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PEONIES 
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Nothing can give more lasting satisfaction in the 
ocallis—four hardy, dependable per 
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Peonies In our listing will be found some of the most 
noteworthy peonies in commerce. Some of the most recent origina- 
tions, as well as some of the outstanding creations that have stood 
the test of time and are presented for your consideration. All of 
the 1,400 varieties are not listed, for the reason stocks on some of 
these are limited and others that do not test out will be discarded. 
In our peonies we are fortunate in having a very choice stock of 
the famous Nicholls and Kelsey varieties. Last fall we added sev- 
eral of Professor Sanders new varieties. 
We are continuing with our hybridizing of peonies as Jim bed- 
bed about 100,000 seeds last fall. He and Aunt Alice (Mrs. Gordon 
T. Nightingale) formerly a plant pathologist with the U. S. De- 
partment of Agriculture, who flew from Hawaii to Sarcoxie two 
years ago to aid him in his hybridizing, succeeded last summer 
in obtaining six rare crosses with the single yellow flowering 
Mlokosewitschi. We hope for favorable results. It will take time 
to determine this. 
In compiling this issue, we have added a great number of new 
varieties and in our descriptions we have endeavored to paint a 
word picture that would convey a true impression of the variety 
to enable any prospective purchaser to form his own deductions 
and make his own evaluations of the various offers. While the 
descriptions are mainly the introducers or written by experts, we 
can agree practically 100% with the word picture given. We hope 
you will find this catalog equally as alluring as our previous issue. 
We want to call your special attention to the new varieties we 
offer in this catalog of the late E. F. Kelsey, as well as those of 
Colonel J. C. Nicholls. Both of these gentlemen rank very high 
as originators of unique peonies. Four years ago we acquired half 
of the entire stock of Messrs. Kelsey and Nicholls. These plants 
have made substantial growth since their removal from New York 
State and should give a good account of themselves during the 
next blooming season in May. 
In these collections you will find some of the finest peonies 
ever produced. In addition to their first purchase, we also bought 
all of the hand crossed seedlings of Col. J. C. Nicholls. This sec- 
ond purchase of peonies consisted of 124 new varieties, and we 
now have them growing at Sarcoxie. There was only one clump 
of each variety, so it will be a few years before we can offer 
them. Many are outstanding and you are invited to visit our 
grounds to see them in bloom. 
Our constant testing and studying of new introductions, we hope, 
will enable us to evaluate them thoroughly, and this material or 
information we have acquired is available to our customers. While 
we have been growing peonies for sixty-four years, we do not know 
all there is to know about them. 
For the past twenty-four years we have been hybridizing and 
have several nice varieties of our own. One of our new varieties, 
HARGROVE HUDSON, is geing offered for the second time in 
this catalog, and is featured in color on page 9. While we cannot 
say it is the best peony we have ever seen, it is a very good one 
and has created much favorable comment here. We feel certain 
you will like it as much as we. You will also find two new varie- 
ties of our peonies, offered for the first time and pictured in 
color—J. C. Legg, page 11, and the Mighty Mo., page 19. 
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Daylilies We wish to call your attention to our large 
listing of Hemerocallis (daylily), several of which you will find 
featured in color to give you a better idea as to their beauty. 
The popularity of the daylily is increasing with each passing year, 
and we think justly so. We are fortunate in having the pleasure 
of introducing Mr. Lemoine J. Bechtold’s originations. You will 
find many of his varieties listed and three new ones introduced 
last year with two new ones this year, namely, Glory and Sty- 
gian. To mention a few of his outstanding varieties: Desert Sun- 
rise, Golden Wings, Goliath, Confucius, Favorite, Firefly, Flame 
Fagot, China Miss, Shadow and many others. We are growing 
about 20 others that are very choice, but our supply of all of these 
is very small. 
IRIS - DAY 
135 ACRES GROWING PEONIES, OVER 1400 VARIETIES—20 ACRES 
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LILIES 
IRIS, ABOUT 600 VARIETIES—5 ACRES 
ER 200 VARIETIES—40 ACRES OF DAFFODILS. 
garden than a liberal planting of Iris, Peonies, Daffodils and Hemer- 
ennials that need no coddling. They become more valuable with the passing years. 
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Iris In addition to our iris dis 
are also invited to the Harman-Wild Garden at 1906 Moffet Street, 
Joplin, Mo., where you will see many more of the very rare iris. 
These have been collected from the hybridizer and grower from all 
over the U. S. A. and many are so rare that they are still under 
number as they haven’t been named as yet. You will enjoy this 
show garden of these new varieties where they are grown to 
perfection. 
VISIT OUR GARDENS, AS THOUSANDS DO IN MAY, 
AND SEE MILLIONS OF PEONIES IN FULL BLOOM. 
Your patronage is solicited and we will make every effort to 
please you with quality stock and prompt handling at the proper 
shipping time. We welcome the privilege of serving you to the 
best of our ability. If you have flower-loving friends, supply us 
with their names and addresses, and we will gladly mail them a 
copy of this catalog. 
A cordial invitation is extended to visit our gardens and make 
your own selection and appraisal of our stock in the varieties that 
we have to offer. We are located in Sarcoxie, Mo., which is 165 
miles south of Kansas City, Mo.; 287 miles southwest of St. Louis, 
Mo., and 22 miles east of Joplin, Mo. You are invited to visit us 
whenever you can. May is the month that Iris and Peonies bloom 
here. On Sunday, May 15, 1949, over 10,000 cars drove through 
our Peony fields. ALLEN J. WILD. 
Toa Our Customers 
PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
Address all letters, inquiries and orders to GILBERT H. WILD 
& SON, SARCOXIE, MO., as there are two firms of “Wild” here at 
Sarcoxie. We deal and specialize only in IRIS, PEONIES, DAFFO- 
DILS and HEMEROCALLIS. Thank you. 
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