Peonies, The Manual of the American Peony Society, edited by James Boyd © 1928 American Peony Society: [Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies]:
RUTH FORCE. (Shaylor, 1921.) 8.3 (3 votes).*
Japanese type; midseason to late. Bright cerise-pink guard petals; stamens edged with petal color.
Apparently little known. The description does not give color of center (presumably yellow), but if it is a Jap, "stamens" should be "staminodes," and surely the petal color would be in the middle and the yellow on the edges.
RUTH FORCE (Shaylor, 1921) - Jap. - Pink - Midseason to late. Bright cerise-pink guard petals; stamens edged with petal color. (Apparently little known. The description does not give color of center (presumably yellow), but if it is a Jap, "stamens" should be "staminodes," and surely the petal color would be in the middle and the yellow on the edges.) Manual. M. .
