CHOICE PEONIES for FALL PLANTING 
These varieties are scarce and if you wish plants, your order should be in our office by September Ist. 
DOROTHY J (Jones) 9.4 
A beautiful new Pe- 
ony that was dis- 
played at the Na- 
tional Show at Roch- 
ester, Minn., in 1940, 
where it was awarded 
the Society's Silver 
Medal. This variety 
was also awarded the 
American Home 
Achievement Medal 
by the American 
Home Magazine. It is 
a large, deeply built, 
globular flower with 
quite prominent guard 
petals which give it 
wonderful form. It is 
not so closely built 
that it appears heavy. 
A beautiful soft even 
shade of delicate lav- 
ender-pink. We be- 
lieve this is one of 
the coming flowers. 
A Brand Division 
$15.00 
9.5 ELLA LEWIS (Lewis) 
A beautiful new pink that will take the country by storm when 
better known. There is very little stock of this variety and we 
feel very fortunate in being able to offer it at all. A deeply built 
flower of medium size in an even pure shade of salmon-pink. 
Deeper in shade than Marie Crousse, and a purer pink than: Walter 
Faxon. Good plant habit. A Brand Division $10.00 
Taken from September, 1941, Peony Bulletin 
“The winner of the best light pink and the runner-up for the best 
flower in the Show was ELLA LEWIS. All who saw it were struck with 
its fine form and beautiful coloring. This is another of the very scarce 
ones that are so hard to obtain.” 
9.4 ELSA SASS (H. P. Sass) 9 2 
A lovely late white with a light salmon flush in the center. The j 
strong stiff stems hold the attractive blooms erect. A Peony of 
true rose form, an outsanding favorite with all who see it, and a 
Gold Medal winner. Here is a remarkably fine Peony you will ad- 
mire every day while it is in bloom. A Brand Division $5.00 9,4 
8.5 GOLDEN DAWN (Gumm) 
A late midseason double yellow with long central petals. The 
guard petals are a creamy white enclosing a bright yellow center. 
If you are interested in yellow Peonies, you should have this one, 
along with Golden Bracelet and Laura Dessert. Golden Dawn has 
proved a better growing variety than Primevere and for this reason 
we have been unable to list Primevere for some time. 
A Brand Division $2.00 
9.0 LOREN FRANKLIN (Franklin) 
A late midseason, deep pink that we like very much. The flower 
is fully double, true rose type, and wonderfully fine coloring. The 
stems are strong and the plant has excellent foliage. A really 
beautiful flower. A Brand Division $5.00 
MARILLA BEAUTY - (Kelsey) 
A beautiful new large double blush-white with more pronounced 
coloring toward the center of the flower. The petals have wonder- 
ful substance and are very large. A fine show flower that will hold 
its own among any fine group. If you wish something good and 
also different, you should have Marilla Beauty. 
A Brand Division $10.00 
9.4 MRS. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT (Franklin) 
This very fine pink is a lovely flower and we think it is one of 
the very best varieties originated by Mr. Franklin. It is a deep 
Therese-pink with extremely long overlapping cupped petals which 
enfold a real rosebud center. It has good substance and keeps well 

be admired by all. It received a Gold Medal in 1948 and fully 
deserved it. A Brand Division $5.00 
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MRS. LIVINGSTONE FARRAND (Nicholls) 
The most talked of new Peony in many years. This is because of 
its beautiful color. It is the pink everyone likes. It is a deeper 
shade than Walter Faxon and retains its color in the full sun much 
better. The flower is rather high and loosely built. The stock of 
this variety is scarce and our supply is limited. $15.00 
NICK SHAYLOR (Shaylor & Allison) 
In our estimation one of the very best of the newer Peonies. 
A beautiful rounded cup-shaped bloom with tremendously large, 
nicely rounded petals that overlap one another as the petals of a 
Rose. The color is a deep flesh-pink with markings of a deeper, 
richer pink. We consider Nick Shaylor a top-notch variety. $5.00 
VICTORY (Thompson) 
A new white introduced in 1945 and too new to be given a 
rating. However, its performance in many sections of the country 
indicates it does well. It opens a deep ivory with a touch of pink 
toward the center of the flower. If you are making a collection of 
good all-around Peonies, Victory belongs in your list. 
A Brand Division $15.00 
Single and Japanese 
Types for Fall 
Also See Spring List 
We are listing two new 
Japanese varieties for fall, 
together with two we have 
omitted from our catalog for 
several seasons because of the 
stock being scarce. We are 
seldom able to list our fine 
single, Prairie Rose. 
BATTLE FLAG (Nicholls) 
This is a new Japanese variety in a glowing deep red. Staminodes 
also red with a golden reverse. This variety is too new to be rated 
but when it becomes better known and we have a picture in color, 
we will not be able to supply the demand. Better order now. 
A Brand Division $3.00 
MRS. WILDER BANCROFT (Nicholls) 
A very fine brilliant dark red with staminodes tipped yellow. Comes 
into bloom early and a real beauty. A Brand Division $3.50 
NIPPON BEAUTY (Auten) 
A rich deep red, showing some yellow on edge of center petaloids. 
Color holds well in the sun. A free blooming variety with strong 
stiff stems. A Brand Division $2.00 
NIPPON BRILLIANT (Auten) 
A medium dark red with intense yellow on center petaloids. Flow- 
ers late in the season. Plant is tall with strong stems. Distinct from 
Nippon Beauty. Intensely brilliant. We think this the best red 
Japanese Peony we have seen. A Brand Division $3.00 
PRAIRIE ROSE (A. M. Brand) 
This beautiful single is a sister seedling of Hansina Brand as it 
comes from that same handful of seed from which came that great 
show flower that won best flower at the World’s Fair in Chicago in 
1933, and then repeated at the National Show the next year at 
St. Paul. Prairie Rose is the best deep pink single we have ever 
seen. A brilliant deep self pink. The color holds well in the sun, 
the flower is large and beautiful in appearance. Plant tall, stems 
strong and a clean light green. A Brand Division $5.00 
BLEEDI NG HEART (Dicentra Spectabilis) 
Easy to Handle—Easy to Grow. 
Plant as you would a Peony, with the crown of the plant 2 inches 
below the ground. Bleeding Heart should be planted in the fall as 
the stock is more dormant then. 
This is one of the old-time flowers from grandmother's garden, 
of which we will never tire. The flowers, which are pink with a 
white center and heart-shaped, come in long, graceful, drooping 
racemes. Foliage is fernlike and dainty. A valuable flower for plant- 
ing in the shade. Very hardy and lives year after year. Grows 1 to 
as a cut flower. Its fragrance is pronounced. This is a flower to 2 feet tall and blooms in May. 
Large clumps, undivided: Each 75c; 6 for $3.50 

