Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1912 — THREE ACRES OF PEONAS. [ARTICLE]

THREE ACRES OF PEONAS.

Remington Man's Peona Field Attracts Many Visitors. W. L. Gumm, the well known Remington hardware dealer, who owns the old Dr. Maxwell property at the south side of Remington, has three acres of peonas, and just now they are a beautiful sight to behold, all in blossom. Sunday hundreds of people drove by the field just to see the flowers in bloom, while scores of the vfcators were given huge armloads of the beautiful fluffy flowers. Mr. Gumm has always been a great lover of flowers, and puts in his spare time in- growing rare ornamental and flowering plants in great abundance. Of his peonas he has many different varieties, of all shades of color, some of which he personally imported from France. In addition to furnishing a delightful pastime, he has found the business quite lucreative, and he sells many plants, bulbs and flowers. The greatest sale of the peonas is in the buds, and recently he had four men at work cutting the buds, which were packed and shipped to the city, where they are placed in coid storage and when blossoms are wanted are put in water where they oren in all their beauty and,freshness. Mrs. Mary D. Eger entertained Thursday afternoon in honor of Mrs. Margaret Stackhouse of Chicago but a former resident of this city, to which a large number of old-time lady friends of the latter were guests. Job printing of the better class type, ink and typography in harmony—The Democrat office.