American Peony Society Bulletin 1915- 2006

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001 – 1915 August

  • What are you doing for the cause of the peony (A.H. Fewkes)
  • Letter from (A. Dessert)
  • Peonies in Philadelphia (J. Boyd)
  • Peonies in Missouri (B.C. Auten)
  • Growing for cut flowers (W.J. Engle)
  • Peonies, good, bad, and indifferent (H.W. Groschner)
  • On raising seedlings (E. Secor / E.P. Wheeler / O.L. Ringle / A.P. Saunders)

002 – 1916 May

  • Hand fertilization of the peony (A.H. Fewkes)
  • A symposium on the newer foreign varieties
  • What varieties of peonies should be discarded?
  • The odor of the peony (A.H. Fewkes)
  • A symposium on fragrance

003 – 1916 September

  • A symposium of the newer foreign varieties
  • Paeonia lutea as a basis for cross fertilization (W.H. Thurlow / A.P. Saunders)
  • Peony fragrance (A.P. Saunders)

004 – 1917 May

  • Letter from (M. Lemoine)
  • How to exhibit peonies (from: Garden Magazine)
  • Notes towards the history of the peony in America, part 1 (C.S. Harrison)
  • Book review: The book of the peony by Edward Harding (A.P. Saunders)

005 – 1917 October

  • Peonies in Alabama (P.M. Long)
  • Peonies in Missouri (F. Wild / B.C. Auten)
  • Notes towards the history of the peony in America, part 2, 3 & 4 (T.C. Thurlow / J.F. Rosenfield / S.A. Pleas)

006 – 1918 May

  • On the preservation of pollen for hybridizing (A.P. Saunders)
  • The best time to transplant peonies (from: Garden and forest)
  • Some impressions of Mrs. Pleas’ varieties (L.R. Bonnewitz)
  • Notes towards the history of the peony in America, part 5 (A.M. Brand)
  • A method of hastening the germination of hard-coated seeds (from: Garden Magazine)
  • The cultivation of peonies in California (F.H. McCullagh)

007 – 1919 January

  • A symposium of the newer foreign varieties: rating results (A.P. Saunders)

008 – 1919 May

  • How to make the most money out of an acre of peonies (from: Minnesota Horticulturist)
  • A fine garden of peonies is Michigan (F. King)
  • Late blooms on Paeonia lutea (W. Crawford)
  • How to hybridize peonies (A.P. Saunders)
  • Obituary: C.S. Harrison

009 – 1919 August

  • Notes of a traveller, Paris and London (J.C. Wister)
  • A visit to M. Lemoine (J.C. Wister)
  • A visit to M. Dessert (J.C. Wister)

010 – 1920 January

  • G. Hollis (E.P. Wheeler)
  • A study of Hollis’ catalogues and a list of his seedlings (A.P. Saunders)
  • Hybridizing the peony (G. Hollis)

011 – 1920 April

  • Nothing of interest…

012 – 1920 May

  • List of the Lemoine varieties (M. Lemoine)
  • Experiments in hastening the germination of peony seed (L.C. Glenn)
  • Another method of hastening germination (E.P. Wheeler)
  • The lure of the peony (F.G. Brethour)

013 – 1920 August

  • The peony in the NorthWest (W.F. Christman)
  • Obituary: Charles Willis Ward
  • Notes on peonies (Shaylor)

014 – 1921 May

  • Symposium on the general list of peonies: rating results (A.P. Saunders)

015 – 1921 November

  • Nothing of interest…

016 – 1922 March

  • Peony shows
  • Obituary: Mrs. L.R. Bonnewitz
  • Obituary: Oliver Franklin Brand (A.M. Brand)

017 – 1922 December

  • Peony shows

018 – 1923 January

  • Percentage ratings of peonies (J. Pillow)
  • Tree peonies (J.C. Wister)
  • Some suggestions from Mr. Farr (A.P. Saunders)
  • Notes on certain Brand peonies (A.P. Saunders)
  • A note on Hollis’ Evening Glow (A.P. Saunders)
  • Gloria Patria not a Hollis seedling (A.P. Saunders)
  • Authentic list of Rivière varieties (A.P. Saunders)
  • Authentic list of Millet varieties (A.P. Saunders)
  • The influence of frequent division on the health of peonies (W.T. Ferguson)
  • On buying small division of peonies (W.T. Ferguson)

019 – 1923 April

  • A short course in peony culture (W.F. Christman)
  • A selection of varieties for the beginner (A.M. Brand)
  • Garden hints for beginners (L.R. Bonnewitz)
  • Treating Lemoine disease (F.P. Garman)

020 – 1923 July

  • Peony shows
  • Time of bloom (H.S. Cooper)
  • A better way of rating peonies (G.W. Veditz)
  • A member’s experience with diseased peonies (K.K. Lorenz)
  • Peonies on the North Pacific coast (I.W. Goodner)
  • The future of the peony (W. Thurlow)
  • Some noteworthy peonies of the present day (B.H. Farr)
  • Some constructive suggestions for the future (W.A. Peterson)
  • The experience of a Virginian amateur with small divisions (George W. Peyton)
  • A plea for the peony manual (F. McClain)

021 – 1924 May

  • Looking backwards, and a glance forward (A.H. Fewkes)
  • An appreciation of Prof Leroy Cady (W.F. Christman)
  • Book review: Peonies in the little garden by Edward Harding (A.H. Fewkes)
  • Standard divisions vs one-eyed-divisions (J.H. Park)
  • My year in Europe (A.P. Saunders)

022 – 1924 August

  • Peony shows
  • Propagation of tree peonies (B.H. Farr)
  • Tree peony notes (J.C. Wister)

023 – 1925 February

  • Preparation and storage of show peonies (H.F. Little)
  • The lure of the peony (G.W. Veditz)
  • Peony prices (H. Jessup)
  • Blasting of peony buds (E. Auten)
  • Some suggestions for a future symposium (B.C. Auten)
  • Championing the cause of the single peony (C.A. Mathes)
  • An appreciation of the peony (W.F. Christman)
  • Obituary: Bertrand H. Farr
  • Obituary: Henry S. Cooper
  • Some constructive criticisms and suggestions (S. Carpenter)

024 – 1925 May

025 – 1925 August

026 – 1926 January

027 – 1926 June

028 – 1926 September

029 – 1926 December

030 – 1927 April

031 – 1927 July

032 – 1927 November

033 – 1928 February

034 – 1928 June

035 – 1928 September

036 – 1928 December

037 – 1929 March

038 – 1929 June

039 – 1929 September

040 – 1929 December

041 – 1930 March

042 – 1930 June

043 – 1930 September

044 – 1930 December

045 – 1931 March

046 – 1931 June

047 – 1931 September

048 – 1931 December

049 – 1932 March

050 – 1932 June

051 – 1932 September

052 – 1932 December

053 – 1933 March

054 – 1933 June and September

055 – 1933 December

056 – 1934 March

057 – 1934 June

058 – 1934 September and December

059 – 1935 March

060 – 1935 June

061 – 1935 September

062 – 1936 January

063 – 1936 March

064 – 1936 June

065 – 1936 September

066 – 1936 December

067 – 1937 March

068 – 1937 June

069 – 1937 September

070 – 1937 December

071 – 1938 March

072 – 1938 June

073 – 1938 September

074 – 1938 December

075 – 1939 March

076 – 1939 June and September

077 – 1939 December

078 – 1940 March

079 – 1940 June

080 – 1940 September

081 – 1940 December

082 – 1941 March

083 – 1941 June

084 – 1941 September

  • Some hybrid peonies, an account of my work in hybridizing peonies (A.P. Saunders)
  • Some outstanding peonies in 1941 (George Peyton)
  • Peonies in Eastern Indiana (H.L. Smith)
  • My hobby (J.D. Millar)
  • Not only Le Cygne (M.A. Eliason)
  • Tree peonies in the landscape (N. Kriek)

085 – 1941 December

086 – 1942 March

087 – 1942 June and September

088 – 1942 December

089 – 1943 March

090 – 1943 June

091 – 1943 September

092 – 1943 December

093 – 1944 March

094 – 1944 June

095 – 1944 September

096 – 1944 December

097 – 1945 March

098 – 1945 June

099 – 1945 September

100 – 1945 December

101 – 1946 March

  • Species hybrids are fun (E.B. White)
  • Peonies in Kansas (F.E. Moots)
  • A report from the Mesaba range (C.H. Kleffman)
  • On to Rockford (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Method of simplifying exhibiting (R.G. Gayle)
  • Performance rating for some peonies (George Peyton)
  • Where were the smelling (N.R. Van Loon)
  • Obituary: Julius Van Steen

102 – 1946 June

  • The year 1945 (Art Murawska)
  • Believe it or not by Bob (R.W. Jones)

103 – 1946 September and December

  • Poets and peasants of the peony parade (N.R. Van Loon)
  • My peony pilgrimage 1946 (George Peyton)
  • Officinalis by lactiflora (B.W. Guppy)
  • Peonies in an Alabama garden (P.M. Long)
  • Report on tree peonies at Swathmore College (Louis Smirnow)
  • A communication from England (A. Fisk)
  • Comments from Ohio (J. Snook)
  • Significance of periodic soil tests
  • Notes from Minnesota (F.W. Nichols)
  • Obituary: Ernest Flint Kelsey

104 – 1947 March

  • Peonies in the Pacific Northwest (R. Rosefield)
  • Notes on frost damage to peonies (F.E. Winslow)
  • Paeonia mlokosewitschii (from: Gardener’s Chronicle)
  • Nematode control
  • Chemical pesticides (from: American Fruit Grower)
  • Color in evergreens (L.L. Kumlien)
  • Single peonies (K.L. Brewster)
  • Peonies or gladiolus (L.E. May)
  • Give me land, lots of land (F.O. Hubert)
  • One October Day (F. Stoll)

105 – 1947 June

  • Nothing of interest

106 – 1947 September

  • Peonyland 1947 (George Peyton)
  • Peonies in 1947 (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Peonies I have and peonies I have not (H.W. White)
  • Comments from Iowa (R.B. Smith)
  • Marie Crousse and its seedlings (Edward Auten)
  • How many miles to Boston town (F. Moots)
  • The 1947 season at Princeville (Edward Auten)
  • Peony performance in Ohio (J.S. Snook)
  • Layering tree peonies (H.F. Stoke)

107 – 1947 December

  • 1947 on the Mesaba range (C.H. Kleffman)
  • Comments from Wisconsin (F.O. Hubert)
  • Some outstanding peonies (George Peyton)
  • Peonies in Northern Minnesota (H. Thomforde)
  • Late peonies and thrips (J. Mason)
  • Shows and judges (E.E. Green)
  • North of Boston (H.F. Dunham)
  • Peonies in the Puget Sound District (R.P. Loomis)
  • Obituary: Harry Franklin Little
  • Obituary: Lee Ritchie Bonnewitz
  • Address of Mr. J. Eliot Coit at the Meeting of the American Peony Society in 1907

108 – 1948 March

  • Some recommended peony varieties (M.C. Karrels)
  • Problems of peony growers (F.F. Weinard)
  • Peony ratings (F.E. Moots)
  • Tree peony chat (Louis Smirnow)
  • Why I have sworn of growing vegetables (B.W. Guppy)
  • Peonies for exhibition (W.F. Christman)
  • Obituary: Grant B. Babcock

109 – 1948 June

  • A list of Kelsey’s peony introductions (W.F. Christman)
  • Judging show exhibits (R.G. Gayle)
  • Show your flowers (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Tree peonies (Louis Smirnow)

110 – 1948 September

  • Early blooming varieties in an Alabama garden (P.M. Long)
  • Obituary: Richard Alexander Napier

111 – 1948 December

  • Tree peony tour (Louis Smirnow)
  • Beautiful peony species (F.C. Stern)
  • Notes from Southern Wisconsin (R. Eller)
  • Organic gardening: soil (W.H. Eyster)
  • A communication from Wisconsin (R. Berkshire)
  • About sawdust (D.C. Leach)
  • Names of peony species (C.M. Clarke)

112 – 1949 March

  • Peonies in a Peace River (Canadian) garden (C.M. Clarke)
  • Forcing late blooming varieties for shows (R.F. Koby)
  • Tree peonies (A. Newhouse)
  • Pity the poor buyer (W.A. Alexander)

113 – 1949 June

  • Why peonies don’t bloom (W.A. Alexander)
  • Tree peonies (William Gratwick)
  • Propagation of tree peonies (Louis Smirnow)

114 – 1949 September

  • My all American collection of 100 varieties (R.G. Gayle)
  • Notes of interest to peony lovers (W.F. Christman)
  • Powdery mildew (F. Weiss)
  • Some old, cheap varieties for Southern gardens (P.M. Long)
  • History of the peony in Europe (R.F. Koby)
  • Raising peonies from seed (Edward Auten)
  • Peony hybrids (A.P. Saunders)

115 – 1949 December

  • History of the peony in America (R.F. Koby)
  • Growing peonies in Texas (J. Fugard)
  • Tree peony thoughts (Louis Smirnow)
  • Peonies in China (F. Steele)

116 – 1950 March

  • Some tree peony notes (John C. Wister)
  • Tree peony propagation (Harold Wolfe)
  • Peonies for pleasure (W.F. Christman)
  • Peony cultivar observations, new or tried and proven? (J.E. Host)
  • Festiva Maxima (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • Obituary: Hans P. Sass
  • From New Zealand (O.W.B. Anderson)
  • From Washington (F.B. Eylar)
  • From Southern Kansas (J.A. Tharp)

117 – 1950 June

  • Organic matter in gardening (G.A. Mehlquist)
  • Tree peony propagation (Harold Wolfe)
  • Peony patricians (George Peyton)
  • Some pests we must learn how to combat (R.F. Koby)
  • Out of the doldrums (Neal van Loon)
  • From Southern California (G.H. Murray)
  • Dubuque’s peony trail (E.B. Lyons)
  • Chlorosis (C. Drage)
  • From Kansas (J.A. Tharp)
  • From Georgia (G.S. Scott)
  • From California
  • From Washington (F.B. Eylar)
  • Modern American hybridizers (R.F. Koby)
  • Success with peonies (W.F. Christman)

