Magazine  (4 Jun 1887)  Page(s) 513.  
 
P. officinalis var. rosea. — This handsome variety is said to have been found by Mr. Sabine, along with blanda, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, but no account of their history previous to this has been recorded; they are supposed to have both been there for a considerable time previously.  The leaves of rosea are very large, leaflets broad and undulated, blunt, very dark green, and often tinged with red on the margins; the prominent ribs on the under surface of the leaflets are sparingly covered with longish hairs; flowers of a beautiful rose colour, produced about a fortnight earlier than those of P. Sabini, in ordinary seasons about the middle of May.

Website/Catalog  (1837)  Page(s) 66.  
 
Pæonies. Pivoines.
3 Large double roseate, or Rose colored...Pæonia officinalis, rosea...50¢

Magazine  (Apr 1836)  Page(s) Vol. 18, p. 270, 271.  
 
Liste des Pivoines cultivées chez le prince de Salm-Dyck.
PIVOINE, Pœonia, LINN.
II. TIGES HERBACÉES.
p. 270: B. UNIFLORES. 6. COMPACTES.
humilis, Retz.
— angustifolia , Anders.
— latifolia, Sab.
— gallica , Nob.
— paradoxa leiocarpa , D. C.
— gallica, Sab.
— et plusieurs autres variétés.
multifida, Nob.
— plusieurs variétés.
paradoxa, D. C.
simpliciflora , Pallas. ; tatarica , Mill.
— fimbriata , Anders.
peregrina , Mill.
— byzantina, Anders.
— compacta , Anders. 
— fulgens , Sab.
— rosea , Sab.
— Grevillei , Anders.
— undulata , Sab.
— acuminata, Sab.
— commutata.

p. 271: B. UNIFLORES. 7. LOBÉES.
elegans, Sab.
fulgida, Sab.
lobata , Desf. ; lusitanica , Mill.
— id. flore coccineo, Hort. Dyck.
— id. staminibus elegantissimis, Hort. Dyck.
officinalis , Retz.
— angustissima, Hort. Dyck.
— angustifolia , Hort. Dyck,
— glaucescens, Hort. Dyck.
— intermedia, Sab. 
— imbricata, Sab. 
— blanda , Anders. 
— rosea, Anders. 
— id. flore pleno , Hort. Dyck. 
— Sabini , Anders. 
— anemoneflora , Nob. 
— rubra , Anders. 
— atrorubens, Sab. 
— id. fol. variegatis. 
— carnescens, Anders. 
— albicans, Anders. 
— alba , Hort. Dyck.
 

Magazine  (Apr 1836)  Page(s) 231.  
 
Plantes d'agrément.
Tableau du genre Pivoine, Pæonia Linn.
Voici donc le catalogue de toutes les pivoines dans l'ordre que l'a publié le prince de Salm Dyck, et auquel j'ajoute les belles variétés de pivoines à tige ligneuse obtenues par MM. Noisette et Mathieu.  On reconnaîtra ces dernières, en ce que le nom de chacune d'elle est suivi de Nois., ou Math.
PIVOINES.
V. Les compactes.
23. humilis Retz.
- latifolia Sab.
- gallica Sab.
- paradoxa leiocarpa D.C.
et plusieurs autres variétés.
24. multifida Salm.
plusieurs variétés.
25. paradoxa D.C.
-simpliciflora Anders.
- fimbriata Anders.
26. peregrina Mill.
- compacta Anders.
- fulgens Sab.
- rosea Sab.
- Grevillei Anders.
- undulata Sab.
- acuminata Sab.
- commutata.

Magazine  (Apr 1836)  Page(s) 231.  
 
Plantes d'agrément.
Tableau du genre Pivoine, Pæonia Linn.
Voici donc le catalogue de toutes les pivoines dans l'ordre que l'a publié le prince de Salm Dyck, et auquel j'ajoute les belles variétés de pivoines à tige ligneuse obtenues par MM. Noisette et Mathieu.  On reconnaîtra ces dernières, en ce que le nom de chacune d'elle est suivi de Nois., ou Math.
PIVOINES.
VII. Les Lobées.
27. elegans Sab.
28. fulgida Sab.
29. lobata Desf.
- flore coccineo Hort Dyck.
- staminibus elegantissimis Hort. Dyck.
30. officinalis Retz.
- angustifolia Hort. Dyck.
- glaucescens Hort. Dyck.
- intermedia Sab.
- imbricata Sab.
- blanda Anders.
- rosea Anders.
- flore pleno Hort. Dyck.
- Sabini Anders.
- anemoneflora Salm.
- rubra Anders.
- atrorubens Sab.
- id. fol. variegatis.
- carnescens Anders.
- albicans Anders.
- alba Hort Dyck.

Magazine  (Feb 1832)  Page(s) 107.  
 
Provincial Nurseries.
England. Cheshire.
The Bache Pool Nursery, near Chester, Messrs. F. and J. Dickson, containing upwards of 50 acres, was commenced in 1816 by the present occupiers.
Pæònia officinàlis ròsea.

Article (magazine)  (1818)  Page(s) 266.  
 
5. Pæonia officinalis....
β. rosea; floribus saturate roseis, caulibus erectis.

This variety was observed by Mr. Sabine in the Oxford botanic garden, along with the plant that follows [blanda].  We cannot obtain any account of their history: they have in all probability been very old tenants of that garden; perhaps since the days of Morison, in the latter end of the seventeenth century; nor do they seem to have found their way out of it, till Mr. Sabine was obligingly presented with roots of them by Professor Williams.
This has very broad undulated and obtuse leaflets, of a dark hue, tinged with red on the edges, and with a few slight hairs on the ribs of the under surface.  Flowers of a pleasant rose colour; germens 2-3, densely tomentose, diverging at the apex.  Stem erect, as tall as var. α [Sabini], flowering a fortnight earlier, about the middle of May.