Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Check List of Chinese Peonies in Commerce] Single Peonies, page 67
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM. (Pleas, 1906.) 8.2.
Double type; large; late midseason. Guards and crown delicate blush-white, the latter marked with a few crimson edges; collar pale canary-yellow; moderately fragrant. Rather tall; floriferous; stems weak. Foliage large.
Technically double type, but of distinctly crown appearance. An attractive flower when cut but of little value in the garden because of its sprawling habit.
"No good."—Fewkes.
"Evidently rated much too high."—Boyd.
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Pleas, 1906) - Double - White - Late Midseason. Rather tall. Moderately fragrant. Large. Guards and crown delicate blush-white, the latter marked with a few crimson edges; collar pale canary-yellow; floriferous; stems weak. Foliage large Technically double type, but of distinctly crown appearance. An attractive flower when cut, but of little value in the garden because of its sprawling habit. M.