118 – 1950 September

  • A method to appraise and rate peony varieties (M.C. Karrels)
  • A brief history of peonies in America: women appear (R.F. Koby)
  • From Indiana (H.L. Smith)
  • Light foliage of tree peonies (Harold Wolfe)
  • More about tree peonies (Harold Wolfe)
  • From Montana (H. Odle)
  • From Illinois (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • A few of my favorites (W.F. Christman)
  • From California (F.L. Harbour)

119 – 1950 December

  • The Dubuque peony trail (E.B. Lyons)
  • From Minnesota (R.W. Jones)
  • From Idaho (V. Lapray)
  • From Washington (C. Moore)
  • Out of the doldrums, continued (Neal van Loon)
  • Obituary: Wilbur A. Sisson
  • Peony appraisals (F.P. Tikalsky)

120 – 1951 March

  • Nothing of interest

121 – 1951 June

  • Pollinating peonies (A. Nightingale)
  • The Far West region (F.B. Eylar)
  • From Indiana (F.E. Winslow)
  • To plant or not to plant in the same hole (F. B. Eylar)
  • Peonies and grizzly bears, Canada (J.E. Marquis)
  • My first adventure with peonies (G. Lewis)
  • Symposiumitis (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • Festiva Maxima (W.A. Alexander)
  • A proposed plant for rating peonies (F.P. Tikalsky)

122 – 1951 September

  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)

123 – 1951 December

  • My clay court peony garden (James Mason)
  • A talk with Art Murawska (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • Plant metabolism (Roy Gayle)
  • My favorite twenty-five (W.A. Alexander)
  • Growing peonies in pots (from: The Florists Review)
  • The twenty-five best (semi) double peonies (G. Peyton)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • From Illinois (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • Best peonies from different regions
  • My 1951 peony season (George Peyton)

124 – 1952 March

  • Peony notes from Ohio (W. Troyan)
  • Growing peonies in Texas (J.D. Clark)
  • Will peonies grow in California? (Bill Krekler)
  • Lyman D. Glasscock (George Peyton)
  • How to cut peonies (L.W. Lindgren)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Some notes on the cross P. officinalis x P. lactiflora (B.W. Guppy)
  • Canadian peony notes (H.B. Musgrove)
  • British Columbia (W.R. Jack)
  • Favorite peonies
  • Obituary: Lyman D. Glasscock
  • Obituary: George C. Thurlow
  • Obituary: Ernest I. Stahly

125 – 1952 June

  • Favorite peonies (Bill Krekler)
  • Alabama peonies (P.M. Long)
  • 1951 sweepstakes peonies (George Peyton)

126 – 1952 September

  • Growing peonies in Northern Texas (J.E. Meador)
  • A rambling reporter reports (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • Black prince (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • Spreading peony fever (W.A. Alexander)
  • From Chicago (E.C. Bills)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Best plants in entire garden (George Peyton)
  • Passing comments on the tree peony (E. Morse)
  • Growing of cut flower peonies (Carl Klehm)
  • Comments on peony species (C.M. Clarke)
  • The Sass brothers (Adrian Gibson)
  • Some observations on peony colors (L.E. Craig)
  • Following the sun (L.E. Foster)
  • My trip to Lake Mohawk (A.L. Murawska)

127 – 1952 December

  • A hint to the younger generation on peony hybridizing (Art Murawska)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Seedling sense (W.A. Alexander)
  • Peony notes 1952 (George Peyton)
  • Favorite peonies (R. Maxwell)
  • My peonies (D.Y. Dunn)
  • Obituary: Cyril M. Clarke

128 – 1953 March

  • My favorite exhibition peonies (G.H. Graves)
  • A new symposium: peony ratings (George Peyton)
  • The American horticultural council and naming of peonies (George Peyton)
  • My favorite peonies (D.Y. Dunn)
  • From Canada to Lake Mohawk (H. Stollery)

129 – 1953 June

  • Herbaceous hybrid peonies and species overview (George Peyton)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Tree peonies in Nebraska (F.K. Shelby)

130 – 1953 September

  • Obituary: Archie Mack Brand
  • Obituary: Arthur Percy Saunders
  • Obituary: John L. Crenshaw
  • Obituary: Ward W. Cook

131 – 1953 December

  • Tree peonies (Louis Smirnow)
  • Experiences of 1953 (W.A. Alexander)
  • Obituary: John Wolzdorf Bernstein
  • Obituary: Herbert L. Mantz
  • Best peonies in Ohio (Bill Krekler)

132 – 1954 March

  • The preservation of peony pollen for hybridizing (A.P. Saunders)
  • How to hybridize peonies (A.P. Saunders)
  • New strain of hybrid peonies (A.P. Saunders)
  • Preparation and storage of show peonies (H.F. Little)
  • Hybrid tree peonies
  • Hybridizing peonies
  • Symposium comments (H.F. Tikalsky)
  • More about sawdust (R.B. Smith)
  • Experiments on tree peony seed germination (Barton/Silvia Saunders)
  • The Nichols method of mulch culture (L.E. Nichols)
  • Hybridizing (L.W. Cousins)
  • Peony breeding (E. Auten)
  • Claire de Lune and Nancy (E.B. White)

133 – 1954 June

  • Some new hybrid peonies (A.P. Saunders)
  • Peonies in Texax (B. Gist)
  • Hybrid herbaceous peonies (F.K. Shelby)
  • Drainage for peonies and how (L.E. Nichols)

134 – 1954 September

  • History of the American Peony Society (George Peyton)
  • Oriental Gold peony
  • Can peonies be forced (E. Auten)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Peonies in Great Britain (O.W.B. Anderson)
  • Miss Gentry takes over, Brand nursery (R.F. Koby)
  • Two new races of peonies (A.P. Saunders)

135 – 1954 December

  • Surely, peonies can be forced (H.J. Grootendorst)
  • Best peonies for several regions
  • Trials and tribulations of an amateur gardener (B.W. Guppy)
  • Obituary: Charles F. Wassenberg
  • Obituary: Reuben L. Oberlin
  • Lure of the peony (L.E. Craig)

136 – 1955 March

  • Obituary: Edward Joseph Berneche
  • California peony gardener (A.H. Kidd)
  • Planting peonies in Alabama (A.H. Goree)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Potting peonies (H. Meyer)
  • Which shall it be (M.A. Eliason)
  • Seeing peony gardens and shows (D.Y. Dunn)
  • Suggestions for a symposium (R.N. Maxwell)
  • Making a gain out of a loss (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • Hybrid peonies (E.A. Claar)
  • A letter from (E. Coit)

137 – 1955 June

  • Schizopaeonia (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • Chicago peony notes (H. Meyer)

138 – 1955 September

  • Sidelights of the ’55 national peony show (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • A field report of hybrid and tree peonies (F.P. Tikalsky)

139 – 1955 December

  • Obituary: William Frank Christman
  • Obituary: Byron Gist
  • Obituary: Fred E. Winslow
  • Obituary: Howard M. Hill

140 – 1956 March

  • About Charles Klehm
  • About A.L. Murawska
  • About Harry L. Smith
  • Judging scale for cut peonies (D.S. Hyde)
  • Hybrid vigour (E. Auten)
  • Paeonia species for the rock garden (F.C. Stern)
  • Felix Supreme

141 – 1956 June

  • A day with Charlie Klehm (E.B. White)
  • About William Brown
  • About George W. Peyton
  • Studies of light and plant reactions (H.A. Bothwick)
  • Obituary: Harry James Mull
  • Peonies at Rapidan (George Peyton)

142 – 1956 September

  • Peony report from Baltimore, part 1 (F.H. Barclay)
  • Tree peony notes from Long Island (E. Morse)

143 – 1956 December

  • Peony report from Baltimore, part 2 (F.H. Barclay)
  • Antibiotics on peonies, maybe (H.G. Jackson)
  • California tree peony report (H.D. Poisal)
  • Peonies in New Zealand (O.W. Anderson)

144 – 1957 March

  • About Edward Auten
  • About Walter Mains
  • Peony Red Charm (M.C. Karrels)
  • Suggestions from Canada (Lyman Cousins)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Success with tree peonies
  • Fay gardens (Orville Fay)
  • Obituary: Gus J. Boehland
  • Obituary: Abraham Nieuwenhuyzen
  • Peony suggestions (Bill Krekler)

145 – 1957 June

  • The use of gibberellins (D.P. Watson)
  • Tree peony forcing
  • Permanent numbers for peonies (Bill Krekler)
  • P. albiflora or P. lactiflora (George Peyton)
  • P. californica and P. brownii

146 – 1957 September

  • The secretary’s safari (George Peyton)
  • Peonies 1957 (W.A. Alexander)
  • Peony Kansas (George Peyton)
  • Tree peonies (E. Morse)

147 – 1957 December

  • Mrs Gowen captivates the British (A.S. Gowen)
  • New Zealand peony season (W.B. Anderson)
  • The Yellow flowered tree peony, P. lutea (from: Le Jardin, L. Henry)
  • M. Vander Pol visits Japan (M. Vander Pol)
  • Propagation of tree peonies (H.F. Stoke)
  • Obituary: Charles Klehm

148 – 1958 March

  • The mathematics of hybridizing (Harold Wolfe)
  • Inducing fertility in fully double Paeonia lactiflora (J.F. Murawska)
  • Forcing and hybridizing peonies (W.S. Bockstoce)
  • Spice for peonies, companion plants (W.A. Alexander)
  • About Lincoln E. Nichols

149 – 1958 June

  • Certificate of incorporation of American Peony Society
  • APS handbook for judges (I.W. Searles)
  • Flower shows are for everyone
  • Hardiness of tree peonies in Canada (R.H. Giff)

150 – 1958 September

  • Peonies 1958 (George Peyton)

151 – 1958 December

  • A tale of two tree peonies (W.G. Robinson)
  • Peony Amalia Olson (C.I. Nelson)
  • The year of peony Le Cygne (W.A. Alexander)
  • The secretary’s trip to Minneapolis (George Peyton)
  • About Myron D. Bigger
  • The peony plant for medicinal purposes in China, Japan and Europe (H.G. Jackson)
  • Peony Reine Elizabeth, an abundant bloomer (R.H. Giff)
  • Obituary: Jan van Leeuwen

152 – 1959 March

  • Railroading and 50 years of peonies (Art Murawska)
  • Evaluating hybrids (W.A. Alexander)
  • Obituary: W. Ormiston Roy
  • A Japanese garden (M. vander Pol & A.C. Haskell)
  • Chromosome numbers of species peonies (Harold Wolfe)

153 – 1959 June

  • Critique of the American Peony Society (G. Whitsett)

154 – 1959 September

  • How hardy are peonies? (Mawell / Karrels / Tischler)
  • The 1959 season (H. Tinnappel)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)

155 – 1959 December

  • Peyton’s peony pilgrimage 1959 (George Peyton)
  • Peony Prairie Moon (George Peyton)
  • Peony Amalia Olson (George Peyton)
  • About Edwin C. Bills
  • Book review: Peonies outdoors and in by A.H. Nehrling

156 – 1960 March

  • About Laurence D. Baker
  • Exhibition peonies (Marvin C. Karrels)
  • Obituary: John M. Johnson
  • The secretary’s trek, part 1 (George Peyton)
  • Tree peonies, varieties and culture (M. Vander Pol)

157 – 1960 June

  • Time to change, blooming time of peonies (Bill Krekler)
  • Annual Chicago World Flower Show (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • Obituary: Herbert C. Cooper
  • About Russell H. Jones
  • Originations of H.C. Cooper

158 – 1960 September

  • Fifty years with peonies (K.K. Lorenz)
  • The 1960 peony season (George Peyton)

159 – 1960 December

  • Peonies in the Washington D.C. Area
  • Tree peonies (F.C. Stern)
  • The secretary’s trek, part 2 (George Peyton)
  • Obituary: Rudolph C. Schneider
  • Obituary: George E. Winchell

160 – 1961 March

  • Fifty years with peonies (E. Auten)
  • Certificate of incorporation of the American Peony Society
  • Obituary: Harry L. Smith
  • The International Code of Nomenclature

161 – 1961 June

  • Chicago World Flowers and Garden Show (F.P. Tikalsky)
  • Nematode control through sugar (from: The New York Times)

162 – 1961 September

  • Obituary: Raymond F. Koby
  • Obituary: Benjamin Wilder Guppy
  • Obituary: William H. Boyle
  • The secretary’ 1961 journey (George Peyton)

163 – 1961 December

  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • My experience with hybrids (R.N. Maxwell)
  • Obituary: Martin Adolph Eliason
  • Fern leaved peonies: P. tenuifolia, P. anomala and hybrids (George Peyton)

164 – 1962 March

  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • The tree peony (V.P. Conklin)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Obituary: Augustus Mayfield Riley
  • Obituary: Jesse Crook Nicholls
  • What’s wrong, why peonies aren’t more popular (W.A. Alexander)
  • Ideas for peony persons (L.E. Nichols)

165 – 1962 June

  • Fighting peony diseases (E. Auten)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Tree peonies (O. Dawson)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Obituary: Elmer A. Claar
  • Obituary: L.W. Lindgren
  • What’s wrong, why peonies aren’t more popular (C.A. Harper)

166 – 1962 September

  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • What’s wrong, why peonies aren’t more popular (E. Auten)
  • The secretary’s ‘trip’ (George Peyton)
  • Growing seedlings (L.E. Nichols)
  • Split seedlings (A.E. Rigby)

167 – 1962 December

  • The peony as a status symbol (V.P. Conklin)
  • Tree peonies rooted from leaf-bud cuttings (L.T. Blaney))
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Tree peony philosophy (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Peonies and weather (W.A. Alexander)
  • New APS handbook ‘The Peonies’ by John C. Wister
  • How does your garden grow (G. Tollefson)

168 – 1963 March

  • Photographing the peony (V.P. Conklin)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Tree peony notes (A.J. De Blasi)

169 – 1963 June

  • The secretary’s trip (George Peyton)
  • Peonies at Ottawa, Canada (A.R. Buckley)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Growing tree peonies from seed (H.F. Stoke)
  • Recommended list of varieties
  • Peony roots (E. Auten)
  • Peonies for the cut flower trade (F.E. Moots)
  • The peony: a cure for headaches (V.P. Conklin)

170 – 1963 September

  • Polyploids new in plant world, Harold Wolfe’s work with peonies (E.B. McClure)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • The God of color (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Recommended tree peonies (Smirnow / Lambert / Armatys / Wister / Wolfe)
  • Obituary: William Sheraden Bockstoce
  • Vine weevils attack peonies (J.P. Miller)
  • Atabatics or the peony vs Jack Frost (V.P. Conklin)

171 – 1963 December

  • A tree peony check dilemma (V.P. Conklin)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Tree peony philosophy (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Paeonia ludlowii (N.C. Barton)
  • Obituary: William Brown

172 – 1964 March

  • Seed from infertile double Le Cygne through cutting down (Sam Wissing)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Discovery of P. rockii – On the eaves of the world (R. Farrer)
  • Obituary: Mary E.G. Freeborn

173-174 1964 June September

  • Introducing C. Dan Pennell
  • Men’s garden clubs of America to study peonies (M.M. Taylor)
  • Tree peonies (Louis Smirnow)
  • Tree peony notes (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Chromosome counts of Saunders’ peonies (Silvia Saunders)
  • 25 years of breeding herbaceous peonies (Sam Wissing)

175 – 1964 December

  • Fickleness of tree peony Reine Elizabeth (R.H. Giff)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Tree peonies (F.C. Stern)
  • A word about hybridizing (Sam Wissing)
  • Draught 1964 (L.R. Fletcher)
  • New varieties and names (W.A. Alexander)
  • Obituary: D. Sanford Hyde
  • Peonies in the garden and in the house (A.V. Astrov)

176 – 1965 March

  • Obituary: George W. Peyton
  • Report on chromosome counting of Saunders’ peonies (Silvia Saunders)
  • Hybridizing peonies (Sam Wissing)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Tree peony thoughts (A.J. De Blasi)
  • The magnolia, a worthy companion to the tree peony (H. Tinnappel)
  • Seduction of the innocents (N.R. van Loon)

177 – 1965 June

  • Tree peonies (J.C. Wister)
  • Another peony symposium rating? (E. Auten)
  • Hybridizer’s round robin excerpts (Auten / Reath / Cousins / Pehrson)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Common sense flower arrangements (E. Auten)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • What results may be expected from your peonies

178 – 1965 September

  • Time for peony planting (P.H. Wright)
  • Peony records and labels (E. Auten)
  • Growing the peony (James Boyd)
  • Propagating by division of roots (James Boyd)
  • Tree peony notes (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Reine Elizabeth, the black sheep (R.H. Giff)
  • Peony planting down South (K.M. Colby)
  • Report from a flower show school (C.E. Dunham)
  • Visits: David Reath & Bill Gratwick (Silvia Saunders)
  • Chromosome count of Saunders’ peonies (Silvia Saunders)
  • Chromosome studies in varieties of  tree and herbaceous peonies in Japan (K. Hagiya)
  • Peonies and weather (W.A. Alexander)

179 – 1965 December

  • What are you doing for the cause of the peony (A.H. Fewkes)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Peony plant study organized (M. Taylor)
  • History of the Duluth peony society (M.L. Cooke)
  • Little climates in Winter (L.T. Pierce)

180 – 1966 March

  • Growing and showing blooms (Clarence O. Lienau)
  • Chromosome count  of Saunders’ peonies (Silvia Saunders)
  • Peonies, the backbone of beautiful gardens (N.B. Emig)
  • Peonies at Winterthur (C.G. Tyrrell)
  • Bud failure (E. Auten)
  • Some oldtimers (W.A. Alexander)
  • Tree peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peony Reine Elizabeth (R.H. Giff)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • We lack color (R.H. Giff)
  • A bit of nonsense (N.R. van Loon)
  • Magnolias and lilacs fine companion plants to use with peonies (H.L. White)
  • Clumps are best (Bill Krekler)
  • Action of walnut tree roots on peonies (L. Votrian)
  • Nichols method of mulch culture (L.E. Nichols)
  • Krekler looks back
  • Size of hybrid root divisions

181 – 1966 June

  • I met professor Saunders (William Gratwick)
  • Tree peonies (William Gratwick)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Spring magic (A.J. De Blasi)

182 – 1966 September

  • Introducing R.H. Giff
  • Introducing W.G. Sindt
  • Effects of the May freeze (W.A. Alexander)
  • Some notes on the history of the APS and its effects on some peony collections (J.C. Wister)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Tree peonis (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Paeonia mlokosewitschii worthy of consideration (R.H. Giff)
  • Peonies and photography (A.J. De Blasi)

183 – 1966 December

  • Recommended list of varieties (M.C. Karrels)
  • Walter Mains peony planted to honour namesake (W.A. Alexander)
  • In defense of peony Reine Elizabeth (H.D. Poisal)
  • Introducing H.E Tinnappel
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • My experiences with tree peonies (E. Auten)
  • Polyploids (Ben Gilbertson)
  • How to force tree and herbaceous peonies

184 – 1967 March

  • What care should we give our peonies?
  • Growing tree peonies from seed (H.F. Stoke)
  • Remarkable tree peony discoveries, the Itoh-hybrids (Louis Smirnow)
  • Tree peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • About Walter A. Alexander (H. Tinnappel)

185 – 1967 June

  • Why peonies don’t bloom (H. Tinnappel)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Tree peonies in early Spring (A.J. De Blasi)

186 – 1967 September

  • Some Asian species peonies, part 1  (A.P. Saunders)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Peonies in the South (K.M.Colby)
  • The mathematics of hybridizing (Harold E. Wolfe)
  • Plant peonies for carefree beauty (from: The Chicago Tribune)
  • Obituary: Earl B. White

187 – 1967 December

  • Introducing Nassos Daphnis
  • Peonies for Autumn color (W.A. Alexander)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • There will be tree peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Some Asian species peonies, part 2 (A.P. Saunders)
  • Peonies bloom in Salem (W. Bringe)
  • Obituary: Frederick Claude Stern
  • Obituary: Eugene H. Lins

188 – 1968 March

  • An apology to Reine Elizabeth (R.H. Giff)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Early history of peony literature (Ben Gilbertson)
  • Brand peony farm, part 1
  • Hybridizing exhibit (Sam Wissing)
  • Paeonia anomala (Sam Wissing)

189 – 1968 June

  • Peony breeding (Orville Fay)
  • Handling exhibition blooms
  • Tree peony comparisons (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Brand peony farms, part 2
  • P. ludlowii seeds (John C. Wister)
  • Peonies remain a garden delight (from: Kansas City Star)

190 – 1968 September

  • The Saunders Memorial Award (Silvia Saunders)
  • John C. Wister receives Saunders Memorial Award (Silvia Saunders)
  • Edward Auten receives Saunders Memorial Award  (David Reath)
  • Introducing Silvia Saunders
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Salesmanship, would this approach sell peonies? (W.A. Alexander)
  • Mr and Mrs Wissing
  • Do’s and don’ts (A.J. De Blasi)
  • David Reath to take over Saunders hybrid peonies
  • Peonies may need help in September (from: the Star of Indianapolis)

191 – 1968 December

  • Chromosome abnormalities in Alice Harding (J. Fiala)
  • Hybridizing for the beginner (Roy Pehrson)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Special hybrids of the Saunders nursery (Silvia Saunders)
  • Peony breeding is rewarding, and not difficult (Sam Wissing)
  • A walk through the park (A.J. De Blasi)
  • An acre of happiness (from: Des Moines Sunday Register)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Growing peonies in Georgia (W. Blount)
  • Marvin Karrels present placque to Sam Wissing
  • Obituary: Art Murawska
  • Peony preferences in 1968 (Bill Krekler)

192 – 1969 March

  • Tree peony suggestions (A. Kilham)
  • Flowering of P. ludlowii (E. Sedgwick)
  • Introducing Roy Pehrson
  • Growing tree peonies from seed (E. Sedgwick)

193 – 1969 June

  • A.P. Saunders and the APS
  • Think peonies (J. Baumgardt)
  • A scheme for selecting flowers (A. De Blasi)
  • Tree peonies (Leo Armatys)
  • Grafting herbaceous peonies (Ben Gilbertson)
  • Peony blooms must be cut with caution (J. Burdett)
  • Will you pleasy hybridize (Roy Pehrson)
  • Nassos hybrids F1s (Nassos Daphnis)
  • Some good seed parents (Roy Pehrson)
  • The fern leaf peonies (Paeonia tenuifolia) (Ben Gilbertson)
  • A discovery (Roy Pehrson)
  • Obituary: H.F. DuPont

194 – 1969 September

  • Impressions of the APS show (Silvia Saunders)
  • About Bill Krekler
  • My experience with growing peonies on the NW plains of Texas (M. Nelson)
  • The four-minute mile (Roy Pehrson)
  • Plantings in the state of Washington (B. Cremer)
  • Tree peonies (Leo Armatys)
  • Some pollens to try on lactifloras (Roy Pehrson)

195 – 1969 December

  • What is happening to our peony species? (Silvia Saunders)
  • Pretty peonies popular queen (A. Kozelka)
  • How to start a new peony planting (C. Lienau)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • 1969, a memorable year (A.J. De Blasi)
  • New view of peonies (from: The Avant Gardener)
  • Gardening in Arizona (B. Massey)

196 – 1970 March

  • The inner-glow hybrids of Lyman Cousins (J. Fiala)
  • Anniversaries of Felix Crousse and Earle B. White
  • Some peony parents and their offspring (Edward Auten)
  • Earle B. White (White)
  • Lactifloras useful to hybridizers (and a few hybrids) (Silvia Saunders)
  • The peony is waiting… for you! (Silvia Saunders & Roy Pehrson)
  • Climate and P. ludlowii (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Growing peonies in the South (G. Colby)
  • Tree peony accelerando (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • New standards for peonies (P. Wright)
  • Report from Wisconsin (W. Bringe)
  • Book review: The Country Garden by J. Nuese (Silvia Saunders)

197 – 1970 June September

  • Hybridizing workshop (Silvia Saunders)
  • Take one to a dozen (G. Colby)
  • The peony beginner (John Simkins)
  • Peony flower pigments (F. Cooper)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Doubleness (Roy Pehrson)
  • Growing tree peonies from seed (E. Sedgwick)
  • Flowering of P. ludlowii (E. Sedgwick)
  • The first intersectionals (R. Scheele)

198 – 1970 December

  • The new hybrids of Moutan (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Hybridize? (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Plant hybridizing, a fascinating study (A.P. Saunders)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • ‘At the end of its line’ explained (Fiala)
  • Visit to Scotland and London (A.J. De Blasi)
  • 1970 in North Dakota (Ben Gilbertson)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Obituary: Samuel E. Wissing
  • Obituary: Neal R. Van Loon
  • Klehm’s plant patents

199 – 1971 September

  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Tree peony observations (A.J De Blasi)
  • Peonies in New Mexico (G. Doolittle)

200 – 1971 December

  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Peony breeders’ bonanza (Silvia Saunders)
  • Paeoniaceae, morphology of the angiosperms (A.J. Eames)
  • How about some little peonies? (Chris Laning)
  • If I could grow only 25 peonies (M.C. Karrels)
  • Beginner’s corner

201 – 1972 March

  • The use of colchicine to induce polyploidy in peonies (David Reath)
  • History of APS show champions
  • Peonies on the 50 yard line (R. Edblom)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • More from Pehrson (Silvia Saunders)
  • Beginner’s corner

202 – 1972 June

  • Seed sources for peony species (D.E. Emery)
  • Transliteration or translation: names of peonies (J.F. Styer)
  • A peony cross for non-hybridizers (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Some goals for the serious hybridist (A.J. DeBlasi)
  • Beginner’s corner
  • Some thoughts on pollen management (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peony varieties for cutting in the East (J. Franklin Styer)

203 – 1972 September

  • Fourth hybridizing workshop (Silvia Saunders)
  • Saunders memoriam medal awarded: Toichi Itoh & Lyman Cousins
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Fragrant peony wine (E.L. Michau)
  • Tree peony philosophy (A.J. DeBlasi)

204 – 1972 December

  • The medal winners (W.A. Alexander)
  • Benlate (Benomyl) fungicide (Roy Pehrson)
  • The peony patch (Ben Gilbertson)

205 – 1973 March

  • Bagging, storing and transporting peony blooms (C.O. Lienau)
  • Hybridizing for the beginner (Roy Pehrson)
  • How to cut and prepare flowers for shows (L.W. Lindgren)
  • Peony root diseases, pests and rots (Bill Krekler)
  • Veteran’s reminiscences: personal favorites (Edward Auten)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Flower arranging for the beginner, part 1 (K.W. Fisher)

206 – 1973 June

  • Peonies as landscape plants (E. Green)
  • Peonies for the small city garden (K. Sampson)
  • If you cut peonies (J.F. Styer)
  • Flower arranging for the beginner, part 2 (K.W. Fisher)
  • Transplanting herbaceous peonies (Bill Krekler)
  • Spring planting (Clarence Lienau)
  • Mulching (W.P. Bringe)
  • Benlate (W.A. Alexander)
  • Those other peonies (Silvia Saunders in ‘Horticulture’ magazine)
  • Tenuifolia flore plena (R.W. Tischler)
  • Obituary: Lyman Cousins

