Magazine  (Sep 1935)  Page(s) 27.  
 
Department of Registration
The following seedling peonies with full and complete descriptions are being registered by Mrs. Edward Harding, Burnley Farm, Plainfield, New Jersey. Mrs. Harding's splendid work with the peony and the books she has written on this flower are well known to most of us.
Manchu Princess (Harding, 1929). Herbaceous. Single. Early, Color—Double row of cupped petals, white tinged with coffee color. Anthers and filaments brilliant lemon yellow. Carpels green with lemon yellow stigma tuft. Entire plant—Splendid foliage and stems. Strong growing. Increases well. Flower very large and conspicuously beautiful. Bloom lasts a long time if lightly shaded.

Magazine  (Sep 1929)  Page(s) 43.  
 
Mrs. Edward Harding, R.F.D. No. 1, Plainfield, New Jersey, desires to register the name "Manchu Princess" for one of her seedlings. It is a white single of rare quality and extraordinary beauty. Full detailed description will follow after next year's blooming season. Mrs. Harding is known to most of our readers as the author of two splendid books on the peony. Any seedling that Mrs. Harding would deem worthy of naming must possess superlative merit.