GROW A PEONY PARADISE 
STERN’S LIFETIME 
GIANT 
Huge Double-Blooms Up to 10 Inches Across 
Enjoy Spectacular Blooms Without Lifting a Finger! 
Everybody says: ‘‘Most wonderful flower in my garden!" 
Hardly any other flower compares in dramatic splendor with these ex- 
quisite GIANT CENTURY PEONIES. Their spectacular size, their sunburst 
colors, their dazzling fragrance have made them the favorite of America’s 
most glamorous gardens. 
Stern’s Giant Century Peonies last a lifetime. Here is beauty your 
grandchildren will enjoy! You'll enjoy their magnificent flowers—for 
these vigorous plants are guaranteed to bloom and to give you complete 
satisfaction. Each year they increase in size and beauty. Require abso- 
lutely no care, no spraying. Just plant them and enjoy them! 
These selected plants are strong 3-5 eye divisions. Plant them so that 
the buds (‘‘eyes’’) are no more than 1 inch below the surface. That's 
all you have to do to enjoy a lifetime of their spectacular beauty. 
SELECTED VARIETIES 
ADOLPHE ROUSSEAU. Deep double MAROON-RED. Fine blooms on firm 
straight stems. 
BARONESS SCHROEDER. Excellent double WHITE which shows a tint of 
pink when it opens. 
FESTIVA MAXIMA. Paper WHITE with crimson markings. Very large— 
very double—a full rose type. Strong stems, numerous and tall. 
KARL ROSENFIELD. A strikingly brilliant deep RED, semi-rose variety. 
Excellent as a cut flower and a show flower. Heavenly in the garden. 
LADY ALEXANDRA DUFF. Blush-PINK. An immense flower with great 
broad rounded petals. A pale blush-pink with yellow stamens. A beau- 
tifully formed, sweet scented flower. Very floriferous. Very showy. 
Central petals touched with crimson. 
MONS. JULES ELIE. Heavenly silvery PINK. Broad reflexing guards, high 
pyramidal body, semi-quilled petals. Most lasting cutting Peony. 
REINE HORTENSE. A uniform ROSE-PINK marked with crimson. Gives 
universal satisfaction both as a show and garden variety. Plant is tall 
with long stiff stems. Midseason. 
Inspecteur Lavergne 
SARAH BERNHARDT. Deep ROSE-PINK. Excellent for show—superb in 
the garden. Late midseason. Apple-blossom-pink with each petal silver 
tipped. Fragrant. 
INSPECTEUR LAVERGNE. Outstanding new deep double RED. An early 
bloomer. Its petals are delicately tipped with silver. Strong, upright 
stems producing unusual ‘'show’’ blooms. 
MME, CALOT. Wonderful light PINK, creamy collar. Abundant bloomer. 
Postpaid: $1.50 each: 3 for $4.20; 10 for $13.00 
STERN’S LIFE-TIME GIANT PEONY 
COLLECTION 
(Group 24-523) 
j 10 Double Giant Peonies (1 of each) $13.00 
5 Double Giant Peonies $7 00 
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(Your choice) 
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EXTRA EARLY 
MAY FLOWERING VARIETIES 
Have glorious blooms in your Peony garden weeks 
earlier! Just plant a few of these May-flowering hybrids 
—you'll have lots ef blooms even before Decoration Day! 
ALBA PLENA. Pure early WHITE. Very large, double. 
Tall stiff stems, strong grower, free bloomer. 
ROSEA SUPERBA. Magnificent PINK. Big double flowers 
of delicate coloring. A strong grower, producing many 
straight tall stalks. 
RUBRA PLENA. A blazing RED! Fadeless color, extremely 
dependable. Striking in garden and in vase,,«Excellent 
foliage, strong stems. i 
Each $150 3 for $4.20 10 for 5] i fe 
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