207 – 1973 September

  • Classifying the new peonies (J.F. Styer)
  • Peony culture (Bill Krekler)
  • Propagating peonies (Silvia Saunders)
  • Iron deficiency chlorosis (Roy Pehrson)
  • Fifth hybridizers workshop (Silvia Saunders)
  • Saunders medal awarded: Roy Pehrson & Gratwick/Daphnis
  • How Klehm’s nursery germinates peony seeds (R.G. Klehm)
  • Flower arranging for the beginner, part 3 (K.W. Fisher)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Obituary: W.A. Alexander

208 – 1973 December

  • Memories of the hybrid peonies (E. Green)
  • The peony family: flower types (E.L. Michau)
  • Peonies in Great Britain (C.G. Jones)
  • Herbaceous peony stems (Roy Pehrson)
  • Edward Auten & peonies (Edward Auten)
  • Myron D. Bigger & peonies (A. Schaaf)
  • Obituary: Carl G. Klehm
  • Saunders varieties of lutea hybrid tree peonies (R. Kleinsmith)

209 – 1974 March

  • Peony growing in Iceland (K. Gudsteinsson)
  • Peonies in the South (G. Monday)
  • This lovely flower, the peony (J.L. Janus)
  • The neglected tree peony (John Simkins)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • My garden in British Columbia, Canada (J.E. Marquis)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • The peony (Allen J. Wild)
  • The aims of peony hybridization (J. Franklin Styer)
  • Peony season, Ohio (Bill Krekler)
  • Diseases of peonies in Texas (B.J. Simpson)
  • The peony patch in ’73 (Ben Gilbertson)
  • Tree peony propagation, first attempt (C.G. Jones)
  • Peony dormancy (J. Franklin Styer)
  • Roots, the hidden key to peony success (M.C. Karrels)

210 – 1974 June

  • Canadian peony collector H. Landis
  • Tree peony philosophy (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Root knot nematode in garden peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Seeds and the happy tree peony (John Simkins)
  • The duty to register (J. Franklin Styer)
  • Chromosome counts of species and hybrids (Louis Smirnow)
  • Beauty on a pedestal (Marvin Karrels)
  • My experience with peonies (Z.R. Prentiss)
  • Digging and dividing old peony roots (Clarence Linau)

211 – 1974 September

  • Past presidents of the APS
  • Peonies recommended by the APS
  • Louis Smirnow, man of the peony past and future (R.L. Scheele)
  • Give planting due consideration (Marvin Karrels)
  • Planting peonies the organic way (Alma/Silvia Saunders)
  • Lutea blooms of magnificent beauty (Louis Smirnow)
  • Peony time (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Fertilizer to help grow peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Sixth hybridist’s seminar (Silvia Saunders)
  • Silvia Saunders receives A.P. Saunders memorial award (Roy Pehrson)
  • Obituary: Edward Auten

212 – 1974 December

  • Main species of peonies (Edward Harding)
  • Replanting where old peonies have been growing
  • The anemone peony (W.G. Sindt)
  • Considering the Saunders hybrid ‘Red Lacquer’ (Silvia Saunders)
  • The stately Japanese peony (Joe Glocka)
  • Tree peonies in China (Louis Smirnow)
  • A woman appears: Mrs. Edward Harding (Bob Tischler)
  • Tree peonies (Bill Gratwick)
  • A visit to Gratwick’s (John Simkins)
  • Soil: the environment for roots (Coulter/Dittmer)
  • Peony Garden Peace (Henry Landis)
  • Peony hybrids (A.P. Saunders)
  • International Code of Nomenclature

213 – 1975 March

  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Grafting of tree peonies (David Reath)
  • A little about color (J.L. Janus)
  • Some better peonies (Bill Krekler)
  • My history with peonies (J.A. Syrovy)
  • Mulches (E. Green)
  • There is a road (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Experiences with tree peony seeds (C. Graham-Jones)
  • Management of disease risk in peony plantings (Don Hollingsworth)
  • The peony patch (Ben Gilbertson)
  • The leaf is the thing (John Simkins)

214 – 1975 June

  • Cutting and storing peonies (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Tree peony philosophy (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Ants on your peonies (H.M. Titus)
  • Tree peony propagation (C. Graham-Jones)
  • My history with peonies (Greta Kessenich)
  • The Landscape gardeners cross: a progress report (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Controlled germination of peony seeds indoors (Don Hollingsworth)
  • General soil husbandry (from: Avant Gardener)
  • Peonies in Lithuania (O. Skeiviene)
  • Peonies in Argentina (C.H. Ambrosini)

215 – 1975 September

  • Beauty and the peony (F.J. Miller)
  • Peony ‘Renown’ (Silvia Saunders)
  • Peonies that set seed (E. Hemphill)
  • Notes relating to the history, distribution, and cultivation of the peony in China and Japan: part 1 (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Peonies in Wisconsin (Carrol Spangler)
  • Raising peonies from seed (Edward Auten)
  • Introduction to tissue culture propagation (Martin Meyer)
  • Favorite peonies for maximum blooming period (Wild / Tischler / Bigger / Smirnow / Klehm / Lienau / Krekler)
  • Obituary: Leo J. Armatys

216 – 1975 December

  • Peonies in Autumn (F.J. Miller)
  • Wide variation in seed production (Roy Pehrson)
  • Daphnis hybrids F1s (Nassos Daphnis)
  • About Bill Krekler
  • Tree peony philosophy (A.J. De Blasi)
  • My hybridizing (Walter Mains)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Fern leaf peonies (P. tenuifolia) and its hybrids
  • Collecting scions (John Simkins)
  • Sterile media and tissue culture propagation (Martin Meyer)
  • Notes relating to the history, distribution, and cultivation of the peony in China and Japan: part 2 (Don Hollingsworth)

217 – 1976 March

  • The peony (W.G. Sindt)
  • Preservation of older peony varieties (D.A. Ringle)
  • The secret of good peonies: soil (Clarence Linau)
  • A place for peonies (A. De Blasi)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • New display garden (H. Olsen)
  • Victor Lemoine
  • Culture of paeonia embryos by in-vitro techniques (Martin Meyer)
  • Saunders’ Lobata of Perry hybrids (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Notes relating to the history, distribution, and cultivation of the peony in China and Japan, part 3 (Don Hollingsworth)

218 – 1976 June

  • Clarence Linau
  • Peonies of the Red River Valley (H. Thomforde)
  • Select peonies now (W.G. Sindt)
  • Bloom dates for 200 varieties (F.J. Miller)
  • A review of triennial membership (C.G. Jones)
  • Culture of Paeonia callus by tissue culture techniques (Martin Meyer)
  • The peonies that would not die (M.G. Harkness)
  • The mystery of the seed (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Tree peony tips (A.J. De Blasi)
  • The control and eradication of root knot nematodes in peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Hardiness of tree peonies (John Simkins)
  • Our favorite tree peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • A fantasy (M.C. Karrels)

219 – 1976 September

  • Moving peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Growing peonies on the edge of the continental shelf (A.W. Messmahl)
  • Common questions that are asked every year (J.A. Syrovy)
  • Botrytis blight (F.C. Helmling)
  • The Ohio state inspector came (F.C. Helmling)
  • Peonies in Saskatchewan (Brian J. Porter)
  • Peonies in pots (John Simkins)
  • The peony seminar (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Obituary: J. Eliot Coit

220- 1976 December

  • Seeds, seedlings and then peonies (Bill Krekler)
  • Tree peony expert shares some of his trade secrets: Louis Smirnow (from: The New York Times)
  • Grafting herbaceous peonies (Ben Gilbertson)
  • Planting peonies (H. Thomforde)
  • The hardiness of the peony (C.S. Harrison)
  • Peony dormancy (F.C. Helmling)
  • English gardens (T.B. Gentry)
  • Peony culture (A.J. Wild)
  • Dormancy and survival of perennial plants (J. Griess & M. Meyer)
  • Originators, latitude and elevation (A.W. Messmahl)
  • Breeding for the yellow herbaceous peony (E. Hemphill)
  • Measles and leaf blight (F.C. Helmling)
  • History of the peony in China and Japan, part 4 (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Microfoam: Winter storage of container nursery stock (F.K. Buscher)
  • The leaf is the thing, part 2 (John Simkins)

221 – 1977 March

  • Contrasts, peonies and dreams (A.J. De Blasi)
  • The home of peonies (from: China reconstructs)
  • Hard seed coat not the problem (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Pointers on planting and varieties to insure your success this Fall (Henry Cooper)
  • The garden at Highdown towers (C. Graham Jones)
  • The king of the perennials (E. Hemphill)
  • The peony patch (Ben Gilbertson)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • How prize peony grower does it (from: The Milwaukee Journal)

222 – 1977 June

  • Peonies in Pueblo, Colorado (M. McGlothlin)
  • Plant breeders view new propagation methods
  • Tissue culture techniques speed plant introduction (Martin M. Meyer)
  • Selecting peonies for introduction, part 1: adaptations favoring propagation (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peony root diseases (Fred C. Helmling)
  • Cut peonies (Clarence Linau)
  • A peony never remembers (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Winter and micro foam (Fred C. Helmling)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • A manual giving complete direction for the propagation and cultivation of the peony (C.S. Harrison)
  • Some hybrid peonies (A.P. Saunders)

223 – 1977 September

  • Peony growing basics (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Peony planting time (F.J. Miller)
  • Flower of the day (D.F. Flavin)
  • The moutan peony (F.C. Stern)
  • Discovering unique new peonies by way of part-time breeding projects (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Botanical descriptions of 40 Saunders lutea peonies (David Reath & Silvia Saunders)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Obituary: Harvey F. Stoke
  • Winter and micro-foam (F.C. Helmling)
  • About Silvia Saunders
  • Impressions of the seedlings class (Silvia Saunders)
  • Peonies in Koshkonong (C.F. Spangler)

224 – 1977 December

  • The new peonies, promoting a more widespread awareness (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peonies and the environment (W.G. Sindt)
  • Project Highdown (Graham C. Jones)
  • Peonies in Austria (H. Wegenberger)
  • Tree peony troubles (J.A. Syrovy)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Stolons, suckers, and peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Tree peony propagation by rooted cuttings (Graham C. Jones)
  • Antique peony (from: The Milwaukee Journal)
  • About Gilbert H. Wild & Son (from: Missouri Life)
  • The challenge of grafting the tree peony (John Simkins)
  • C.S. Harrison’s peony manual
  • Success with peonies (W.F. Christman)
  • Peony breeding, some questions answered (Edward Auten)
  • Beginnings (E.F. Kelsey)

225 – 1978 March

  • Planting an idea (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Winter hardiness for tree peonies (W.J. Radler)
  • Preservation of peony varieties (D.A. Ringle)
  • The peony patch (Ben Gilbertson)
  • A home nursery for propagating peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Rapid propagation of horseradish by in vitro techniques and possible relationship to the peony (Martin M. Meyer)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Some memories of growing up with peonies at Klehm’s nursery (S.K. Feddler)
  • Growing of cut flower peonies (Carl G. Klehm)
  • A day with Charlie Klehm (Earle B. White)
  • New strain of hybrid peonies (A.P. Saunders)
  • Judging show exhibits (Roy G. Gale)
  • Plant metabolism, growth processes (Roy G. Gale)
  • Preparation and storage of show peonies (Harry F. Little)
  • What are you doing for the cause of the peony? (A.H. Fawkes)

226 – 1978 June

  • From the history of the American Peony Society (A.P. Saunders)
  • The next 75 years (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Flower photographs for publication (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Heirloom peonies (Marvin C. Karrels)
  • Fifty-five years in the peony business (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Shows through the years (W.G. Sindt)
  • Tree peonies in the garden, companion plantings (John Simkins)
  • The society’s forward progress (Charlotte E. Sindt)
  • Beginners (Bill Krekler)
  • My list of exceptional peonies (Clarence Linau)
  • Propagation of herbaceous peonies (David Reath)
  • The traveling tree peony (R.A. McNeal)
  • Tree peonies ‘Down Under’ (Neville Harrop)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • A voice out of the past (Jerome E. Host)
  • Peony entanglement (E. Michau)
  • Brand peony farms (A.M. Brand)
  • Happy birthday, APS (Chris Laning)

227 – 1978 September

  • Bouquets of experience (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Cold, damp, rainy weather and botrytis
  • Botrytis and benlate (W.A. Alexander)
  • Intersectional hybrid stem buds used as scions (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peony culture (Bill Krekler)
  • Shrubby and herbaceous peonies in California (A.R. MacDonald)
  • New reports of P. ludlowii flowering in North America (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Reduce peony shipping losses (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • What would you do? (Bob Tischler)
  • About Mary Freeborn (Clare Sheppard)
  • Lure of the peony (L.E. Craig)
  • My experiences with tree peonies (Edward Auten)

228 – 1978 December

  • Investment in beauty (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Peonies in Kansas city, the Linda Hall Library (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Landscape for beauty (John Simkins)
  • Bedding schemes of contemporary design
  • Fragrant peonies (C.J. Traxler)
  • An expert talks on peony culture (from: The Iowa Homestead)
  • Coit and chaos among the peonies, 1905-1907 (A.H. O’Connor)
  • An experiment with alfalfa on peony seedlings (J.A. Syrovy)
  • Walter Marx, nurseryman, peony enthusiast (Al Rogers)
  • Regina ramblings (B. Porter)
  • A short course in peony culture (W.F. Christman)

229 – 1979 March

  • Fall is ideal planting time (from: The Detroit News)
  • Try pollen of hybrid peony ‘Age of Gold’ to make the Itoh cross (Don Hollingsworth)
  • The peony: a buttercup? (J.A. Syrovy)
  • The tree peonies of Luoyang (Ou-yang Hsiu)
  • Preparing peonies for exhibition purposes (W.F. Christman)
  • Hybrids from species tree peonies (C. Graham Jones)
  • The peony patch (Ben Gilbertson)

