PLANT AUTEN PEONIES 
Select our varieties with complete confidence. We are 
Supremely interested in selling you only the very finest 
kinds. Every order has my individual attention from the 
time it is received until the roots are shipped. Every root 
you receive has been fresh dug. We ship only high quality 
roots, standard 3 to 5 eye divisions, the best size to plant. 
Every variety listed is outstanding and worth while. Our 
specialty is strong stems. Blooms have good substance 
and last well when cut. 
THE AUTEN ORIGINATIONS 
The Auten Originations include many of the world’s 
finest. Among them we offer you: — 
UNFADING REDS in doubles, singles and Japanese type 
SINGLES and JAPANESE unsurpassed 
ROSE FRAGRANT doubles 
SURE BLOOMING late doubles for the warmer parts of 
the Peony belt 
STRONG STEMS and vigorous growth 
GLORIOUS HYBRIDS, extra early blooming 
When you plant an Auten Origination you are to enjoy 
some of the results of 35 years of careful work in the 
development of new varieties. Peonies do not come true 
from seed, and the 240 Auten Peonies were selected from 
many thousands grown from seed. It takes from nine to 
fifteen years to make a new variety ready for sale, and for 
one so chosen, several hundred mature plants, five years or 
more of age, may have been grown and discarded. 
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TESTIMONIALS 
All unsolicited, all received in 1952 
From Illinois. Several years ago while living in northern Wisconsin I 
ordered peony roots from you which were the finest I ever saw. So this 
fall I would like to order roots from you suitable for growing in northern 
Mississippi. 
From Washington. Several years ago I purchased many of the Peony 
roots originated by you. All of these roots flourished and have blcomed 
in all their glory. 
From Indiana. In 1949 I bought Peonies from you. They certainly are 
beautiful, such nice, large, and so full of bloom. 
From Washington. Received the Peony roots and found them fine in 
every way. Your stuff is good. 
From Indiana. My Peonies I have had from your nursery are doing fine. 
From Illinois. I certainly regret that I cannot come to see your Peonies 
this year, and look back on my visit last year as one of my most thrilling 
experiences. All of the Peonies you sent me last year are going to have 
blooms. Many thanks for the excellent roots. 
From New York. I already have Nippon Princess, Nippon Gold and 
Puritan Maid, which have given us pleasure beyond words. 
From Illinois. Peonies we received in 1951 doing well. 
From California. Those to whom you sent Peonies last year praise the 
fine roots you sent. 
From Minnesota. Got my first bloom on Virginia Lee this year and it is 
lovely. White Perfection, so charming, never fails me. 
From Iowa. I think your Peonies are simply out of this world, and in 
time I hope to have many of your fine originations. 
From Illinois. We have bought Peonies from you before and have been 
very satisfied. 
From California. Your Virginia Lee and Sword Dance were beautiful. 
From Wisconsin. (a grower) Veritas—dquite striking. Rose Marie, extra 
fine, better than Officinalis Rubra. Larger plant, stiffer stems, larger 
bloom and better color. 
From Illinois. I am very fond of the Hybrids. 
From Massachusetts. Another year has rolled around and I must have a 
few more of your Peonies. 
From Wisconsin. Up to two years ago I ordered many roots from you, 
and they are my best plants. 
From Minnesota. Everything I planted of yours in the fall of 1951 is 
doing well. 
From Ontario. I received the eight Peonies which you sent me about ten 
days ago and was very pleased with them. Enclosed is a post office order, 
for which please send—. 
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