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FREE PEONY 
If your order totals $10.00 or more we will include 
free of charge one choice Peony of our selection, or if 
it totals $20.00 or more we will include two choice 
Peonies of our selection. Collection offers not to be 
included in figuring totals for free Peony. 
GROWING PEONIES 
Peonies are not only the finest of all hardy perennial 
plants, they are also just about the easiest to grow. Plant- 
ed in good soil, well drained, with full sun if possible, they 
last many years, and require a minimum of care. 
Since a Peony is so long: lived, it pays to get only the 
finest kinds. The added satisfaction and enjoyment every 
year in having the very best makes first cost not an ex- 
pense, but an investment. Our quality standards are the 
very highest, our prices most reasonable. 
Write us if you wish special advice on choice of varieties 
or on cultural problems. 
QUALITY ROOTS. We send quality roots, the standard 
3 TO 5 EYE divisions, which is the best size to plant. 
FULL PLANTING AND CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
are sent with each order. 
FALL SHIPMENT ONLY, beginning Sept. 1st. Please 
send your order as early as possible. Early planting, 
though not imperative, is nevertheless advantageous. We 
are at the mercy of the weather after Nov. 1st. For several 
very valid reasons we do not recommend spring planting 
of Peonies. Fall is the natural time to plant. 
TERMS 
TERMS—Cash with order. Prices include delivery in 
the U. S. on orders of $3.00 or more. Under $3.00 add 35 
cents for postage and packing. 
On Canadian orders, add 20 cents for each root. Parcels 
post simpler than express. Send import permit and remit 
in U. S. exchange. 
Minimum Order—$2.00 plus 85 cents postage and 
packing. Canada $5.00 
No C.O.D. Orders. 
PLANTING DIRECTIONS 
IMPORTANT—Open your package of roots immediately 
when they arrive. Plant as soon as possible but if you 
have to wait a few days, either keep moist in open box 
in cool cellar, or better yet, bury in garden. 
Plant Peonies in good, well drained soil,, in full sun if 
possible, and away from trees, buildings, etc. Do not plant 
where a peony has been before, unless all old soil is taken 
out and replaced with fresh. Plant 3 to 4 feet apart; set 
so that the eyes point upward and are 2 to 3 inches below 
to top of ground (very important). Give each root 2 
quarts of water when planted, and then make a 6 inch 
mound of dirt above ground level to prevent heaving, 
scrape mound. away late next spring. 
In northern states, a mulch the first winter is advigable 
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