Keywords: Peonies for pleasure (16208622220).jpg s could onhj ejaculate Huh me too <br> NEW INTRODUCTIONS <br> Manvj of the best Peonies have been introduced <br> in the past ten or fifteen years being disseminated <br> by those painstaking Frenchmen M Dessert and <br> M Lemoine Nothing in die line of Peonies that <br> had gone before equaled or approached such <br> varieties as Alsace-Lorraine Aurore Bayadere <br> Germaiiie Bigot Enchantress Le Cygne La France <br> Madame Emile Lemoine Madame Jules Dessert <br> Mignon Monsieur Martin Cahuzac Sarah Bern- <br> hardt Solange Therese Tourangelle etc <br> Kelway of England has enriched Peonies for <br> all time bvj such superb sorts as Baroness Schroe- <br> der Kelway s Glorious James Kelway etc <br> Mr Blaauw of Holland added a grand variety <br> recently in President Taft <br> These are necessarily higher in price than the <br> older sorts as they have been so recently sent out <br> and the stock of them is very limited but let us <br> tell you that you will miss a large part of the <br> charm of the Peony until you see these wonders <br> of the floral creation We could sell you fifty <br> thousand Festiva Maxima or twenty -five thousand <br> Marie Lemoine at prices quoted and be glad to <br> do so but we could not sell you one hundred of <br> such varieties as Le Cygne La France Solange <br> etc for the reason they are not to be had at any <br> price and at the prices quoted for them we are <br> not anxious to sell tliem We make this assertion <br> and will stand by same diat die greatest creations <br> in Peonies the world has ever known are the <br> recent introductions of Messrs Dessert and Lemoine <br> The proof of the pudding is in the eating and <br> it is almost the invariable rule of visitors to our <br> Peomj fields while in bloom to make choice of <br> these new varieties We go to some length in <br> this matter as some dealers endeavor to create the <br> impression that most of the new Peonies are fakes; <br> we want if possible to correct this impression <br> which is absolutely erroneous <br> AMERICAN PEONIES <br> Of Peonies originating in America those by <br> John Richardson of Massachusetts from 1 857 to <br> 1 887 are prominent His Dorchester Grandi- <br> flora Milton Hill etc are of the finest varieties <br> in existence George Hollis also of Massachu- <br> setts and IT A Terry of Iowa have sent out some <br> good varieties but unfortunately for us die labors <br> of these uiree Peony growers are ended The <br> Rev Harrison and Mr Roseufield both of Ne- <br> braska also Mr Shay lor of Massachusetts have <br> very recently added to our Peony lists in America <br> Mr Brand of Minnesota commenced his work <br> with Peonies in 1 886 His Archie Brand Eliza- <br> beth Barrett Browning Frances Willard Long- <br> fellow Mary Brand Martha Bulloch Richard <br> Carvel etc are as good as the best It behooves <br> every Peony enthusiast to keep his eye on the <br> Brand Peonies <br> Let me introduce to you Brand's Peonies <br> The little child is showing vjou a lower of the <br> famous Martha Bulloch <br> Miss Ella V j Baines Spring field Ohio <br> Page Five 41910042 131358 64860 Page 5 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/41910042 1917 10 1080/00222939009460791 Ella V Baines Firm ; Henry G Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection NameFound Lemoine NameConfirmed Lemoine NameBankID 4964481 NameFound Maxima NameConfirmed Maxima EOLID 11600420 NameBankID 5132771 Biodiversity Heritage Library Miss Ella V Baines the woman florist Springfield Ohio Peonies for pleasure Garden Stories Bulbs Plants Catalogs Flowers Peonies Plants Ornamental Seed industry and trade Seeds Trade catalogs U S Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library bhl page 41910042 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/41910042 bhlGardenStories BHLinbloom bulbs plants plants ornamental u s department of agriculture national agricultural library bhlgardenstories bhlinbloom Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2015-01-29 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/16208622220 2015-08-25 01 55 53 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Peonies for pleasure Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |