROM THE NORTH 
At the National Show held at Guelph, Ont., Canada, in June, 1948, 
Myrtle Gentry was judged the best double flower in the class of 
medium pinks. 
FROM THE SOUTH 
Cordova, Ala. 
Peony Bulletin, June, 1945. 
“Myrtle Gentry is a great Peony with the best stems of any variety 
in my garden. It is one of the best varieties that I have ever grown.” 
FROM THE EAST 
Yonkers, N. Y., 
Dec. 1, 1941. 
“Of all the fine Peonies in my garden—and there are well over one 
hundred varieties—-I believe I really get more satisfaction from Myrtle 
Gentry than from any other. Its exquisite beauty, combined with its 
regular dependability both 1s a garden subject and a cut flower. leave 
little to be desired.” 
FROM THE WEST 
Tigard, Oregon. 
“If Mr. Brand could see some of the specimen blooms on Myrtle 
Gentry, it would warm his heart. The climate here brings out the 
color beautifully.” 
8.8 NYMPHAEA (Thurlow) 
Large flat flowers with wide, silky petals of delicate creamy white, 
notched at tips, edges somewhat rolled; yellow stamens in center 
reflect a golden light throughout. Fragrant. Early midseason. 
Remindful of a Waterlily only much larger and more beautiful 
than any Waterlily we have ever seen. Very refined; a real addi- 
tion to our growing list of good Peonies. More semi-double than 
Rose type. A Brand Division $1.00 
ODILE (Doriat) 
A fine, tall, late light pink that will attract your attention either in 
the field or the show room. It has much the same color as Touran- 
gelle but the flower has more substance and the plant is more 
thrifty. A Brand Division $3.00 
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8.8 PHOEBE CARY (Brand) 
A very late pale, old-rose-pink, darkening toward the center. The 
plant is very tall with strong stems and good light green foliage. 
The flower is Rose type, slightly cup-shaped, with large, broad 
petals. A desirable late variety that always opens well. 
A Brand Division $1.50 
From the American Peony Society Bulletin 
for December, 1947 
With 213 Peony plants in my garden, Phoebe Cary is now the 
most numerous; eight in all, and well distributed in all parts of the 
garden. This wonderful pink is such a fine performer that I am 
interested in multiplying it further, just to have more blooms of 
Phoebe Cary for fragrant bouquets. 

8.8 PHYLLIS KELWAY 
A very large, loosely built rose-pink, coming into bloom mid- 
season. The center petals are very large and broad. The center 
petals are intermingled with bright golden stamens. This is a 
flower that is liked by all who see it. This fine pink and Susan 
White make a fine combination, as they are the same type but 
differ in color. Red Goddess makes a fine red with these two. 
A Brand Division $1.50 
(Kelway ) 
8.9 PRESIDENT COOLIDGE (A. M. Brand) 
A fine late pink, remarkable both as a show flower and landscape 
variety. The flowers are large and of a rather uniform lavender- 
pink. The blooms are carried well above the foliage on strong 
stiff stems. The prominent guard petals stand out from the rest of 
the flower. A Brand Division $3.00 
R. A. NAPIER (A. M. Brand) 
This is a Peony we are especially proud of. After watching its per- 
formance over a long period in both seed beds and fields, we sent 
out the first roots in 1939. We have always thought a vase of per- 
fectly developed Tourangelle was about the last word in Peonies. 
In R. A. Napier, we have a Peony of practically the same form and 
color, a Peony that might easily be mistaken for Tourangelle. But 
Tourangelle seldom comes good in Minnesota while R. A. Napier 
is good every year. A Brand Division $5.00 
In the Court of Honor which calls for the best blooms in any Show, 
R. A. Napier was chosen the best light pink double at the National Show 
held in Guelph, Ontario, in 1948. 
Peony, R. A. Napier 
Taken from the Flower Grower, 1944 
If you ever saw a really well-grown flower of Peony Tourangelle, 
you probably thought (and perhaps rightly), you had seen the utmost 
in Peony beauty; if you lived in northern Michigan, that blessed event 
rarely happened, though, for Tourangelle seldom does well here. 
R, A. Napier is essentially a husky Tourangelle, with the same inde- 
scribable beauty of flower—salmon shaded, delicate rose over pearly 
white. That, at least, is my opinion after watching the plant during 
the past few years in the garden of a friend. 
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