oul g3 5 PLANT AUTEN PEONIES 
Select our varieties with complete confidence. We are 
supremely interested in selling 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. 
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. 
1955 INTRODUCTIONS. AUTEN ORIGINATIONS 
Explorer (No. 1682) <A large dark red Jap with the 
usual yellow markings in center. The side buds 
are especially brilliant. On tall, stiff stems ........ 3.00 
Keepsake A hybrid. A later dark orange red single, 
the filaments red. Trim petals, stems tall 
Strarehts*Stref eee ce es eoecatte ener ee eee 4.00 
Linda A large flat pink double, late. On tall stiff 
SUCINIS Te. sescens ces waren chee tev eae ane Renee Mera one UT 5.00 
Snow Cap A very early white double with slight 
yellow cast, a spotless bloom. Beautiful clean 
LO 11a S CAS = tr. hee ein Sule nO, cra ea ae 4.09 
Spring Song A large, flat semi-double, showing sta- 
mens, and with a few red splashes in center. 
White~On- ta lisetittestenisws.ch-. eee ree 3.00 
Suzanne A bright red bomb, the color holds. Stiff 
SUES, *POOdHNeISN i ate wate eee eee 6.00 
Valiant A hybrid. A large orange red Jap with typ- 
ical yellow markings in the center. Tall, and 
VELY SCATIVe Bashece ocnescthneateetie ce eee 4.00 
Xenia Japanese type. Outer petals an exquisite 
delicate pink which fades white in the garden. 
Center light vellow. Tall, with good plant habit 5.00 
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