'Alpha and Omega' peony References
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Website/Catalog (1922) Page(s) 8.
Seedlings of Mrs. Sarah A. Pleas.
Alpha and Omega—A double decker, pink and white, early...$5.00
Magazine (Nov 1921) Page(s) 159.
"Mrs. Pleas on Raising Seedling Peonies"
...Kelway's single white, The Queen, was our only plant bearing seeds, blooming before any other kind was open; it was not hybridized, yet from this one planting I have every color and shade from White Swan to Black Beauty. [...]
From this one planting of single white seeds came Elwood Pleas, Midsummer Night's Dream, Gem, Mary, Quaker Lady, Shabona, Mad. Pleas, Walter Morgan, Golden Wedding, Nellie Pleas, Gypsy Queen, Laura E. Pleas, and Rosy Dawn in doubles; and in singles, White Swan, Wild Rose, Golden Cushion, Pocahantas; among the Japanese, Dr. Edgar Pleas, Novelty, Altar Candles, and Golden Nugget represent the best. [...]
—Sarah A. Pleas, Whittier, California
Magazine (Jul 1921) Page(s) 129.
Mrs. Pleas' Estimate of Her Own Peonies
Japanese Varieties
Novelty — First called Alpha and Omega, because so early and so long in bloom, improving with age; four-storied, i.e., having four or more shades of color- deep to light pink, white and yellow- in circles with stamens intermingled; very fragrant.
Magazine (Jan 1920) Page(s) 11.
Mrs. Pleas' Estimate of Her Own Peonies
by Sarah A. Pleas.
I am very partial to the little Japs, for their long season of bloom, their oddity and their delightful fragrance. Novelty, first called Alpha & Omega, because "first and last" the longest in bloom, very sweet, white with shades of pink, rose and yellow, with stamens showing, 4 storied.
Website/Catalog (Aug 1910) Page(s) 13.
Pivoines herbacées...Variétés nouvelles...Novelty; crème teinté rose, odorante ...4 fr.
[no longer listed in the 1928 catalogue]
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