chapter BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
pleas, mrs. sarah A., is now living in Whittier, California. She was formerly of Dunreith, Indiana, where she grew and introduced her seedlings to trade. In June, 1916, Mrs. Pleas was conferred an Honorary Membership in the American Peony Society. She dates her interest in the planting of seedlings back to 1855. Mrs. Pleas is over eighty years of age.
Pleas, Mrs. Sarah A., Dunreith, Ind., and Whittier, Calif. Began planting peony seedlings in 1855. Died 1928. Famous as raiser of Jubilee.
In 1880 Mrs. Sarah A. Pleas of Indiana grew seedlings and sold them to various nurserymen who named them and introduced them.
