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 (Kelway) 
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. A Brand Division $1.50 
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 aways 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. 
RED GODDESS (A. M. Brand) 
A medium sized, semi-double red with two rows of petals enclosing 
an intense yellow center. The form of the flower attracts the eye 
and you are held spellbound by the beauty and the richness of the 
coloring. An intense, deep, rich velvety crimson. We consider 
this a real addition to our list of semi-double red Peonies. 
A Brand Division $5.00 
PEONY BULLETIN 
Rapidan, Va., June, 1945. 
“Red Goddess was a real divinity in her royal robes of deepest red 
velvet.” 
Cordova, Ala. 
“Red Goddess is a lovely semi-double of brilliant crimson. It is well 
suited for Alabama as all buds open nicely.” 
8.7 REINE HORTENSE (Catot) 
A uniform hydrangea-pink, with guard and center petals marked 
crimson. This is a variety that gives universal satisfaction and is 
beth a show and garden variety. The plant is tall with long, stiff 
stems. The flowers are sightly fragrant. A midseason variety. 
A Brand Division $1.00 
8.8 RICHARD CARVEL (Brand) 
An early crimson parallel to the pink Mons. Jules Elie. With its 
extra early blooming qualities, large size, and splendid habits, this 
variety is already a well-estabished favorite. A valuable cut flower. 
The odor is pleasant and pronounced, a very rare quality in the 
reds. A Brand Division $1.50 
RUTH ELIZABETH 
(A. M. Brand) 
An intensely rich red 
of true Rose form 
with broad roselike 
petals set up in 
‘\\ perfect arrangement. 
| Comes into bloom 
late in the Peony 
ij ;eason. Always opens 
. This fine new 
fred of exceptional 
merit won the Silver 
Medal at the Roches- 
ter Show in 1940. It 
attracted a great deal 
of favorable com- 
ment. We believe the 
form of this new 
flower is the finest of 
any red Peony in ex- 
istence. This was the 
best red in the Show 
at Guelph, Ont. 
A Brand Division $15.00 
foe FARIBAULT, MINN. 
ow’ FOR SEEDLING PEONY 
-- RUTH ELIZABETH 
ROCHESTER, MINN 
9.0 SARAH BERNHARDT 
Another variety that prevails in the show room. So well known, 
it seems unnecessary to say that it should be in every garden. Semi- 
rose type. Late midseason. Color, apple-blossom-pink with each 
petal silver tipped. Agreeable fragrance. A Brand Division $1.00 
(Lemoine) 
SHAWNEE CHIEF (Bigger) 
An excellent cut flower red coming into bloom midseason. It opens 
well in the field and has excellent keeping quaities if placed in 
storage. The stems are about 30 inches tall and on well-established 
plants you may expect from 12 to 20 flowers. In the bud this fine 
red resembles a Rose. A Brand Division $3.00 
9.7 SOLANGE (Lemoine) 
As to color this variety is hard to classify. The flower is made up 
of a suffusion of buff and pale salmon-pink shades. The flower is 
a perfect rose type. The color is beautiful and distinct but the 
flowers often fail to open. We recommend it for a large planting 
but not for a small home garden. The years when it comes good 
it fully deserves its rating. A Brand Division $2.00 
~ Plant This Spring and Gain a Summer’s Growth Over a 
Planting This Fall. 
| I 
Our Roots for Spring are Especially Fine—Many of them 
Will Flower This Same Season if They are Planted Early. 
One of our customers wrote us this spring as follows: 
Atlanta, Georgia 
April 30, 1951 
“By the way, the 4 Peonies, Ella Christiansen, Mrs. J. H. Neeley, 
Myrtle Gentry, and Laura Dessert that I bought from you in February, 
1951, are doing fine—all are going to bloom.” 
MRS. F. C. T. 
Se ee) 
WHY WORRY ABOUT PRESENTS! 
Let us worry for you. Gifts for Christmas, Father's Day, Mother's 
Day, Easter, and birthdays often become a real problem. 
A common slogan is: “Say it With Flowers.” But fresh flowers last 
but a short time and are then discarded. Our slogan is: “Give Plants 
That Will Produce Flowers.” ‘Then your present will be enjoyed year 
after year. 
You can do this by sending your order to us for Peony roots, a 
Lilac bush, an ornamental Crab Tree, or other catalog items. We will 
send an appropriate card and send the stock at the right planting time. » 
Flower lovers would also enjoy using one of our fine garden hoes, 
and last Christmas this seemd to be a favorite item. 
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