The American Peony Society
The History of the Peonies and their Originations p. 157
HATTIE BAKER (1935) - Double, late midseason. Medium red. JEAN HARLOW (1938) - Double, early midseason. Large pure white with golden reflex. Tall. Distinctive form. Looks good.
KING BEE (1935) - Double, late midseason. Velvety dark red of good color. Fragrant.
LUCKY STRIKE (1935) - Double, late midseason. Bright rose pink. Fragrant.
LULU CLIFFE (1935) - Double or Jap, early. Light pink. Pink stigmas. Often a full double or anemone type, then it will be a typical Jap.
MERRIGOLD (1932) - Jap. Violet,pink. Yellow staminodes.
ORIENTAL PEARL (1940) - Jap, midseason. Light rose pink, yellow staminodes. Good.
PIE PLATE (1935) - Single, midseason. Very large white. Red stigmas.
REBECCA (1940) - Single, white.
FRENCH PEONIES
DORIAT & SON & DEBATENE, LaPalisse (Allier), France
AMI RAOUL DUVAL (1936) - Single. Velvety purple, silvery piping.
ANDRE GENSDARMES (1935) - Double. Large cupped white with golden stamens.
ARMANCE DESSERT (1929) - Double, late midseason. Soft silvery salmon pink. Fragrant.
CHARLES DORIAT (1935) - Jap. Lilac guards, salmon center.
CHARLOTTE CORE (1932) - Single, early. Pure white.
CHARLOTTE SAULNAY (1934) - Jap. Purple lilac with yellow staminodes.
COMTESSE de MURAD (1932) - Single, early. Silvery white. Carmine reflex.
EDOUARD DORIAT (1929) - Double, late. Vivid salmon pink with stamens.
ELIZABETH DESSERT (1932) - Jap. Dark red guards, staminodes frilled purple.
GILBERT BARTHELOT (1931) - Double. Silvery pink with slaty tints. Stamens show.
HUBERT DEGRIS (1929) - Jap. Purple lilac, narrow petaloids yellow.
INGENIEUR DORIAT (1931) - Double. Carmine red with broad silvery border.
JACQUES DESSERT (1929) - Double, late midseason. Immense ball of pink intermingled white.
JACQUES DORIAT (1928) - Jap, midseason. Silvery carmine pink straw yellow petaloids.
JOSEPH PLAGNE (1928) - Jap. Carmine red, gold yellow staminodes.
JOSEPH ALETTI (1934) - Jap. Carmine mauve, staminodes rosy straw.
MADAME HELENE RICHELET (1936) - Double. White butter tinted, red piping.
MADAME HENRI CORE (1933) - Double. Silvery pink.
MARGARET ELLIOTT WAGGAMAN (1932) - Double, late midseason. White with salmon tints. Good.
MONSIEUR ADAM MODZELEWSKI (1935) - Double. Velvety red silvery border.
MONSIEUR EUGENE VION (1936) - Double. Nice silvery pink with lilac tints.
ODILE (1928) Double, late midseason. Large white sphere with lilac tinted center.
PIERRE DEBATENE (1935) - Single. Dark pink with purple nuance.
PIERRE VERCOURT (1933) - Sulphured white with yellow collar white intermingled.
PROFESSEUR C. POTRAT (1929) - Double, late. Very tall and large bright pink.
RIGOLOTE (1931) - Purple crimson guards with staminodes same color tipped yellow.
The earliest hybrid peony to be introduced that is still well-known, was originated in France about 1845. It is a cross between ALBIFLORA and TENUIFOLIA. For many years it has been listed under several different names, such as ANOMALE which is the name of a species very different from this hybrid: ANOMALA SMOUTH which errs in making it a variety of ANOMALA; LACINIATA, on account of its deeply cut foliage; and SMOUTHI, which is probably the name by which it should be known. It is a very early, good, red single and what is quite remarkable for a single it has very pleasant fragrance. It is distinctly a valuable peony in the garden.
Two other varieties, ALPHA and REINE de MAI, flesh pink singles and crosses between PEREGRINA and WITTMANNIANA, are little known today. Early in this century Lemoine sent out four varieties, crosses between ALBIFLORA and WITTMANNIANA, AVANT GARDE, light pink and Le PRINTEMPS, MAI FLEURI and MESSAGERE, white singles with yellow and greenish tints. There may be other hybrids of foreign origin with which I am not familiar. Those that have really created a sensation in the Peony World, have been produced by a few of our members who have given the last twenty or more years of their lives to this work. These men are Prof. A. P. Saunders of Clinton, New York and Lyman D. Glasscock of Elwood, Illinois, both of whom began this work about the same time. Edward Auten, Jr., of Princeville, Illinois, W. S. Bockstoce of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Mrs. Mary E. G. Freeborn of Proctor, Vermont, and Dr. Earle B. White of Kensington, Maryland, have also done notable work along these lines with a few others who have been responsible for one or more additions to the list.
The work of most of these has been confined to crosses between various varieties of ALBIFLORA and OFFICINALIS but Prof. Saunders and Dr. White have ventured far afield and used a great number of species with marvellous results. Now second and third generation plants are being produced by many and they give promise of even more surprising results in the near future.
Nearly all of these hybrids are early, blooming before the ALBIFLORA varieties begin. They have a very wide range of colors. The whites are remarkable for their size and purity, the pinks and reds cover every conceivable shade from palest blush to deepest blood red with corals, salmons, cherries, scarlets and crimsons of unbelievable brilliancy and purity of color. They far exceed their parents in this respect.
The only real yellow herbaceous peony is MLOKOSEWITSCHI, a single from the Caucasus region. It is a clear bright yellow with a beautiful plant and distinctive foliage. Unfortunately it
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