230 – 1979 June

  • Peonies (from: The Washington Post)
  • To capture a peony (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Selecting peonies (W.G. Sindt)
  • Time of bloom (H.S. Cooper)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Select peonies for Fall planting now (Clarence Linau)
  • Obituary: Keith Goldsmith
  • Obituary: Francis P. Tikalsky
  • The botanical classification of peonies has changed (Don Hollingsworth)
  • The tree peonies of T’ien-p’eng (Lu Yu)
  • Some hybrid peony seeds germinate more slowly (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peony propagation by root cuttings (Don Hollingsworth)
  • The lure of the peony (G.W. Veditz)

231 – 1979 September

  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Botrytis or phytophthora? (C.V. Goodman)
  • Hybridizing (Bill Krekler)
  • About Myron D. Bigger (from: Kansas Farmer)
  • Tough flowers ready for holiday (from: Topeka State Journal)
  • Techniques in producing peony seedlings (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Tree peony (N. Harrop)
  • Obituary: Walter Marx
  • The tree peonies of Luoyang (Chou Shih-hou)

232 – 1979 December

  • Peony perusing (Brian J. Porter)
  • The search for better plants (Ben Gilbertson)
  • Now is ideal for planting peonies (from: Chicago Tribune)
  • Peony seed germination illustrated (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Tree peonies in Arkansas (J. Young)
  • The old fashioned red peony went West (W.E. Milliman)
  • Peonies and weather (W.A. Alexander)
  • Errors on parade (E.F. Kelsey)
  • Why the peony blushes (from: Frontier Gardens)

233 – 1980 March

  • Where to put a tree peony (A.J. De Blasi)
  • The tree peony (Louis Smirnow)
  • Wintering tree peonies in Minnesota (H. Halvorson)
  • Praise the commercial growers (R. Belitz)
  • Growing peonies in Saskatchewan (S.J. Zubrowski)
  • Peonies live on (J.F. Cote)
  • The peony patch (Ben Gilbertson)
  • Hump-back Kuo, on cultivating plants: flowers (J. Marney)
  • Botrytis or phytophthora, what is the difference (C.V. Goodman)
  • Get ready to hybridize peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • How a peony grows, or where to apply the colchicine (Don Hollingsworth)

234 – 1980 June

  • About Bill Krekler
  • History of the peony (J.E. Coit)
  • Tree peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Peonies in Sweden (Hermann Krupke)
  • Peonies, flowers for the governor’s garden (R. Bradle)
  • Floral art (P. Andrews)
  • Managing nematodes without benefit of pesticides (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Planting peonies in home gardens (J.F. Jones)
  • Maps of paeonia species distribution (Don Hollingsworth)

235 – 1980 September

  • About Myron D. Bigger
  • From China come new varieties of peonies with magnificent colors (Louis Smirnow)
  • Henry Landis on tree peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Distribution of peony species: the tree peony (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)

236 – 1980 December

  • Peonies are not petunias (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Experiences with tree peonies (Henry Landis)
  • The new peonies: their origination and propagation (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Bone meal: is it a good fertilizer? (R.M. Carleton)
  • Composts can help a heap in saving resources (from: The Minneapolis Star)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Index to the tree peonies of Hao province in China, part 1 (Hsueh Feng-hsiang)
  • Winter weather and diseases
  • Propagating by division of roots (J. Boyd)
  • Reactivation of the A.P. Saunders Medal (Silvia Saunders)

237 – 1981 March

  • Saunders and Gratwick friendship in its early years (Silvia Saunders)
  • About William Gratwick (John Simkins)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Rare tree peonies prized for crips color and scents (from: Richmond Times-Dispatch)
  • The peony patch (Ben Gilbertson)
  • Peonies and the eruption of Mount St. Helens (O. & R. Brandt)
  • From the Big Sky country, Montana (L. Arthun)
  • From Virginia (L.E. Ashley)
  • History of the tree peonies of Hao Province, part 2 (Hsueh Feng-hsiang)
  • Obituary: Orville Fay
  • Stern’s yellow flowered peony species of the Caucasus (Don Hollingsworth)

238 – 1981 June

  • The culture of the peony (A.M. Brand)
  • The shape of the tree peony leaf (John Simkins)
  • Just when did the Brand peony farm start? (Bob Tischler)
  • Propagation of Saunders hybrid peonies, ease of dividing as well as growth (Al & Dorothy Rogers)
  • The work of French hybridizers (A.M. Brand)
  • Tree peony nomenclature (Neville Harrop)
  • History of the tree peonies of Hao Province, part 3 (Hsueh Feng-hsiang)
  • The people versus peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • The peony collections at Denver Botanic gardens (H.B. Kuesel)

239 – 1981 September

  • Lutea hybrid tree peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Saunders medal awarded to Louis Smirnow and Chris Laning (Silvia Saunders)
  • Treatment for slow peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peonies in California (A.R. MacDonald)

240 – 1981 December

  • Tree peony philosophy (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Beauty on parade (M. Karrels)
  • Reds, the highlight of the peony garden (W.G. Sindt)
  • The perennial peony, an enduring beauty (A. Kozelka)
  • The peony season in Connecticut (J.E. Cote)
  • Above-ground eyes of herbaceous peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peony diseases (from: Cornell Extension Bulletin)
  • Memoir on the tree peonies of Ch’en-Chou, Henan (Chang Pang-chi)
  • Another leaf question (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Growing tree peonies Down Under (P. Plunkett)
  • Excessive stem production in peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Tree peony nomenclature (Peter Smithers)
  • Growing and showing blooms (C. Lienau)

241 – 1982 March

  • About Bob Tischler (H. Thomforde)
  • From the heartland of Kansas (E.L. Michau)
  • The peony patch (Ben Gilbertson)
  • Peonies in Texas (B. Kridler)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Peonies unlimited (R.F. Schmidt)
  • Tree peonies in Virginia (L.J. Dewey)
  • Peony season in New York (L.J. Wiley)
  • Peony season in Michigan (Chris Laning)
  • Peonies in Princeville (A. Schimelpfenig)
  • Peonies in Saskatchewan (B. Porter)
  • Clay versus sandy soil (P. Storer)
  • Gardens to visit (Don Hollingsworth)

242 – 1982 June

  • The peony, a glorified rose (F.T. Taylor)
  • Pink peonies (C. Lienau)
  • Potting for Spring sales (C. Lienau)
  • Lemoine disease of peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peony season in Colorado (H.B. Kuesel)
  • Obituary: Roy Pehrson
  • Growing tree peonies from seed (H.F. Stoke)
  • Propagation of peonies
  • Learning by growing (A. Busse)
  • Treatise on the exalted and the humble among tree peonies (Ch’iu Hsuan)

243 – 1982 September

  • Good enough to eat (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Some extraordinary peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Experimenting with RoundUp (F.P. Helmling)
  • Double flowered progeny of Good Cheer (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Louis Smirnow’s favorite tree peonies (Louis Smirnow)
  • Peonies for cut flowers (J.F. Styer)
  • Catalog of the tree peonies of ancient Hao (Kao Lien)

244 – 1982 December

  • Getting peonies established (A.J. De Blasi) (incomplete, see next bulletin)
  • Peonies for Memorial Day (J.F. Styer)
  • Dolorodell and other Lins peonies (L.J. Wiley)
  • The Franklin nursery (W.G. Sindt)
  • The Sass nursery (J. Mason)
  • Eight essays on the tree peony (Hsueh Feng-hsiang)
  • Update on peony seed germination (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Botrytis and phytophthora blight (G. Kessenich)
  • Propagation of tree peonies (J. Simkins)
  • Experiences with tree peonies (B. Porter)
  • Tree peonies (Leo J. Armatys)
  • Hardiness of tree peonies in Canada (R.H. Giff)

245 – 1983 March

  • Moving at the tempo of the peony (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Building a peony collection (Joe Glocka)
  • Exhibitions through the years (W.G. Sindt)
  • Peonies in the Great Depression (J. Franklin Styer)
  • Gilbert H. Wild & Son nursery
  • Obituary: John C. Wister
  • Peonies of the prairie state, Illinois (D.I. Hubbard)
  • The peony patch (Ben Gilbertson)
  • The tale of a peony and my family (E.L. Michau)
  • The Kingwood peony garden (F. Roberts)
  • Artistically moulding tree peonies (D.W. Smirnow)
  • Tree peonies as grown in California (N.B. Leech)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Exciting new coral hybrid peonies from Wissing and Cousins (Roy Klehm)
  • Unusual peonies of exceptional beauty (C. Lienau)
  • Peonies (Chris Laning)
  • Anyone can grow peonies from seed (R.C. Wise)
  • Control of disease and pests in commercial plantings of herbaceous peonies at Klehm’s nursery (G.A. Hernandez)
  • Getting peonies established (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Seedlings (Bob Tischler)
  • Some agenda items for the ninth decade (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peonies on the Atlantic barrier beach (Vernon Kidd)

246 – 1983 June

  • Show your flowers (Myron D. Bigger)
  • The Japanese touch (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peony notes (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • The golden years and old peonies (J.A. Syrovy)
  • Beginner selections (N. Bayley)
  • Hybrids (C. Lienau)
  • Dividing peonies (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Tissue culture of herbaceous peonies (G.W. Radtke)
  • A short note on Paeonia californica (B.M. Halas)
  • The ‘Burbank’ of the peony world (Ben Kerns)

247 – 1983 September

  • A.P. Saunders medal awarded to David Reath (Roy Klehm)
  • A pre-convention trip and the convention: a hybridizer’s viewpoint (Bill Seidl)
  • Koshkonong happenings (Carroll F. Spangler)
  • Dwarf peonies (L. Bradfield)
  • Leland Cole and peonies at the national arboretum (N. Bayley)
  • Some Q&A on hybridizing terms (Don Hollingsworth)
  • The peony with a war story: Alice Harding (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Peonies (from: The Milwaukee Sentinel)
  • Good old peony deserves more respect (from: The Milwaukee Journal)
  • The flowers that made Faribault the ‘peony capital’ of the world live on (from: Faribault Daily News)

248 – 1983 December

  • Happy 1984 (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Plant peonies now for color in the Spring (from: The Chicago Tribune)
  • Shade: an insidious enemy (E. Green)
  • Peony ratings (W.G. Sindt)
  • Looking for Lemoine (K&D Crossley)
  • A visit with Roy and Sarah Klehm (N. Bayley)
  • Obituary: Clarence O. Lienau
  • Semi-double P. rockii ‘Rockii’ (David Reath)
  • Reclassification of P. wittmanniana group (B. Halas)
  • Tree peonies in Japan, part 1 (Takahiro Somei)
  • Some Q&A on hybridizing terms, part 2 (Don Hollingsworth)
  • The story of the long lost peony: Lady Alexandra Duff (Bonnewitz)

249 – 1984 March

  • Some reasons for growing peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Tree peony topics (Louis Smirnow)
  • Anyone can raise fine seedlings (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Tributes to Clarence Lienau
  • Tree peonies in Japan, part 2 (Takahiro Somei)
  • Paddocks of peonies, fit for export (from: Timauru Herald, New Zealand)
  • Peonies for pleasure (W.F. Christman)

250 – 1984 June

  • Selecting varieties and types at blooming time for Fall planting (O. Frazier)
  • Peonies at Caprice Farm, Oregon (Al Rogers)
  • The glowing corals radiate charm in the garden (G. Hernandez)
  • A&D Nursery selects peonies of excellent performance
  • Tree peonies in Japan, part 3 (Takahiro Somei)
  • The Saunders ‘scrapbook’ (K. Crossley)
  • Growing media for containers (Don Hollingsworth)
  • When to feed a tree peony (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Extremely fertile peony: Martha W. (Roger F. Anderson)
  • American trip (P. Hughes)
  • Distribution of pigments and polyploidy in Paeonia (P. Hughes)
  • Understanding soils, part 1 (J.A. Fizzell)

251 – 1984 September

  • Botanical paintings of N.A. Goulandris to be exhibited (from: Art Weekly Review)
  • Flowers ‘music to the eyes’ of this cobleskill ‘peonist’ (A. Ginsburg)
  • Tips for beginners (A.J. De Blasi)
  • The importance of sharing rare plants (P. Hughes)
  • About Ben Gilbertson (L. Schmidt)
  • Tree peony names project (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Tree peonies in Japan, part 4 (Takahiro Somei)
  • Flowering season designations (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Understanding soils, part 2 (J.A. Fizzell)
  • Peonies and weather (W.A. Alexander)

252 – 1984 December

  • A.P. Saunders Medal awarded to Don Hollingsworth (L.J. Dewey)
  • Garden complements home’s interior (John Simkins)
  • Bill of all trades: Bill Gratwick (P. Hughes)
  • About tree peonies (Takahiro Somei)
  • Don’t neglect the basics (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Some thoughts on soil (E. Green)
  • Peonies and the paeoniaceae (T.J. Delendick)
  • Visit to ‘Botanical paintings of peonies from Greece’ (W. Uhde)
  • New material for floral designs (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peony culture (Bill Krekler)
  • Peony fragrance (A.F. Fewkes)
  • A symposium on fragrance (A.P. Saunders)
  • Peony fragrance (A.P. Saunders)
  • Planting peonies (Bob Tischler)
  • Expanded thoughts on seed exchange (Chris Laning)

253 – 1985 March

  • Creating the Daphnis hybrids: 40 years of adventure with tree peonies (N. Daphnis & E. Massey)
  • The Daphnis breeding program (P. Hughes)
  • Tree peonies: heirs fit for a king (from: Science news)
  • Peonies in France (Leo Fernig)
  • This is the peony (F.J. Miller)
  • The peony production of Shimane Prefecture, Japan (Hosoki)
  • Revolution in the weather (J.A. Syrovy)
  • Autobiographical note (A.J. De Blasi)

