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Saunders, Prof. Arthur Percy
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Rose and peony and Author
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Prof. Arthur Percy Saunders (March 22, 1869 London, Ontario - August 14, 1953) Canadian-born long-time professor of chemistry (1900-1939) and former dean (1910 - 1926) of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Saunders began hybridizing peonies in 1917 using species which he had imported from Europe -- P. lactiflora x P. macrophylla. Saunders started selling plants by mail in 1931. After his death, his daughter Silvia Saunders (see) continued the nursery. Prof. Saunders was Director of the American Peony Society 1909-1923 and 1925-1928. The Professor and the Peony
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