Contents
Preface
The Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum
A Century of Blooms: A History of the Peony Garden at Nichols Arboretum / Robert Grese
Sister Gardens and Peony Breeders across the Midwest
Brook Lodge Gardens—Peonies / W. E. Upjohn, Commentary by David Michener
Silvia Saunders: Positioning Hybrid Peonies for Public Acceptance / David Michener
Edward Auten Jr.: Peonies That Are Different / David Michener
Mrs. Sarah A. Pleas: Hidden in Plain Sight / David Michener
Amateur Breeders and Peony Enthusiasts / Robert Grese
The Peony Garden at Fair Lane / Karen Marzonie
Chicago Botanic Garden / Nina Koziol
The Royal Botanical Gardens Peony Collection / Alex Henderson
The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site’s Peony Garden / Bethany Gosewehr
The Peony Collection of the Montreal Botanical Garden / Stéphane Bailleul
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum Peony Collection / David Stevenson
Sisson’s Peony Gardens and Whistling Gardens / Emajean Westphal and Darren Heimbecker
Appreciating Historic Herbaceous Peonies and Other Historic Garden Varieties
History of the Peony / Brand Peony Farms
Historic Peonies in Early America / Peggy Cornett
Conserving Beauty as Science / David Michener and Nastassia Vlasava
Fragrant Peonies / Harvey Buchite
The Art of Peony Hybridization / Don Hollingswoth
The Enduring Value of Historic Peonies / Scott Kunst
Peonies in Classic Garden Writing
From The Book of the Peony / Alice Harding
The Fascination of Peonies: Intimate Portraits of the Aristocrats of This Family by One Who Knows Them Well and Loves Them / Louisa Yeomans King
Peonies in Arts and Culture
The Peony in Painting and Verse in China from the Eighth to the Thirteenth Centuries / Roslyn L. Hammers
The Peony Emboldened: Inspired Visions of Floral Fortitude at the University of Michigan Museum of Art / Roslyn L. Hammers
Notes
Contributors
Acknowledgments