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'Robert Fortune' peony References
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Article (magazine)  (Jan 1955)  Page(s) 12.  
 
Robert Fortune, the great explorer of the Royal Horticultural Society, made four trips to China and introduced many fine plants to England. In 1846, he brought twenty-five of the finest tree peonies ever to come out of China. Among these were 'Atrosanguinea,' 'Berenice,' 'Bijou de Chusan,' 'Dr. Bowring,' 'Globosa,' 'Glory of Shanghai,' 'Lord Macartney,' 'Pride of Hongkong,' 'Robert Fortune,' 'Samarang,' and 'Zenobia.' These were enthusiastically received and quickly propagated, so that both British and continental nurseries cataloged them in some quantity in the 1860's.
Article (magazine)  (Jan 1955)  Page(s) 59.  
 
Alphabetical Check List of Tree Peony Names In  Public Collections And/or Available in Nurseries 1954-1955
Chinese, Scarlet, 'Robert Fortune' (For.-China), [Nurseries] Oberlin Peony Nursery
Website/Catalog  (1941)  Page(s) [3].  
 
Tree Peonies
Robert Fortune. Very fine. Large; brilliant carmine-pink...$6 00
Website/Catalog  (1940)  Page(s) 6.  
 
European Tree Peonies
40. Robert Fortune. Large; very fine brilliant carmine-pink, profuse bloomer...$6.00
Website/Catalog  (1932)  Page(s) [1].  
 
Tree Peony
Paeonia arborea
European
Robert Fortune; Large brilliant carmine red, very fine...$5.00 Each.
Book  (1917)  Page(s) 219.  
 
Robert Fortune, brilliant salmon red, fringed petals.
Book  (1907)  Page(s) 88.  
 
907. FORTUNE, ROBERT; P. moutan.
(1) 1885, The Garden, Vol. 27, p. 33.
(2) 1899, L. Paillet's Cat.
(3) 1906, Dessert's Cat., p. 42.
(4) Cornell Plot No. 629.
Magazine  (30 Oct 1897)  Page(s) 411.  
 
Les Pivoines.—M. Ernest H. Krelage publie, dans le « Tijdschrift voor Tuinbouw » une intéressante étude sur les Pivoines, dont la maison Krelage et fils, de Haarlem, possède une collection renommée. [...] Comme bonnes variétés, il mentionne:
Robert Fortune (rosea superba), rouge feu, reflet superbe...
Magazine  (9 Jul 1892)  Page(s) 24.  
 
Tree Pæonies.
A selection of a few really first-rate varieties is here given: Blanche de Chusan, pure white; Caroline Blanche, white with crimson stain at the base of the petals; Cœlestis, white, large, and very fine; Duchesse d'Anjou, rose and white; Louise Mouchelet, salmon-pink, a lovely shade; Lord Macartney, crimson; Mme. de Vatry, rich glowing rose; Mme. Stuart Low, salmon shading to red; Osiris, dark maroon-crimson; Reine Elizabeth, deep rose, a magnificent flower and one of the very best kinds; Robert Fortune, rosy-crimson; Samarang, vermillion-red; Souv. de Gand; and Triomphe de Vandermael, bright rose, large and very double.
Magazine  (22 Jan 1887)  Page(s) 77.  
 
The Tree Pæony. 
...For the last twenty years or longer we have had to look to our French neighbours for new sorts of Tree Pæony, for since they have taken the work of hybridising and raising seedlings in hand they have supplied us with all the finest sorts.  Until now the list is long- too long, in fact, for names are given where very shadowy differences exist.
List of select Varieties.
Robert Fortune, bright crimson, semi-double
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