9.1 SOUVENIR DE LOUIS BIGOT (Dessert) 
Salmon-pink. Color a brilliant rose, slighty tinted carmine at the 
base, turning to a salmon-pink. Resembles Walter Faxon in color 
but stands up much ketter in the field. A real treasure and worthy 
of a prominent place in any garden. A Brand Division $1.50 
8.4 STRASSBURG (Goos & Koenemann) 
A midseason old rose or lavender-pink of excellent form. Flowers 
are very large, loosely built, semi-double. The petals are large, 
broad, and of delicate lilac-rose. The plant is tall with strong stems 
and excellent foliage. A Brand Division $1.00 
9.0 SUSAN WHITE (A. M. Brand) 
An eary midseason pure white of very fine form and large size. 
Plant tall and luxuriant with dark green foliage. Individual blooms 
very large. Very long and narrow petals form a great compact 
dome-shaped center with large guards drooping gracefully. away 
from it. Pure white, tinted heavily cream, with green showing at 
base of petals. Golden stamens add to the beauty of this fine white. 
See color illustration below. A Brand Division $2.00 
T. E. CARPENTER (A. M. Brand) 
A new flower of ours which we are listing again this year. A 
medium sized flower composed of large, nicely rounded petals 
neatly arranged in perfect circles, and possessing great substance. 
The color is similar to that of the great Solange, a pure ivory 
with a yellowish tinge. A superbly balanced flower. From our long 
study of flowers, we believe it will prove one of the coming great 
Peonies. A Brand Division $5.00 
9.4 TOURANGELLE (Dessert) 
A delicately pearly white, suffused with shades of delicate salmon 
and La-France-rose. The flower is rose type and comes into bloom 
late in the season. The plant has a weak stem but the coloring of 
the flower is so unusual that it is admired by all who see it. 
A Brand Division $1.00 
8.3 VENUS (Kelway) 
An especially good pink that makes a wonderfully good cut flower. 
Both buds and foliage are clean, The flowers are of medium size, 
compact, and a pale hydrangea-pink in color. The plant is tall 
growing and free blooming. A Brand Division $1.00 
Susan White——Midseason—$2.00 
BRAND DIVISIONS 
GIVE RESULTS 
It is unfortunate that Peonies have to be sold according to 
a certain price per root; because, unless due discretion is used 
as to the size, kind and quality of the root, the price alone 
means nothing. 
That is why we have standardized a type of quality of 
root, now generally known to the Peony world as “A Brand 
Division.” 
No one-year roots can qualify as ”A Brand Division,” be- 
cause our experience shows they are too immature. We insist 
upon making our divisions from hardy plants of two to three 
years’ growth, but we do not approve of TWO OR THREE- 
YEAR-OLD CLUMPS. Contrary to a common opinion that 
large clumps are essential for quick blooming, we know from 
experience that they prove to be disappointing. We cannot 
recommend a root to you which we would not plant in our 
own fields. 
We insist that each “Brand Division” shall retain at least 
3 to 5 or more eyes. The roots are first divided, then pruned 
and all the little fibrous ends are carefully removed. It is a 
mistake to suppose that a stock covered with little fuzzy roots 
is desirable. These little roots can never be straightened out 
in planting as they were dug. As the soil is pressed down upon 
them, they become crisscrossed, which leads to a deplorable 
root condition. Moreover, these little rootlets have already lost 
much of their vitality before planting, so they actually retard 
rather than hasten the growth. 
Only a large, clean division, handled by specialized labor ac- 
cording to these standards, can qualify as “A Brand Division.” 
When you figure the cost of your Peonies, not according to 
the price per root, but according to the size and beauty of 
bloom—the quality and quantity of yield—then you will find 
that no other Peonies cost so little as those which are grown 
from “Brand Divisions.” 
8.2 VICTOIRE DE LA MARNE (Dessert) 
A large midseason purplish red with silver reflex. A 
striking loosely formed flower with strong, vigorous 
stems. Always attracts attention in the field and the 
show room. A Brand Division $1.50 
9.2 VICTORY CHATEAU THIERRY (A. M. Brand) 
A clear bright pink, gradually fading to a lighter pink. 
The flower is large, with immense, broad, evenly ar- 
ranged, rounded petals of great substance; plant of 
medium height with strong stems that hold the large, 
cup-shaped blossoms well erect. We consider this one 
of our very best originations but it comes into bloom 
so early that you seldom see it in the show room. 
A Brand Division $5.00 
9.3 WALTER FAXON (Richardson) 
The most vivid of all pinks, the only “real pink” as 
someone has said. A remarkable flower, at its best 
in the show room. The flowers are of medium size, 
attractive in form, and mildly fragrant. In the field 
it does not hold up as well as Souvenir de Louis 
Bigot, but in the show room it tops them all. See 
color page 11. A Brand Division $2.00 - 
8.3 WINNIFRED DOMME (Brand) 
This is a very bright scarlet that we haven't been able to offer 
_ for a number of years. The plant is dwarfish but the stems are | 
strong and erect, each producing one flower to the stem. Unike 
most reds, it has practically no purple, and is the nearest scarlet 
of all the Peonies. It makes a very fine border plant.’ : 
A Brand Division $1.50 
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