Oo sie, 
Increase Garden Beauty — 
Reduce labor costs 
Delightfully Fragrant a 
Har Y 
Peonies are possibly the most permanent of our herbaceous plants and of easiest culture. They will thrive satisfactorily 
in any good garden soil. Cover the eyes of the roots with one inch of soil and plant in full sun. Give the areas where: 
Peonies are planted a top dressing of well rotted cow manure or chicken manure just before winter weather sets in 
and you will have exhibition quality plants each season from our superior quality stock. When properly fed they 
may be left undisturbed for 10 years and more and will increase in beauty with each season’s growth. Keep well 
cultivated for finest results. 
Long Lists of Peonies are confusing. We have therefore selected a Master List of Peonies, consisting of sighest rated 
varieties. You may therefore make your selections with assurance of having the finest. 
When planning a Peony border make sure that you select Early, Mid-Season and Late varieties for your planting— 
then you may enjoy the delightful fragrant Peonies over a long period of time. 
DOUBLE PEONIES 
(Highest Quality Stock) 
ADOLPHE ROSSEAU. Early. Large 
flowers of deep garnet-red. One of 
the very finest Peonies. Fragrant. 
Extra heavy clumps. Each, $1.50. 
ALICE HARDING. Mid-Season. Flow- 
ers of refined form and texture, with 
delicate coloring and sweet fragrance. 
Creamy white, with soft pink guard 
petals which are flushed darker on 
the reverse. Very pretty. Extra heavy 
clumps. Each, $2.75. 
BARONESS SCHROEDER. Late, Mid- 
Season. Large double, flesh white to 
soft pink, with a delicate rose fra- 
grance. Extra heavy clumps. Each, 
$1.75. 
FESTIVA MAXIMA. Early. Large flow- 
ers of pure milky white with a few 
crimson flecks in the center. A perfect 
peony. Sweet fragrance. Extra heavy 
clumps. Each, $1.75. 
KATHERINE HAVEMEYER. Late. A 
very large, exquisitely fragrant flower 
of light rose, tinted old gold. Extra 
heavy clumps. Each, $3.75. 
LE CYGNE. Early. One of the very 
finest and fully justifying this dis- 
tinction. Very large, ivory white, 
without the slightest trace of any 
other color. Exquisitely fragrant. Per- 
fect rose type with a perfect flower 
to every stem. Extra heavy clumps. 
Each, $3.00. 
MME. JULES DESSERT. Late, Mid- 
Season. A wonderful peony. Large 
flowers of delicate flesh pink, shading 
to a creamy white, with a golden 
glow at the center. Extra heavy 
clumps. Each, $1.75. 
SPECIAL COLLECTION 
HARDY DOUBLE PEONIES 
Consisting of one extra heavy 
clump each of the 15 exhibition 
varieties listed. Total, 15 Extra 
Heavy Clumps. 
Catalog Price, $37.50 
SPECIAL COLLECTION 
PRICE $35.00 
MARTHA BULLOCK. Late. A mam- 
moth flower, often measuring 12 
inches in diameter. A silvery shell 
pink, deepening at the center to a 
deep rose pink. Fine rose fragrance. 
Extra heavy clumps. Each, $3.00. 
MONS. JULES ELIE. Mid-Season. This 
is the largest and most striking of 
the pink peonies. A gigantic flower of 
perfect crown type, the center like a 
large Exhibition chrysanthemum with 
large prominent guard petals. De- 
lightfully fragrant. Extra heavy 
clumps. Each, $2.50. 
MRS. A. M. BRAND. Late. One of 
the highest-rated varieties. A most 
remarkable peony, received a Gold 
Medal for its superior merit. Very 
large flowers of perfect rose form, 
pure white and exquisitely fragrant. 
Extra heavy clumps. Each, $3.00. 
MYRTLE GENTRY. Late. A beautiful 
and refined flower of rosy white, suf- 
used with tints of flesh and crimson. 
Delightfully fragrant. Extra heavy 
clumps. Each, $3.00. 
SHIRLEY TEMPLE. Early. New variety 
that is considered one of the finest of 
the early flowered kinds. The very 
large blooms open blush pink and 
change to pure white. Strong grower 
and delightfully fragrant. Extra heavy 
clumps. Each, $6.00. 
SOLANGE. Late. One of the highest 
rated varieties. Of a very unusual 
shading of creamy white with golden- 
brownish lights. Perfect rose type. 
No other peony like it. Extra heavy 
clumps. Each, $2.00. 
SOUVENIR DE LOUIS BIGOT. Late 
Mid-Season. One of the most dis- 
tinct of all the pink varieties. Very 
large, fragrant, rose-type flowers with 
fringed petals of bright Bengal rose, 
slightly tinged carmine at the base, 
changing later to salmon pink with 
a silvery reflex. Extra heavy clumps. 
Each, $2.00. 
WALTER FAXON. Mid-Season. One of 
the finest of all peonies. Soft’ coral 
pink, shaded lighter at the ends of 
the petals and a deeper rose pink at 
the base. Delightfully fragrant. Extra 
heavy clumps. Each, $2.00. 
SINGLE AND 
ORIENTAL PEONIES 
(Highest Quality Stock) 
ANTWERPEN. Enormous flowers of 
carmine pink with the petals in a 
double row, surrounding a beautiful 
center of golden yellow for a very 
charming effect. A wonderful flower. 
Award of Merit in Holland. Extra 
heavy clumps. Each, $1.75. 
MIKADO. One of the best of the 
bright red Oriental peonies. A mag- 
nificent landscape variety. The crim- 
son guards surround a center of 
chamois faced crimson. Extra heavy 
clumps. Each, $2.50. 
RIGOLOTO. Very outstanding and 
draws immediate attention in the gar- 
den. Deep garnet red with the center 
a lighter shade of red tinted pink; 
prettily tufted in the center. Extra 
heavy clumps. Each, $3.75. 
SNOW WHEEL. One of the most beau- 
tiful of all. Very large flowers of pure 
white with a pure yellow center. 
Petals of heavy substance and long 
lasting. Extra heavy clumps. Each, 
$3.75. 
TOKIO. A _ beautiful large flower, 
with guards of rose pink, and a pink, 
yellow and buff center. Very attrac- 
tive. Extra heavy clumps. Each, $2.00. 
SPECIAL COLLECTION 
SINGLE AND ORIENTAL 
PEONIES 
Consisting of one extra heavy 
clump each of the 5 exhibition 
varieties listed. Total 5 Extra 
Heavy Clumps. 
Catalog Prive $13.25 
SPECIAL COLLECTON 
PRICE $12.50 
For Peony companion flowers—Eremuri—Hemerocallis, etc.—See 1955 Fall Edition 
of “Beauty from Bulbs” recently mailed to you. 