254 – 1985 June

  • How not to bore your audiences with slides (A.J. De Blasi)
  • How to make peony crosses (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Culture of peonies in a desert land for cut flowers (N.J. Friend)
  • Commercial growing of peonies for cut flowers, in the British Isles (T. Person)
  • Planting peonies in Alabama (J.L. Underwood)
  • Peonies in California (A.R. MacDonald)
  • Peonies in Sweden (J. Rydberg)
  • How I got hooked on peonies (R.U. Redpath)
  • Tree peonies in China (Zhou Jia-Qi)
  • Call from Koshkonong (C.F. Spangler)
  • Explanation of four show schedules (Bill Seidl)
  • How to cut peonies (L.W. Lindgren)

255 – 1985 September

  • It works for me, it ought to work for you, but then… (H. Green)
  • It’s time to give thought to Paeonia species (Trevor J. Nottle)
  • A short history of peony cultivation in Japan (Kaneo Mega & Takahiro Somei)
  • Once more Lemoine (F. Vrugtman)
  • Peonies in art (Leo Fernig)
  • Tree peony nomenclature (Peter Smithers)
  • Mudan: the king of flowers (Stephen Haw)
  • A report from Illinois (F.P. Tikalsky)

256 – 1985 December

  • Tree peony odyssey (A.J. De Blasi)
  • The peony is tougher than it looks (A. Kozelka)
  • Tree peony varieties of Japan, part 1 (Takahiro Somei)
  • Selection and culture of peonies (C.W. Bunn)
  • About Lyman D. Glasscock (Elizabeth Falk)
  • Obituary: Peter Hughes
  • About Francois, Felix Crousse (H. Groysillier)
  • An appreciation of the peony (W.F. Christman)
  • My clay court peony garden (J. Mason)
  • Peonies for the South (P.M. Long)

257 – 1986 March

  • Excerpt from Bill Gratwick autobiography (Bill Gratwick)
  • Holding peony plants for Spring planting (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peonies in Nebraska (R. Nelson)
  • Companion plants for peonies (L. Bradfield)
  • What’s new in itoh hybrids? (Roger Anderson)
  • Obituary: Loren Franklin
  • Obituary: Fred Helmling
  • Peony root diseases (Fred Helmling)
  • Staking tree peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Peonies in Sweden (Hermann Krupke)

258 – 1986 June

  • Register new peonies (J. Franklin Styer)
  • Paeonia species in Italy, and tree peonies (Gian Lupo Osti)
  • Landscape placement of peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Flower photo tips (A.J. De Blasi)
  • A visit to the Reath nursery (T. Richards)
  • Minnesota peonies (Bob Tischler)
  • Peony hoops (E. Green)
  • A proposed revision of the show schedule, an explanation of the chart (Bill Seidl)
  • Handling exhibition blooms
  • Peonies for landscape use (Dot & Al Rogers)
  • Selecting peonies (W.G. Sindt)
  • History of the peony in America (J.E. Coit)
  • Planting peony roots (E.K. Thurlow)

259 – 1986 September

  • Peony season in Nebraska (R. Nelson)
  • Tree peony varieties of Japan, part 2 (Takahiro Somei)
  • Study on tree peonies (Takashi Hosoki)
  • About Bill Krekler (L. Campbell)

260 – 1986 December

  • About growing paeonia species (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Three perplexing questions for peony growers and exhibitors (O. Frazier)
  • About peony Lustrous (H. Green)
  • Peonies planted now promise bright Spring (A. Kozelka)
  • The Itoh hybrid (Roger Anderson)
  • Growing peonies in Georgia (D. Deen)
  • Peonies (from: Country life)
  • Flower appreciation (from: Bulletin of the Asian cultural centre for Unesco)
  • My prized seedling (J. Cote)
  • Originators of peonies in the early years of the society (C.S. Harrison)
  • Why should we be interested in peonies (W.F. Christman)

261 – 1987 March

  • It’s the soil (Don Meyer)
  • Tree peonies (Bill Gratwick)
  • Caprice Farm Nursery (Robin Blue)
  • In appreciation of the unusual Saunders peonies (K. Goldsmith)
  • Peonies in New Zealand (D. Hamilton)
  • Peonies are practical (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Planning peony crosses (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Paeonia species and hybridizing history (Bill Seidl)
  • Tree peonies: a sight to behold (from: The Detroit News)

262 – 1987 June

  • Peony seeds germination (Maurice Menard)
  • Peonies for the show (J. Glocka)
  • Packing peonies for shipment (C.D. Pennell)
  • Whither the weather? (J. Syrovy)
  • Young seedlings under light (Roger Anderson)
  • Something new, something old (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Paeonia species (Ray Cooper)
  • Will the real P. delavayi hybrids please stand up? (Bill Seidl)
  • Cut flowers, commercially (T. Person)
  • Getting started with peonies (N. Bayley)
  • The peony in the garden (A.M. Brand)
  • Plant a P. tenuifolia, fern leaf peony (Bob Tischler)
  • The peony, a favorite border flower (from: Wakatipu Advertiser)
  • Propagating by division of roots (J. Boyd)
  • The peony, Spring’s grandest flower (G.R. Syfert)
  • The tree peony is the aristocrat of the garden (C.E. Hammersley)
  • Tree peony Joseph Rock (T. Allen)
  • Tree peonies (F.C. Stern)
  • Tree peonies, varieties and culture (M. Vander Pol)

263 – 1987 September

  • Peony Norma Volz (Marvin Karrels)
  • Lutea hybrid tree peonies (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Herbaceous peony disease and pest update (Roy G. Klehm)
  • A novice exhibitor (R. Wise)
  • Tissue culture and embryo formation in Paeonia (Martin Meyer et al.)
  • Peonies, a perpetually pretty bloom (from: Detroit Free Press)
  • Peony’s charm is rooted in memory (I. Dugan)

264 – 1987 December

  • Peonies observed for fragrance (B. Uhde)
  • Paeonia species in the Mediterranean area (Gian Lupo Osti)
  • Drip irrigation (Don Meyer)
  • Hardy peony requires little care (from: Kansas City Star)
  • Bloom where you are planted (M.DeReamer)
  • Garden transformations (M.Hirshfeld)
  • Peony hardiness (B. Porter)
  • Hybrid herbaceous peonies (George Peyton)
  • Easy to grow peonies will bloom for years to come (A. Kozelka)
  • A short course in peony culture (W.F. Christman)

265 – 1988 March

  • Containerized tree peonies (Roy G. Klehm)
  • Down the peony road (Chris Laning)
  • The intersectional hybrid, peonies of the future (Roger Anderson)
  • The new intersectional hybrid: Bartzella (Sandra Anderson)
  • A century of peonies, Indian Head, Saskatchewan (Brian Porter)
  • Tree peony philosophy (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Eighty-five years of peonies (K. Crossley)
  • History of the peony (A.M. Brand)

266 – 1988 June

  • Growing both tree and herbaceous peonies in South East Georgia (Delano Deen)
  • All for the love of the peony (R.F. Schmidt)
  • People peonies (H. Halvorson)
  • Obituary: William Gratwick
  • First things first (A.J. De Blasi)
  • My heirloom patch and seed produced (J.F. Cote)
  • Peony shows of the past (K. Crossley)
  • About Sarah A. Pleas
  • Tree peonies in Missouri (O. Frazier)
  • Peony species (other than lactiflora and shrubby species) (A.P. Saunders)
  • Select peonies for Fall planting now (Clarence Linau)

267 – 1988 September

  • Laning’s peonies (from: Kalamazoo Gazette)
  • Mine eyes have seen the glory (G. Goddard)
  • Pollen, pistil and pod (Bill Seidl)
  • How hardy are peonies? (J. Cote)
  • From the peony manual (C.S. Harrison)
  • Peonies as cut flowers for your home enjoyment (Greta Kessenich)

268 – 1988 December

  • Peony royalty (T. Gentry)
  • Tree peonies in the North (A.J. De Blasi)
  • Twentieth century gardens (V. Garvan)
  • Reflections on peony varieties (J. Glocka)
  • Twenty-five favorite varieties (Steve Varner)
  • Pretty petals farm, Klehm Nursery (B. Pavia)
  • Koshkonong column (Carroll Spangler)
  • Pollen, pistil and pod (Bill Seidl)
  • Crown jewels in the garden (M. DeReamer)
  • Consider the peony (E.F. Kelsey)
  • The beautiful pink peonies (T. Richards)
  • King of flowers, queen of herbs: the peony (from: Pacific Horticulture)
  • Errors on parade (E.F. Kelsey)
  • Exhibition blooms

269 – 1989 March

  • Obituary: Harold Wolfe
  • Obituary: L.J. Dewey
  • Out of necessity, I dried peony bloom (H. Toolan)
  • A short history of peony cultivation in Japan (Kaneo Mega & Takahiro Somei)
  • A preliminary study of the chemistry and systematics of paeoniaceae (Yu Jin & Xiao Pei-gen)
  • A portfolio of peony species (Silvia Saunders)
  • Pollen, pistil and pod (Bill Seidl)

270 – 1989 June

  • Peonies in New Zealand (Roy Klehm)
  • Dormancy in peonies (J. Franklin Styer)
  • Restoring the peony species (Leo Fernig)
  • Species (Chris Laning)
  • Obituary: Roy Pehrson
  • Obituary: Louis Smirnow
  • Obituary: Allen J. Wild
  • Obituary: Nathan Rudolph
  • Old seed catalog bargains (Bob Tischler)
  • Landscaping with peonies (N. Bayley)
  • Peonies in California (A. MacDonald)
  • Peonies, ideal for today’s world (N. Hughes)
  • From bust to boom, my first year of selling cut peonies (N. Hughes)
  • Hybridizing: controlled crosses (Bill Seidl)
  • Flower of the day (D. Flavin)

271 – 1989 September

  • Roy Klehm receives Saunders medal award (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Raising peonies from seed (Edward Auten)
  • The peony producers (from: The New Zealand Gardener)
  • Ancient beauties are hardy survivors (from: Grand Forks Herald)

272 – 1989 December

  • Peonies, odors and stuff (A.J. De Blasi)
  • The weeds and I (N. Bailey)
  • Beloved peonies (S. Buranich)
  • Peonies are tough (K. Crossley)
  • The garden (A. Kozelka)
  • Intersectional hybrids, divisions and roots (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Pint size: why? (O. Frazier)
  • Folklore: peony magic and medicinal (Whiteside / Hales)
  • The development of the modern peony (J. Boyd)
  • Shaylor and his peonies (W.C. Otis)
  • Cut peonies (C. Lienau)
  • Landscaping with peonies (C. Hammersley)

273 – 1990 March

  • Physiology of the peony patch (J. Franklin Styer)
  • Landscaping with peonies, compatible shrubs and plants (W. Zapka)
  • Tree peonies in Luoyang, China (Li Yuan)
  • Drying peonies for Winter bouquets (R. Moffitt)
  • Obituary: Henry Landis
  • Peonies as a potential forcing crop (T.G. Byrne)

274 – 1990 June

  • What to do with excess peony blooms (R.F. Schmidt)
  • Cutting and storing peonies (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Paeonia anomala (C.W. Vic)
  • Managing nematodes without pesticides (Don Hollingsworth)
  • About Bill Krekler (Roy Klehm)
  • Fragrant peonies (W. Uhde)
  • Peony (F. Du Cane)
  • Peony species in Italy (Gian Lupo Osti)
  • The finer points of peonies (A. Rocchia)
  • Botrytis blight (from: Cornell Extension bulletin)
  • How to cut peonies (L.W. Lindgren)

275 – 1990 September

  • China, tree peonies in the wild (Gian Lupo Osti)
  • The lure of the species (L.C. Ellery)
  • Starting a peony garden (Harris Olson)
  • Book review:’A Book of Tree and Herbaceous Peonies in Modern Japan’ by Ryoji Hashida (Peter Smithers)
  • Culture of the peony (A.M. Brand)

276 – 1990 December

  • Garden talk from peony place (M. Dexter)
  • The rains came (O. Frazier)
  • On Botrytis (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Report from Saskatchewan, Canada (Brian Porter)
  • Some remarks concerning peonies (C. Kroell)
  • Letter to the editor (Vernon Kidd)
  • Composts can help a heap in saving resources (from: The Minneapolis Star)
  • Peonies are forever (from: Your garden)
  • Peonies for Autumn color (W.A. Alexander)
  • Two rugged perennials that are long on beauty and on life (from: Chicago Tribune)
  • If I could grown only 25 peonies (M.C. Karrels)
  • Peony dormancy (F. Helmling)
  • Name sources of Krekler peonies (Bill Krekler)

277 – 1991 March

  • Peonies and drainage (Don Hollingsworth)
  • As they grow for me (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Wonderful world of peonies (P. Gilmore)
  • Obituary: John L. Fiala
  • Compost, add black gold to your soil (A. Young)
  • Favorite peonies (Dale Baum)
  • A peony problem in Holland: Hepialus lupulinis, the Common swift moth (N. Friend)
  • Diseases of peonies in Texas (B.J. Simpson)
  • Tips for beginners with peonies (Henry S. Cooper)

278 – 1991 June

  • South-East Georgia tree peony (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Growing a peony garden in Maine (K.E. Liberty)
  • In search of P. clusii (Irmtraud Rieck)
  • Growing and care of seedling peonies (A.M. Brand)
  • Phytophthora test kit available (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Obituary: Ben Gilbertson
  • Recapitulation (H.S. Cooper)
  • Recycle your peonies for dried bouquets (R. Moffitt)
  • Color standards (G.A. Stevens)
  • Some biographical notes of peony personalities (A. Steffen)

279 – 1991 September

  • The peonies go to France (J. Boyd – Carpenter)
  • Identifying an old peony collection in N Alberta, Canada (J.G Davidson)
  • Why seeds? (I. Tolomeo)
  • My most memorable peony year (R.F. Schmidt)
  • The peony, a cure for headaches (V.P. Conklin)

