Book  (Jan 1999)  Page(s) 322.  
 
Mrs. Frank Beach Herbaceous Peony. Brand (USA) 1925... white

Book  (1928)  Page(s) 23.  Includes photo(s).
 
New Peonies Originated by A. M. Brand
In 1923, at the St. Paul-Minneapolis National Peony Show, we exhibited about twenty of our new peonies.  These seedlings were all varieties selected by us in 1920 from our trial beds. [...] The judges told us after the judging was done that it was the greatest exhibit of new peonies ever staged anywhere by an originator.  These seedlings were awarded the Society’s Gold and Silver Medals, the Gold Medal going to the variety Mrs. A. M. Brand, a great white, and the Silver Medal to the variety Myrtle Gentry, a delicate pink. Several awards of merit were also given.
...In this collection of Seedlings appeared the following varieties:
Mrs. Frank Beach (A. M. Brand 1925).  Ivory White.  A very large, flat, perfect rose type flower with long, narrow, lacinated petals with the same lacy effect seen in the great variety Jubilee.  The blooms are as large as those of Jubilee, but are borne finely erect on rather dwarfish plants with very strong stems.  We consider Jubilee one of the finest of peonies, but it is handicapped by a weak stem.  Mrs. Frank Beach is a glorified Jubilee.  It opens a deep cream and fades but little even when developed in the field.  This variety, like Le Cygne develops a flower true to type even on a yearling plant.  It blooms profusely as a two year old.  It received an Award of Merit, American Peony Society, London, Ontario, 1922.  Late mid-season, sweetly fragrant.