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passed away the fall before. 
JOANNE FOREMAN (A. M. Brand) 
One of our newest introductions that we think more of the 
longer we have it. A large late flower with long narrow pointed 
petals. A very brilliant bright deep pink. We feel sure when 
this variety is better known, it will be even more popular than 
our Martha Bulloch. A sure-to-please deep pink. 
A Brand Division $10.00 
Kansas 
KANSAS (New) (Bigger) 
This is a new bright red that comes into bloom early in the Peony 
season. The plant has unusually strong stems and excellent foliage. 
The flower is full double with a few hidden stamens. It is a good 
show flower as well as a good cut flower. American Home Medal. 
A Brand Division $12.00 
KANSAS AS MR. BRAND OBSERVED IT IN NEW YORK 
Last June at the request of Mrs. Harry F. Little, I went to Mr. Little's garden 
Camillus, N. Y., to check with her Mr. Little's Peonies, Mr. Little having 
This was a collection of some 2,500 plants, planted 
and cared for by one of the finest Peony men that ever lived. 
We checked and labeled every plant in this entire collection. It took 10 days 
steady work to do this. 
This gave me a splendid opportunity to study the flowers. Here I came across 
quite a few varieties new to me and I was pleased to see them, 
variety would be with us in Minnesota. 
good opinion of a new variety. 
and consider what I had seen. 
standing ones, but there were four varieties that were more outstanding than all 
the rest. 
One of the four was KANSAS, an immense beautiful, rich deep red of most 
pe 
never let it bloom and it was new to me. 
our own W. E. BLANCHETTE but of an entirely different type. 
rich crimson-red of the most perfect form and greatest size. 
All in all, the flowers I saw were of practically the same quality as the same 
So I had a splendid chance to form a 
When the work was finished I took time to pause 
I had seen many beautiful varieties, many out- 
rfect form. Although we had had Kansas in our fields for three years we had 
The blossoms were as large as those of 
A beautiful 
The plant was a 
five-year-old, had eleven great stiff 314-ft. stems as strong as I ever saw on a Peony, 
holding the great flowers rigidly erect. 
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Buy KANSAS for a great red. 
KARL ROSENFIELD (Rosenfield) 
A brilliant and striking variety, coming into bloom early midseason. 
Flowers very large, semi-rose type, and slightly fragrant. Desirable 
as a cut flower, a garden variety, and a show flower. See color 
page 16. A Brand Division $1.00 
KATHARINE HAVEMEYER (Thurlow) 
A large flesh-pink of true rose type coming into bloom late in the 
season. The guard petals are broad and rounded and somewhat 
notched at the ends. Center petals narrow and fringed. The center 
is full and high. The plant is medium tall and vigorous with strong, 
graceful stems. Fragrant. A Brand Division $1.50 
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rebook any variety we cannot supply for September shipment. 
We may not be able to fill late spring orders complete. We will 
_ (Kelway) 
A fine midseason lacy white that fully deserves its high rating. The 
flowers are large, rose type, with long laciniated petals. Plant is 
medium tall, upright, with strong stems that hold the lacy flowers 
erect. A really glorious white. A Brand Division $3.00 
KING MIDAS (Lins) 
A full double, midseason, pure brilliant red of beautiful rose form 
with a perfect rosebud center. A fine garden flower and a good 
show flower. This variety has won the American Home Achieve- 
ment Medal and was also champion red. Plant strong with excel- 
lent stems. Flowers hold well in storage. A Brand Division $7.50 
LADY ALEXANDRA DUFF : (Kelway) 
An immense, loosely built flower with great broad rounded petals. 
A pale blush-pink, fading to white, with yellow stamens. When 
not disbudded, the central flower is loosely double, of a rather 
flattened, circular form; central petals touched with carmine. 
A beautifully formed flower; sweet scented. Very floriferous. Very 
showy. Opening after the central flower, the side flowers come 
semi-double, saucer-shaped, showing stamens. 
A Brand Division $1.50 
LADY KATE (Vories) 
A large, flat rose type light mauve-pink of perfect form. The plant 
is tall with stiff stems that carry the large flowers erect. A fine 
landscape sort. A Brand Division $1.50 
LA FEE (Lemoine) 
A large, compact flower made up of different shades of pink. The 
guard petals are mauve-rose with a crown of lighter creamy pink 
petals. The flower is delightfully fragrant, coming into bloom early 
midseason. The plant is tall, vigorous, and has splendid foliage. 
A Brand Division $1.00 
LA FRANCE (Lemoine) 
A uniform apple-blossom-pink with crimson splashes on the guards, 
The flower is unusually large, true rose type, fragrant, and very 
late. The years when this variety comes good, it is one of the most 
outstanding of all Peonies. An exquisite show flower. 
A Brand Division $1.00 
LAKE O’ SILVER (Franklin) 
This is a light pink silver-tipped variety, with golden anthers promi- 
nently showing throughout the flower. The central petals are a 
darker pink. The bloom is very large, often 7 to 8 inches in diam- 
eter on established plants. It is an extremely free bloomer. 
A Brand Division $1.00 
LA ROSIERE (Crousse) 
Large flowers in clusters; straw-yellow at the center, shading to a 
creamy white border—-this is indeed a striking variety. Pleasing 
fragrance. The flower is loose, showing a band of yellow stamens 
which light up the flower with a yellowish cast. 
A Brand Division $1.00 
LAURA DESSERT (Dessert) 
The flower is round, a rose type with guard petals creamy white, 
enclosing a domelike center of pure canary-yellow. Like Fanny 
Crosby, the plant is an upright grower, holding blossoms erect for 
good landscape value. Like all yellows, it must be developed in- 
side away from the sun to preserve its color. Early midseson. 
A Brand Division $2.00 
SPECIAL OFFER 
We do not divide our Peony roots into such small divisions that 
we can sell them for less than a dollar each. However, we are willing 
to send 10 of our regular Brand Divisions that are priced at $1.00 
each for $8.00, postpaid. 
