(Jan 1917)  Page(s) 84.  Includes photo(s).
 
Adolphe Rousseau. One of the darkest peonies. Beautiful shade of garnet, very glossy petals which reflect light. Note colour plate. Dessert & Mechin, 1890. Semi-double. Garnet. Very large. Early. Very tall, vigorous grower, long strong stem, dark foliage, veins in leaves red. Free bloomer. Garden.

(Jan 1917)  Page(s) 84.  
 
Agnes Mary Kelway. Light pink guards surround a thick cream white collar of narrow petaloids. Crown same colour as guards. Kelway. Crown. Light pink. Large. Early midseason. Fragrant. Tall, vigorous, erect, Free bloomer. Garden and cutting.

(Jan 1917)  Page(s) 84.  
 
Albert Crousse. Large full blooms of light salmon pink. Petals small and closely packed. Crousse, 1893. Bomb. Light pink. Very large. Late. Fragrant. Tall, erect, free bloomer. Garden and cutting.

(Jan 1917)  Page(s) 84.  
 
Alexandre Dumas. Guards and crown bright pink. Collar of deep cream or chamois colour. Guerin, 1862. Crown. Bright pink. Large and full. Midseason. Fragrant. Medium height, free and reliable bloomer. Cutting.

(Jan 1917)  Page(s) 84.  
 
Alfred de Musset. Well-formed flower of flesh pink and salmon. One of the pinks without a hint of mauve. Crousse, 1885. Rose. Flesh pink. Large. Midseason. Medium height, rather spreading habit. Garden and cutting.

(Jan 1917)  Page(s) 84.  Includes photo(s).
 
Alice de Julvecourt (Syn. Triumphans; Gaudavensis). Well-built full flower. Guards and crown light pink with red streaks. Collar creamy white. Note colour plate. Pele, 1857. Crown. Pink and cream. Medium. Midseason. Fragrant. Medium height, rather spreading habit. Fairly free bloomer. Garden and cutting.

(Jan 1917)  Page(s) 84.  
 
Alsace Lorraine. Pointed petals arranged like a water-lily. Flower rather flat. Colouring of cream to brownish yellow is very unusual and beautiful. Lemoine, 1906. Semi-rose. Cream white deepening to yellow. Very large. Late. Tall, vigorous, free bloomer. Garden and cutting.

(Jan 1917)  Page(s) 50.  
 
As far back as 1824 (about the time when hybrid perpetual roses began to be popular) , he [Lemon] raised a lot of seedlings of P. officinalis from which came P. anemoniflora alba and P. grandiflora nivea plena.

(1917)  Page(s) 228.  
 
Officinalis...Varieties:....Anemoneflora, single and double crimson with magenta tint.

(1917)  Page(s) 225.  
 
Anomala (unusual—referring to the leaves, which are finely divided). Siberia. Stated by some writers to be the same as P. Emodi, which it very evidently is not. First mentioned in Flora Siberica (St. Petersburg, 1747.) Flowers with irregular petals of a brilliant red and with clusters of yellow stamens. The roots grow to great size and are used by the Mongol Tartars for food.