Mon. Jules Elie (9.20) 7Zeyes Each $3.50 
Quite tall free-flowering, light-rose pink. 
Myrtle Gentry (9.06) 7 eyes Each $4.50 
Light pink blooms fading to white with age. This is the 
finest delicate pink. (Supply limited.) 
Sarah Bernhardt (9.00) 7eyes Each $2.50, Doz. $18.00 
Strong-growing dark pink of medium height. 
Solange (9.17) 7 eyes Each $2.50, Doz. $18.00 
Creamy white with blends of buff and pale salmon pink. 
Petals dense. It is a late bloomer. 
Therese (9.54) 7Zeyes Each $4.50, Doz. $36.00 
Dark pink of medium height. 
Walter Faxon (9.30) 7 eyes Each $3.50, Doz. $24.00 
Midseason light shell pink. Mildly fragrant. 
Single Varieties 
Albiflora, The Bride (not yet rated) 
7Zeyes Each $3.50, Doz. $24.00 
Pure white with rounded stamens. 
Helen (9.20) 7 eyes Each $6.00 
Early and most delicately shell pink. (Supply very limited.) 
Imperial Red (9.05) 7Zeyes Each $4.50, Doz. $36.00 
Huge dark pink flowers. 
Verdun (not yet rated) 7 eyes Each $4.50, Doz. $36.00 
Very large rich crimon center accented by golden center 
stamens. 
Japanese or Anemone-Flowered Peonies 
Ama-no-sode (9.20) 7 eyes Each $6.00 
Very large flower with double row of rose pink petals. 
Long staminodes of golden yellow, stained red at tips. 
(Supply very limited.) 
Charm (9.22) 7 eyes Each $6.00 
Late blooming dark red. (Supply very limited.) 
Kukeni-Jishi (9.09) 7Zeyes Each $10.00 
Midseason flesh pink petals. Staminodes form thick tuft 
of gold in center. (Supply limited.) 
HYBRID PEONIES 
These sensational things, of which there are a very few 
in this world, are catalogued this year for delivery at 
prices that are more reasonable than the $30 to $45 per 
3 to 5 eye root that is now current. They are single, 
early bloomers with color intensities never before obtain- 
able in a peony and impossible to describe. Most are 
new, unnamed varieties. They are offered mixed only. 
Colors: Translucent pinks, lacquered reds, indescribable 
salmons. There will be less than 100 available annually 
for a number of years. An order now will hold one. The 
price (3—5 eye roots): $12.50. Delivery, Fall 1953. 
PAPAVER ORIENTALE 
(Oriental Poppy) 
These strong growing poppies, thanks to the hybridizer’s 
science, diligence and luck, now come in an unusual and 
beautiful range of colors. They are of easiest culture, 
grow well in any soil but do best in a deep loam. Place 
crown 3 inches below surface; after frost mulch the first 
winter to prevent heaving; and after that do nothing. 
Barrs’ White Each $1.10, Three $2.75, Doz. $7.50 
Free-blooming pure white with purplish black spots at 
base of petals. 
Beauty of Livermore Each 80c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00 
Crimson with black center. 
Crimson Pompom Each 80c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00 
Double dark red of medium height. 
Helen Elizabeth Each 80c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00 
Pure pink, no dark spots. 30 inches high. 
Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz.$5.65 
Apricot orange tinted with salmon. 
Mrs. Perry 
Salmon Glow Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
Double salmon-orange. 
Potted Oriental Poppies Each $1.75 
2-year roots available at the Farm in May and June. 
PLATYCODON (Balloon Flower) 
Requires a light sandy soil, well drained. Put in full sun. 
Do not disturb after planting. Once established it is 
rewarding — colored bells on 20 inch stems are excel- 
lent cut flowers and the plants bloom all summer. 
Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
Deep blue bells on 20 inch stems. Single. 
Grandiflorium Album — Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
White form of the above. 
Grandiflorium 
PYRETHRUM (Painted Daisy) 
Plant Spring or early Fall in ordinary soil in groups of 3 
plants, each about a foot apart. 
Robinson’s Crimson Each 70c, Three $1.70, Doz. $5.50 
Large, single disc-like flowers of rich crimson. A favorite 
cut flower. 
James Kelway Each 75c, Three $1.80, Doz. $5.65 
Very deep scarlet. 
Roseum (Double) Each 80c, Three $2.00, Doz. $6.00 
Deep pink double flowers. 
GARDEN GADGETS 
Forks, hoes, rakes, spades or what common garden tools 
you need—we don’t have them. Buy them from your 
favorite hardware dealer; he has as good as we can get. 
Over the years we have found few special-purpose gar- 
den tools that lived up to their promotions. Here are the 
ones we recommend. 
Dutch Hook Each $2.75 
This is the small, forged, sharp weeder the Dutch use for 
hooking weeds out of daffodil and tulip rows. We use it 
for all kinds of close weeding. It has an 18-inch handle— 
you have to stoop. No one else has this tool. 
Krasco Hand Grass Seeder Ench $4.95 
A small hand tool working on the principle (centrifugal) 
of big farm tractor seeders. It will spread Bent and Blue- 
grass evenly and at the same time—something no $15 
hand-pushed seeder will do. Also, it is the only seeder 
that will distribute our Special Lawn Grass Seed, mostly 
a mixture of Fescues. 
