The Most Popular Feonies 
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Pega, She Wipe 
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American Peony Society 
In accordance with the expressed wishes of the membership and 
the instructions given your Secretary, the following lists of the Most 
Popular Peonies are presented for your consideration. 
They are compiled from about sixty lists sent in by the members 
from most of the peony growing states, several from Canada and one 
from New Zealand. About 75 per cent are from those who grow peonies 
only for pleasure. 
The number following each variety indicates the number of lists 
on which that variety appeared. For instance Mons. Jules Elie has the 
number 36 after it, which means it appeared on 36 lists and incidentally 
appeared on more lists than any other variety and so was the most 
popular of all. 
The total number of varieties listed was 740 of which 397 were on 
only one or two lists. 
We invite comments on the faults and what improvements can be 
made in the one for next year. 
Additional copies of this list may be obtained from the Secretary 
of the American Peony Society, Box No. 1, Rapidan, Virginia for: 
One to ten, 10c each; ten, 75c; twenty-five, $1.50; fifty, $2.50; one 
hundred or more, $3.75 a hundred plus transportation. 
THE MOST POPULAR 
HERBACEOUS PEONIES 
Doubles, Semi-Doubles, Japan- 
ese, Singles and Hybrids included. 
. Kansas, 24. 
. Krinkled White, 24. 
. Tempest, 24. 
. Blanche King, 22. 
1. Mons. Jules Elie, 36. 16. Le Cygne, 22. 
2. Kelway’s Glorious, 33. iyi. Urata ae 
3. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32. 18. Victory, 22. 
4, Festiva Maxima, 31. 19. Minuet, 21. 
5. Philippe Rivoire, 31. 20. Sarah Bernhardt, 20. 
6. Therese, 30. 21. Westerner, 20. 
7. Myrtle Gentry, 29. 22. Minnie Shaylor, 19. 
8. Nick Shaylor, 29. 23. Mrs. Livingston Farrand, 19. 
9. Isani Gidui, 28. 24. Ama-no-sode, 18. 
10. Elsa Sass, 26. 25. Karl Rosenfield, 18. 
11. Sea Shell, 26. 26. Martha Bulloch, 18. 
