Book excerpt: Excerpt from Peonies and Iris, 1923 In two years' time three hundred and fifty varieties had been acquired. Wm. A. Peter son again visited most of the peony specialists in England and on the continent in 1889. In looking over the card indexes of the names now carried that were bought that year we find Couronne d'or, and Octavie Demay. In 1900 Marie Grousse, Claire Dubois and Felix Grousse were also acquired and have not been superseded by any of the modern introductions. A subsequent visit in 1906, when three thou sand dollars worth was purchased, while in bloom, from the growers, laid the foundation for the large stock of fine varieties now grown at Peterson Nursery. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.