Book  (Jan 2000)  Page(s) 235.  
 
Banquet Hybrid Tree Peony. Saunders 1941. A semi-double red hybrid

Book  (Jan 1999)  Page(s) 209.  
 
Banquet Tree Peony. Saunders (USA) 1941. Semi-double red... Glowing strawberry-pink flowers, darkening at the centre to display a ring of gold stamens...

Magazine  (Sep 1977)  Page(s) 19.  
 
"Botanical Descriptions of 40 Saunders Lutea Hybrids" by Dr. David Reath and Silvia Saunders
...These descriptions aim to provide the nurseryman and the average gardener with a means of determining the differences between the hybrids, many of which are very similar indeed...
Banquet—Double; suffused deep crimson; ruffled petals. Flares dark, hidden. Filaments reddish; very few. Stigmas rose; 7 or more. Sheath purple. Stems and leaf petioles pale green.

Article (magazine)  (Jan 1955)  Page(s) 25.  
 
Varieties Raised in America. All by Professor Saunders...
The "Banquet Group." Generally reddish, but with yellow undertone, single to double...
'Banquet,' (1941)

Article (magazine)  (Jan 1955)  Page(s) 56.  
 
Alphabetical Check List of Tree Peony Names In  Public Collections And/or Available in Nurseries 1954-1955
Lutea hybrid, Yellow with reddish tones, 'Banquet', (Saund. 1941), [Gardens] Scott Foundation, Morton Arboretum

Book  (1944)  Page(s) 104.  
 
For next year 1945
Make a master list of tree peonies to be grafted & check them off as done.
For 1944
...Banquet 13026 3+6 [grafts]

Book  Page(s) 9.  
 
Banquet 13026 1939 9 grafts..1940 6 grafts...Semidouble very large petals somewhat crinkled...golden center...Yellow underlay suffused strawberry color. Very fine form. Graft. Fine in Syracuse 1941. Push.

Book  Page(s) 46.  
 
Banquet (1941) 13026 Original plant in 18(2) L.D. [lutea delavayi] x Crimson t.p. [tree peony]
Semidouble very large petals somewhat crinkled Fine golden center. Yellow underlay suffused strawberry red. Very fine form. Fine in Syracuse 1941. Push.
1941 7 salable grafts...
1942 ...4 small...2 strong