'Grandiflora carnea' peony References
Magazine (1928) Page(s) 14. [Lemon had] his first batch in 1824; it included grandiflora nivea, sinensis odorata, anemoneflora alba, grandiflora carnea plena....
Website/Catalog (Aug 1910) Page(s) 10. Grandiflora carnea plena; carné.
[no longer listed in the 1928 catalogue]
Website/Catalog (1908) Page(s) 24. Grandiflora carnea plena. (Lemon). flesh-pink shaded with lilac; large; mid-season, and gives a long succession of flowers....Each .35, per 10 2.50
Book (1907) Page(s) 99. 1047. GRANDIFLORA CARNEA PLENA; P....(Lemon, 1824) (1) 1824, Dessert's MSS. (2) 1838, Revue Horticole, p. 214. (3) Cornell Plots Nos. 716, 717, 718, 719.
Book (1907) Page(s) 39, 54. p. 39: Grandiflora Carnea Plena. Lemon, 1824. An old and very fine variety; blooms are variegated; line keepers. Like Seven Sister roses, they change color, and in the row there will appear to be several kinds. Clear, flesh pink, shaded lilac; free bloomer. Fine as cut flower, excellent for landscape work.
p. 54: For instance, Festiva Maxima has very large leaves and is of a robust habit, while Grandiflora Carnea Plena is a dwarf, with finer foliage, and one can detect a stray of either kind in a moment.
Book (1904) Page(s) 3. Double Herbaceous Paeonies. ...Series D. $1.00 each. Grandiflora carnea plena, light rose pink, a fine variety.
Website/Catalog (1901) Page(s) 62. Pivoines herbacées Prix: 25 variétés, 12 francs. A notre choix exclusif, 100 plantes en 25 variétés, prix: 35 francs. Grandiflora carnea plena.
Magazine (15 Jun 1895) Page(s) 668. Messrs. Barr & Son's Paeonies. Double Flowered Varieties. These form the major part of the collection and occupy by far the larger portion of the ground; and although at the time of our visit the display of bloom was yet in its infancy, many beds having yet to open, the following varieties were exceptionally noteworthy. One of the large anemone-flowered sorts is Grandiflora nivea, in which the centre florets are white laced with crimson, and the outer petals blush. Somewhat like the last mentioned is Grandiflora carnea although a deeper shade of pink is here evident, the centre florets being pure white and the crimson blotches absent.
Website/Catalog (1895) Page(s) 22. Barr's Hardy Double Chinese Pæonies. Blushes. (Mostly rose-scented, all beautiful.) Grandiflora carnea, soft flesh, early, fine, 2/6.
Magazine (16 Dec 1884) Page(s) 555. Pivoines herbacées. Dès aujourd'hui, et pour accéder au désir formulé par plusieurs de nos lecteurs, nous publions la liste des variétés les plus employés en Angleterre, et l'on remarquera que la plupart de ces variétés sont d'origine française: grandiflora carnea, rose chair...
|