280 – 1991 December

  • Physiology of the peony patch (J.F. Styer)
  • A history of fertilizer (J. Tinga)
  • Showy peonies anchor a garden (from: The Kansas City Star)
  • A season to remember (N. Bailey)
  • Peonies prefer a sunny spot with good drainage (from: The Kansas City Star)
  • Peony
  • Soil improvement (B. Vance)
  • Blooming memories (P. Bockey)
  • The moment of peonies (from: Yankee Magazine)
  • History, management and recommended varieties in the Peace River Region, Canada (J.G. Davidson)
  • Transplanting herbaceous peonies (Bill Krekler)

281 – 1992 March

  • Growing peonies of Fire Island (Vernon Kidd)
  • Orville Fay (Roy Klehm)
  • Tree peony talk (N.J. Harrop)
  • Peonies and cemetaries (A.J. Ward)
  • A concern about Benlate (C. Kroell)
  • New tree peony species, part 1 (Hong Tao et al.)
  • P. officinalis mollis (Irmtraud Rieck)
  • 1991 peony season in Missouri (Don Hollingsworth)

282 – 1992 June

  • Glyphosate (J.F. Styer)
  • Peony beads (M. Diller)
  • Peonies, the good, bad, and beautiful (J. Williams)
  • Variety is key word in peony choices (J. Williams)
  • New tree peony species, part 2 (Hong Tao et al.)
  • Tree peonies (F.C. Stern)
  • Peonies for the South (J.E. Klein)
  • Peony varieties for the South (P.M. Long)
  • Growing seedling peonies (B.W. Guppy)
  • Pointers on planting and varieties to insure your success this Fall (H.S. Copper)

283 – 1992 September

  • Once more on roundup (Glyphosate) (Don Hollingsworth)
  • The Chinese tree peony, expression of grandeur and sensuality (D. Furman)
  • Chance creates opportunity (N. Bayley)
  • A convention highlight (C. Kroell)
  • Observations of Paeonia brownii (Galen Burrell)
  • Two types of flower on the same plant (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Pretty peony has old-fashioned charm (Chicago Sun Times)

284 – 1992 December

  • The cultivation of peonies (Walter Good)
  • Klehm’s nursery (Chicago Tribune)
  • Peony diseases (M.C. Karrels)
  • Treating gall-infested peonies (L.R. Potter)
  • Comments from Indiana with cultural directions (F.E. Winslow)
  • Planting peonies in early September
  • Planting peony roots (H.B. Beeson)
  • Roots, the hidden key to peony success (R.G. Gayle)
  • Root rot (B.C. Auten)
  • Problems of peony growers (F.F. Weinard)

285 – 1993 March

  • Chinese Moutan and Japanese Botan (Ryoji Hashida)
  • Growing Paeonia brownii from seed (G.B. Charlesworth)
  • Peonies of Greece (Gian Lupo Osti)
  • Treatment for slow peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Botrytis or phytophthora, what’s the difference (C.V. Goodman)
  • Unusual peonies of exceptional beauty (Clarence Linau)

286 – 1993 June

  • From the history of the American Peony Society (A.P. Saunders)
  • Notes on the history of tree peonies (Botan) in Japan (Sadao Itoh)
  • Landscape placement of peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • France celebrates the peony (Leo Fernig)
  • Peonies (C.M. Clarke)
  • Notes on the history, fables, and horticulture of paeonia (B. Phillips)
  • In the Chinese peony paradise: some exciting shapes and colors (D. Furman)
  • Species and garden hybrids (Don Hollingsworth)
  • A brief history of peonies in America (R.F. Koby)

287 – 1993 September

  • Commercial peony culture (E.R. Honeywell)
  • Budding dreams, Myron D. Bigger’s son (N. Smith)
  • Peony season (G.D. Whitsett)
  • Paeonia species (G.B. Charlesworth)
  • Preliminary observations on germination of peony species (Irmtraud & Gottlob Rieck)

288 – 1993 December

  • Notes on our native species peonies (Galen Burrell)
  • Peonies were fashion plants (Camden Herald)
  • Outside the Old House (Old House Journal)
  • Some oldtimers (W.A. Alexander)
  • Down East garden ways (Camden Herald)
  • Tree peonies (Leo Armatys)
  • In the early days of my peony career (Bill Krekler)
  • Peony breeding is rewarding, and not difficult (Sam Wissing)
  • Peonies in the South (K.M. Colby)
  • Learning from Don Hollingsworth (C. Kroell)
  • Peonies for the cut flower trade (F. Moots)
  • Klehm nursery: perennial producer of peonies (Philadelphia Inquirer)
  • Brand nursery peonies (A.M. Brand)

289 – 1994 March

  • The peony season, do you get your two months’ worth? (J.K. Langhammer)
  • Peonies prove to be hardy perennials (S. Mason)
  • Striped flowers of tree peony (Ryoji Hashida)
  • Peony season (Vernon Kidd)
  • Greta, the peony flower (Chris Laning)
  • Claire de Lune (Earle B. White)
  • Breeding herbaceous peonies (Sam Wissing)

290 – 1994 June

  • Chinese peony notes (James Waddick)
  • Seed germination (Maurice Ménard)
  • Storing peony flowers (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Obituary: Carl H. ‘Chuck’ Klehm
  • Seeking correct names for unidentified peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Collecting peonies, a lifelong adventure (Walter Good)

291 – 1994 September

  • Winter ’93-’94 (Vernon Kidd)
  • Peonies & lilacs need sun to bloom (Daily Herald)
  • Species classifications (Walter Good)
  • Obituary: Marvin Karrels
  • Obituary: Annie Bigger
  • Paeonia rockii and its cultivars (Cheng Fangyun)

292 – 1994 December

  • Obituary: Silvia Saunders
  • The Peony (J. Knapp)
  • Spring 1994 (Vernon Kidd)
  • Two white species peonies (Galen Burrell)
  • Universal naming of tree peonies (N. Harrop)
  • Bob Tischler’s named peonies (Bob Tischler)
  • Hybrid herbaceous peonies (George Peyton)
  • The peony (Bertrand Farr)

293 – 1995 March

  • Peony season (H.A. Toms)
  • Cultivated history and present condition of tree peony in Luoyang, China (Wu Jingxu)
  • Caucasian peony species (Galen Burrell)
  • Shishizaki (Asymmetrical flowers) (Ryoji Hashida)
  • Outside the house beautiful (C.E. Cary)

294 – 1995 June

  • Cutting and storing peonies (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Growing peonies (W. Christman)
  • Available references on peony breeding (Don Hollingsworth)
  • A new way for quickly reproducing tree peonies (Wu Jingxu)
  • The technique of forcing and retarding tree peony bloom in China (Wu Jingxu)
  • Tree peonies (William Gratwick)
  • Why should we be interested in peonies? (W.F. Christman)
  • The divine peony (A. Scharmen)
  • Obtaining species peonies (Galen Burrell)
  • About peonies (A.M. Brand)

295 – 1995 September

  • Peony wise (M. Hair)
  • Wise grows award winning peonies (M. Wuebker)
  • Peonies and companion plants for your garden (Greta Kessenich)
  • Visit to China (Luoyang Peony Festival) (N. Harrop)
  • Grafting of tree peonies (Moutan) (Wu Jingxu)
  • What are the different point of Chinese peonies? (Wu Jingxu)
  • Species peony bloom sequence (Galen Burrell)
  • Species peonies (Galen Burrell)

296 – 1995 December

  • Endangered species: tree peony
  • In-vitro propagation of Paeonia tenuifolia (C. Hansen / L. Stephens /  Hongyi Zhang)
  • Getting all peonies established (A. De Blasi)
  • Peonies in my garden in Estonia (S. Savisaar)
  • Growing tree peonies from seed (H.F. Stoke)
  • Summer and Fall Season on Fire Island (Vernon Kidd)d
  • Fragrant peonies
  • Diseases and peonies (Boyd’s manual)
  • Tree peony latest thinking about botanical classification (N. Harrop)
  • Dual use cultivation of Chinese herbaceous peonies (Wu Jingxu)

297 – 1996 March

  • Bud failure (Edward Auten)
  • My peony year in review (D. Robatto)
  • Cutting and storing peonies (Myron D. Bigger)
  • Obituary: Elizabeth Falk
  • About David Reath (Roy Klehm)
  • Tree peony breeding in Japan (Ryoji Hashida)
  • The Kelsey peony (C. Kroell)
  • Tree peonies in Australia (Trevor Nottle)
  • Shaping and pruning of Chinese tree peonies (Wu Jingxu)
  • New research on Chinese tree peonies’ history (Wu Jingxu)

298 – 1996 June

  • Obituary: David Reath
  • About peonies (G.W. Bunn)
  • Planting peonies in Early September (Gardening Illustrated)
  • Growing species peonies (Galen Burrell)
  • Advanced generation hybrid tetraploid seeds, what are they? (Chris Laning)
  • Luoyang peony history (Wu Jingxu)
  • The Chinese tree peony (M. Furman)
  • Cultivation and administration of tree peonies in pots (Wu Jingxu)
  • Introduction of a feasible method to propagate tree peonies for amateurs (Chen Fan-Yung)

299 – 1996 September

  • Miscellaneous information on peony culture (Bill Krekler)
  • Peonies for the market (H.F. Little)
  • Obituary: Brother Charles Reckamp
  • Obituary: J. Franklin Styer
  • Founding of the Heartland Peony Society (James Waddick)
  • Autumn: The best planting season for peonies (Wu Jingxu)
  • Raising peonies from seed (Edward Auten)

300 – 1996 December

  • Peony fragrance (C.S. Harrison / A.P. Saunders / H.G. Reading / E. Auten / J. Mason)
  • Mutations (Chris Laning)
  • Growing peonies in Louisiana (H.J. Cangelos)
  • My garden on Fire Island (Vernon Kidd)
  • The first Species Peonies International Network (SPIN) meeting (Galen Burrell)
  • A study in literature on some Russian species peonies (M. Ahlburg)
  • The tree peony (Botan) in the Noh Drama (Sadao Itoh)
  • Years of herbaceous peonies (Kent Crossley)
  • Growing tree peonies (E.S. Rawlinson)
  • Tree peony suggestions (A.D. Kilham)
  • Reds – The highlight of the peony garden (W.G. Sindt)
  • Unusual peonies of exceptional beauty (C. Lienau)
  • Whites and Blush (J. Glocka)
  • Exhibition peonies (M. Karrels)

301 – 1997 March

  • Obituary: Myron D. Bigger
  • Herbaceous peony breeding in Japan (Ryoji Hashida)
  • Winter and peonies (Vernon Kidd)
  • Chinese tree peonies, some like it hot, others like it very cold (D. & K. Furman)
  • 1996 peony garden (H. A. Toms)
  • Lutea hybrid tree peonies (A. J. De Blasi)
  • Founding of the Heartland Peony Society (J. Waddick)

302 – 1997 June

  • Spring on Fire Island (Vernon Kidd)
  • Paeonia sterniana (Galen Burrell)
  • Propagating peonies (Silvia Saunders)
  • Fragrant peonies (Anne Oveson)
  • About Galen Burrell
  • How many kinds of peonies are there (James Waddick)
  • Nassos Daphnis, a life for art and peonies (Walter Good)

303 – 1997 September

  • Peonies in Canada (Brian Porter)
  • Paeonia steveniana (Galen Burrell)
  • Soils for peonies, part 1 (J. Oeltjen)

304 – 1997 December

  • Soil and peonies (Vernon Kidd)
  • Oriental Gold may be an ancient peony (J.K. Langhammer)
  • Soils for peonies, part 2 (J. Oeltjen)
  • SPIN meeting Switzerland (G. Schmiemann)
  • Chinese tree peony (Wu Jingxu)

305 – 1998 March

  • Peony catalogs (Vernon Kidd)
  • Missouri favorites (O. Frazier)
  • Peonies in Virginia (H & D Toms)
  • Understanding the peony cycle, Fall planting and dormancy (D. & K. Furman)
  • Beautiful foliage of peonies (Henry Chotkowski)
  • 1997, a wonderful year (J. Oeltjen)
  • Herbaceous peony disease and pests (R. G. Klehm)
  • The Rivières revisited (Leo Fernig)
  • Japanese type peony (Ryoji Hashida)

306 – 1998 June

  • A report from Alaska (L. Brake)
  • Spring in Manhattan (Vernon Kidd)
  • Speaking of peonies (R.G. Wise)
  • Selecting peonies (G. Sindt)
  • Chris Laning’s nursery (Michigan Gazette)
  • Paeonia emodi (Galen Burrell)
  • Growing tree peonies from seed (H.F. Stoke)
  • New memories (R. Kennard Baker)
  • Peony roots (Edward Auten)
  • The medical value of Chinese tree peonies (Wu Jingxu)

307 – 1998 September

  • Basic steps to peony success (Steven Johnson)
  • Notes from Pittsburgh (C.W. Goff)
  • In the light of the moon (Z.J. Draskovich)
  • Favorite peonies of American nurseries

308 – 1998 December

  • A garden by the highway (C.W. Goff)
  • Peonies at Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada (Brian Porter)
  • Founding of the Canadian Peony Society
  • A short course in peony culture (W.F. Christman)
  • A manual giving for propagation and cultivation of peonies (C.S. Harrison)
  • What are you doing for the case of the peony (A.H. Fawkes)

309 – 1999 March

  • Planting a peony, a rite and a festival (C. William Goff)
  • America the beautiful and peonies (Vernon Kidd)
  • Obituary: Lois Klehm
  • A Fall peony confession (James Waddick)
  • Winter hardiness for tree peonies (W.J. Radler)
  • Hybridizing (Bill Krekler)

310 – 1999 June

  • Peonies for the cut flower trade (Frank E. Moots)
  • Peonies, the queen of flowers (R.W. Tischler)
  • In a California yard (Irene Tolomeo)
  • A Minnesota gardener (Jack Nordick)
  • Propagation of tree peonies (John Simkins)

311 – 1999 September

  • Reblooming peonies (Z.J. Draskovich)
  • Obituary: Leo Fernig
  • Saunders memorial award to Louis Smirnow (Silvia Saunders)

