Article (magazine)  (Jan 1955)  Page(s) 56.  
 
Alphabetical Check List of Tree Peony Names In  Public Collections And/or Available in Nurseries 1954-1955
Chinese, Lilac Rose, 'Athlete', (Mouch. 1867), [Nurseries] Cottage Gardens, Oberlin Peony Gardens, Tingle Nursery Company

Article (magazine)  (Jan 1955)  Page(s) 13.  
 
There were also hundreds of lilac pinks, magenta. pinks and plain magentas, most of which were very unattractive. Many closely resembled Banksi. Typical varieties were 'Archduc Ludovico,' 'Athlete,' 'Beaute de Twickel,' 'Jules PirIot,' 'La Ville de St. Denis,' 'Morris,' 'Princess Louise,' 'Reine Amelie,' 'Reine des Fleurs,' 'Triomphe de Vandermaelen,' and 'van Houttei.' All these varieties proved, in Holland and France, easy to propagate in comparison with the later introduced Japanese varieties. Which varieties bearing European names were actually raised from seed in Europe and which were Chinese varieties renamed is not too definitely established.

Website/Catalog  (1941)  Page(s) [3[.  
 
Tree Peonies
Athlete. Large; double; brilliant rose-pink...$5 00

Magazine  (Jun 1933)  Page(s) 58.  
 
Les Floralies Gantoises en 1933 ....A côté des oeillets, un lot fort remarqué fut celui où M. E. Piedoye, horticulteur a
Saint-Laurent-du-Var, avait groupé de fort belles pivoines arborescentes : 300 fleurs choisies parmi les meilleures variétés du commerce. Mais il convient de citer tout particulièrement 30 fleurs en 30 variétés non nommées, provenant des hybridations réalisées par l'exposant depuis 1919, et il nous a dit avoir 3.000 variétés de semis à l'étude.
Dans les variétés exposées, on voyait : Elisabeth, Comtesse de Tuder, Sawi, Gloria Belgarum, Jeanne d'Arc, Reine des Violettes, Athlète, Ville de Saint-Denis ; dans les pivoines du Japon : Daïkagura, Yaso Okina, Schundaï, Yoyo no Homare, Kumona Nishiki ; dans les hybrides de lutea : Souvenir du Professeur Maxime Cornu, La Lorraine, Surprise.

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 151.  
 
Pivoines en arbre...Athlète.- Grande fleur pleine, beau rose à fond carmin vif.

Book  (Apr 1907)  Page(s) 28.  
 
198. ATHLETE, P. moutan
(1) 1876, The Garden Vol. 9, p. 197.
(2) 1888, Gard. Chron. Vol. 3, 3rd Ser. p. 139.
(3) 1899, L. Paillet Cat
(4) Cornell Plot No. 86.

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.
Athlete, deep rose pink

Magazine  (Jan 1879)  Page(s) 22.  
 
A l'exposition universelle de Paris en 1878
Les nombreux lots de Pivoines sous-frutescentes ou herbacées étalaient leurs larges corolles; les lots de MM. Levêque, d'Ivry; ceux de MM. Verdier, A. Roy, Delahaye et Thièbaut, de Paris, Simon et Crousse, de Nancy, Margottin et veuve Durand, de Bourg-la-Reine étaient très remarquables.
Nous citerons, parmi celles dites en arbres, les variétés suivantes:  Ville de Saint-Denis, Marie Rattier, Souvenir de Madame Knoor [sic], Elisabeth, Comte de Flandre, Louise Mouchelet, Madame de Vatry, Rinzi, Farezzi, Triomphe de Vandermaelen, Mariana, Rossini, Rubra odorata et Athlète.

Magazine  (26 Feb 1876)  Page(s) 197.  
 
The Best Tree Peonies.
The following list contains some of the very best varieties of tree Peonies or Moutans at present in cultivation; I obtained it from my friend M. Charles Verdier, of Paris, wlio makes Peonies his special study; among them, as will be seen, are few novelties, but M. Verdier states that the newer varieties are generally inferior to the older kinds:
Athlète, large, double lilac...

Magazine  (26 Feb 1876)  Page(s) 197.  
 
The Best Tree Peonies.
The following list contains some of the very best varieties of tree Peonies or Moutans at present in cultivation; I obtained it from my friend M. Charles Verdier, of Paris, who makes Peonies his special study; among them, as will be seen, are few novelties, but M. Verdier states that the newer varieties are generally inferior to the older kinds:
Athlète, large, double, lilac...