312 – 1999 December

  • Growing up with the intersectional hybrid (Roger Anderson)
  • Soil conditions and growing peonies on Fire Island, New York (Vernon Kidd)
  • Peony information (Jack Nordick)
  • Growing peonies in Alaska (L. & J. Wilmarth)
  • Fifty years of intersectional breeding (Bill Seidl)
  • Please cut off the herbaceous understock in time (Bernard Chow)

313 – 2000 March

  • Peonies: beauty through the seasons (C. William Goff)
  • Peony flower pigments (T.C. Cooper)
  • Breeding for the color orange (Bill Seidl)
  • Obituary: Gus Sindt
  • Commercial growing of herbaceous peonies in Israel (Itzhak Ran)
  • Why peonies? (Jack Nordick)
  • Bartzella, the yellow peony (Merle Palmiter)

314 – 2000 June

  • Thoughts on grafted tree peony rootstocks (Scott Reath)
  • Grafting (Bill Seidl)
  • Growing tree peonies from seed (Harvey Stoke)
  • A dynasty of tree peony specialists (Peter Smithers)
  • Moving old peonies (Ray E. Ward)
  • Rainbow in our yard (G. White & L. Rader)
  • How to choose (Jack Nordick)
  • Oriental Gold (George Peyton)
  • Bangor peony garden explodes with color (Jim Counihan)

315 – 2000 September

  • Grafting (Bill Seidl)
  • How to grow peony seeds (Roy Pehrson)
  • Thoughts of grafted tree peony rootstocks (Scott Reath)
  • To graft on herbaceous or tree peony understock? (Bernard Chow)
  • Up where we belong (Harold Entsminger)
  • Species location and their color (Galen Burrell)
  • Getting all peonies established (Anthony De Blasi)

316 – 2000 December

  • Peonies growing on Fire Island, with a sandy barrier beach facing the Atlantic (Vernon Kidd)
  • Planting perfect peonies in the Ozarks (Beulah Courter)
  • Transplanting tree peonies (Toichi Domoto)
  • The ‘Burbank’ of the peony world (Ben Kerns)
  • Peony breeding: selfing (Sam Wissing)
  • Why should we be interested in peonies (W.F. Christman)
  • The lure of the peony (Geo W. Veditz)

317 – 2001 March

  • Dividing peony roots (George Hernandez)
  • Blights and control in peonies
  • Peony seedlings: can we speed up the process? (Jack Nordick)
  • Growing species peonies (Galen Burrell)
  • The peony, a glorified rose (F. Trafford Taylor)
  • A.M. Brand (Tom Christiansen)
  • The Saunders family and A.P. Saunders (Harry McGee)
  • Cultivation of peonies, amateur and professional (C.W. Bunn)

318 – 2001 June

  • Obituary: Harris Olsen
  • Peony fragrance (C.S. Harrison / A.P. Saunders / H.G. Reading / E. Auten / J. Mason)
  • Years of herbaceous peonies (Kent Crossley)
  • Tree peony registrations (Sutherland)
  • Peonies yard to yard (Harold Entsminger)
  • Preparation and storage of show peonies (Harry F. Little)
  • Garden gallery (Harold Entsminger)

319 – 2001 September

  • Peony season 2001 in Minnesota (Steve Johnson)
  • Surprises in the peony garden (Art Hartman)
  • Micropropagation of herbaceous peonies (A. Habib)
  • Fernleaf peonies – Paeonia tenuifolia (George Peyton)
  • Seeds, seedlings and then peonies (Bill Krekler)
  • Roots: the hidden key to peony success (Roy Gale)
  • Late peony planting (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Peonies and the environment (W.G. Sindt)

320 – 2001 December

  • With care of soil, peonies grow (Vernon Kidd)
  • The Lins collection (Tim McCauley)
  • It was a cold, cold Winter 2001 (Jack Nordick)
  • To dig or not to dig (Bernard Chow)
  • Obituary: Ryoji Hashida
  • An open invitation (Harold Entsminger)
  • Meandering along the old West peony trail (Jill Ramleth)
  • Cut flowers in Holland (Kees Karsten)

321 – 2002 March

  • Composting at Merrill farm (Howard J. Merrill)
  • New first generation species peony crosses (Galen Burrell)
  • Own root tree peonies by grafting (Bernard Chow)
  • The Irvine/Sutherland registrations (Bill Seidl)
  • Obituary: Heinz Klose
  • Rembering peony Sunday (Jack Nordick)
  • My experiences importing tree peonies from Heze, China (Richard W. Rogers)
  • March – In time (Harold Entsminger)
  • Tree peony breeding in Japan (Ryoji Hashida)

322 – 2002 June

  • Obituary: Bill Krekler
  • Veteran’s reminiscences (Edward Auten)
  • Tenuifolia – Among the pines (Harold Entsminger)
  • History of the American Peony Society (A.P. Saunders)
  • The Irvine/Sutherland registrations (Bill Seidl)
  • Never give up without trying (Bernard Chow)
  • Lutea hybrid tree peonies (Anthony De Blasi)
  • Selecting peonies (W.G. Sindt)
  • Physiology of the peony patch (J. Franklin Styer)
  • Spring in Manhattan (Vernon Kidd)
  • Obituary: Dorothy J. Knapp

323 – 2002 September

  • Peonies in raised beds (Jack Nordick)
  • Germinating peony seeds (Elizabeth Babb)
  • Legacy continues to bloom (Ann Howel)
  • A report from peony place (Margaret Dexter)
  • Woody peonies in Germany (Irmtraud Rieck)

324 – 2002 December

  • Many images of hybridizers and peony personalities
  • Letter from (Roberta Sheldon)
  • Letter from (Vernon Kidd)
  • Letter from (Dale Baum)
  • Yellow peonies (Harold Entsminger)

325 – 2003 March

  • Peony excitement all year long (Jack Nordick)
  • Companion plants in my peony garden (Roy Klehm)
  • Preparing for the future (Harold Entsminger)
  • (Critical) letter from (Irvin Ewing)

326 – 2003 June

  • Spring (Veron Kidd)
  • The Canadian prairie (Brian Porter)
  • Letter from (Doris Cross)
  • Peony favorites for 2003 (Harold Entsminger)
  • The elusive beauty (Bernard Chow)
  • Tenuifolia flore plena (R.W. Tischler)
  • Unusual peonies of exceptional beauty (Clarence Linau)
  • Exhibitions through the years (W.G. Sindt)
  • Grafting intersectional peonies (Roberto Gamoletti)

327 – 2003 September

  • Peonies in the South, a personal perspective (John Elsley)
  • A letter from the Canadian peony society (Reiner Jakubowski)
  • Letter from (Elizabeth Babb)

328 – 2003 December

  • A history of the peony (R.J. Koby)
  • Edward Auten in his own words (Edward Auten)
  • H.P. Sass in his own words (H.P. Sass)
  • E.H. Lins in his own words (E.H. Lins)
  • A.M. Brand in his own words (A.M. Brand)
  • C.A. Pfeiffer in his own words (C.A. Pfeiffer)
  • Myron D. Bigger in his own words (Myron D. Bigger)
  • A.B. Franklin in his son’s words (L.V. Franklin)
  • My seedlings: fun is the way (Harold Entsminger)
  • Fall peony thoughts (Elizabeth Babb)
  • Recipients of the Saunders memorial medal

329 – 2004 March

  • Obituary: Greta Kessenich
  • Hybrid peonies (Harvey Buchite)
  • Toichi Itoh’s four original intersectional hybrid peonies (James Langhammer)
  • Have peonies, will travel… to Mansfield (Don Hollingsworth)
  • The APS Bulletin, cumulative table of contents (Reiner Jakubowski)
  • Peony sprouts (Elizabeth Babb)

330 – 2004 June

  • Bloom date project (Michael Denny)
  • Peony sprouts (Elizabeth Babb)
  • The impossible dream (Don Smith)
  • A Dutch view of the peony cutflower market (Joshua, Jeremy & Tini Scholten)
  • My paper bag peonies (Reiner Jakubowski)
  • Book review: The genus paeonia by Josef Halda (Bill Countryman)

331 – 2004 September

  • Registration & Nomenclature Report (Reiner Jakubowski)
  • Four new introductions and their propagation (Peter Waltz)
  • An Intersectional Point of View (Don Smith)
  • The peonies are coming! A quest for the southern peony (Ken Tilt)

332 – 2004 December

  • Success with species peonies in Minnesota (Harvey Buchite)
  • Time to enjoy life (Roger Anderson)
  • Book review: The genus paeonia by Josef Halda (Don Smith)
  • In search of Rock’s peony (Christopher Sanders)

333 – 2005 March

  • An intersectional point of view: Intersectionals (Don Smith)
  • Creating new peonies (Don Hollingsworth)
  • Chinese tree peony festival (James Waddick)
  • Weeds, peonies and herbicides (Jack Nordick)
  • A new and rare perennial species from China: Paeonia mairei (Irmtraud Rieck)
  • Gardening Life (Steve Johnson)
  • Comments on issue 332 (Bill Seidl)

334 – 2005 June

  • Book review: The art of garden photography by Ian Adams (Joe Schroer)
  • Cutflower growers: Eleanor Tickner
  • Cutflower growers: Brian Baker
  • Cutflower growers: Dale Heinzman
  • Cutflower growers: Harrison ‘Red’ Kennicott III
  • Cutflower growers: Bernard van Essendelft
  • An intersectional point of view: Sidebuds in intersectionals (Don Smith)
  • Another view of gardening life (Betty Fike)
  • Japanese & anemone form peonies for carefree gardening (Harvey Buchite)
  • Anemone and japanese form peonies (Reiner Jakubowski)
  • The next generation of peony lovers (Keith Swenson)

335 – 2005 September

  • Obituary: William D. Countryman
  • Obituary: Peter ‘Chris’ Laning
  • No peonies? No problem! (Elizabeth Babb)
  • Forming a local or regional peony society (Claudia Schroer)
  • 2005 Bloom season favorites (Henry Chotkowski)
  • Rave review for Lovely Rose (Lyn Holiday)
  • Book review: The Gardener’s Peony by Martin Page (Harvey Buchite)
  • Time travel to the year 2005 (Peter Waltz)
  • An intersectional point of view: Intersectional peonies with flares (Don Smith)
  • The Silver and the Gold Medals (Reiner Jakubowski)
  • The American Home Achievement Medal & the Myron D. Bigger Plaque (Reiner Jakubowski)
  • Share a peony with a friend this Fall (Harvey Buchite)
  • Intersectional peony grafting revisited (Roberto Gamoletti)

336 – 2005 December

  • Remembering Chris Laning (Art Hartman)
  • A Californian’s taken on tree peonies (Irene Tolomeo)
  • Michel Rivière in his own words (Michel Rivière)
  • Growing tree peonies in Minnesota (Harvey Buchite)
  • Tree peonies – The most beautiful flowers (Roberto Gamoletti)
  • An intersectional point of view: Fall foliage colors and other fall characteristics of the Intersectional hybrid group (Don Smith)
  • For the love of a peony (Steve Rose)
  • Looking good at the Rogers this year (Allan Rogers)
  • New at Swenson Gardens (Keith Swenson, Swenson Gardens)
  • This bud’s for you (Tim McCauley)
  • Additions to my garden (Franklin Chow, Tree Peony Garden)
  • Leon’s short list (Leon Pesnell)
  • Comments from Canada (Brian Porter)

337 – 2006 March

  • Obituary: Friedrich Hertle
  • Obituary: Lady Smithers
  • Quick and easy tips for growing garden and tree peonies from seed (Harvey Buchite)
  • The Midwest peony gardener (Lucas Hudson)
  • The peony for foliage (Valerie Ames)
  • Early cultivars of Paeonia lactiflora (Martin Page)
  • Lins, Farr, Old catalogs and nomenclature (Reiner Jakubowski)
  • An intersectional point of view: Tip for photographing Intersectional hybrid peonies (Don Smith)
  • Collector peonies: Part 1, the hybrids (Harvey Buchite)

338 – 2006 June

  • Bess Bockstoce and Rose Heart: A correction (Reiner Jakubowski)
  • Pruning at Brothers Tree Peonies (Rick Rogers)
  • Growing peonies, organically (Elisabeth Marshall, Full Bloom Farm)
  • The evolution of a home gardener (Irmtraud Rieck)
  • In beds of blue grass and Dutch clover (Ron & Dee Johnson)
  • Special favorites added by selling Iris (Carol Warner)
  • Born into gardening (Ben Gowen)
  • Serious peony lover (Valerie Ames)
  • Dazzled by peonies (Therese Sprauer & Abel Zavala, Brooks Gardens)
  • Why do I grow peonies (Melissa Sizemore)
  • Peony reminders (Anne Coster)
  • Lured by the gardens of Margaret Thomas (Henry Chotkowski)
  • Peonies do grow here (Carolyn Dolecheck)
  • Popularizing peonies in Latvia (Aldonis Verins)
  • New member (Carl Pletcher)
  • Looking for a sunny spot (Roger Beckman)
  • Collector peonies: Part 2, the lactifloras (Harvey Buchite)
  • The Midwest peony gardener (Lucas Hudson)
  • An intersectional point of view: Chromosomes, nuclear DNA and the Intersectional Peony (Don Smith)

339 – 2006 September

  • Collector peonies Part 3: The species (Harvey Buchite)
  • Obituary Sir Peter Smithers (Gian Lupo Osti)
  • An intersectional point of view: Basal flares as an identifying characteristic in intersectional hybrid peonies (Don Smith)
  • Book review: The book of Mediterranean peonies by Gian Lupo Osti (Harvey Buchite)

340 – 2006 December

  • An interview with Will McLewin (Claudia Schroer)
  • Beautiful peonies throughout the year (Harvey Buchite)
  • Prospects for a semi-double fernleaf hybrid (Don Hollingsworth)
  • An intersectional point of view: Coming of age (Don Smith)
  • Book review: Peonies by Pamela McGeorge (Margaret Dexter/Reiner Jakubowski)

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