Website/Catalog  (1909)  Page(s) 7.  
 
L'Esperance. Vivid rose, early, fragrant...$ 1 25

Website/Catalog  (1908)  Page(s) 3.  
 
DOUBLE HERBACEOUS PEONIES SERIES C. 50 cents each
La Esperance, (Calot 1845) lovely rose pink, fine form, full, high tufted center, very fragrant, vigorous and a profuse bloomer; early.

Website/Catalog  (1908)  Page(s) 24.  
 
L'Esperance. Beautiful rose-pink, good size and form; very fragrant flower, one of the earliest, strong, vigorous, hence an excellent cut-flower....Each  .30, per 10  2.20, per 100  18.00

Book  (1907)  Page(s) 79.  
 
815. ESPERANCE, L'; P....(Calot, 1865)
(1) 1865, Dessert's MSS.
(2) 1905. Terry's Cat.
(3) Cornell Plots Nos. 549, 550, 551, 552, 553, 554, 555, 1780.

Book  (1907)  Page(s) 5.  
 
L'Esperence and Victoria Tricolor multiply rapidly, while J. Discaisne, though a glorious flower, wants about four years to double itself.
 

Book  (1907)  Page(s) 14.  
 
Take the old popular sort known as L'Esperence, who thinks so much of the old soldiers she always wants to be present Decoration Day, and almost invariably gets there, bringing all her grace, fragrance and loveliness, and she is worth more than a dozen shrinking, sensitive kinds.
 

Book  (1907)  Page(s) 26.  
 
Here is my list of the best 24 varieties of peonies for cut flowers: Baroness Schroeder, Festiva Maxima, Golden Harvest, Madam de Verneville, Duke of Dorchester, Belle de Nancy, Mt. Blanc, Couronne d'Or, Pottsii Alba, Livingstone, M. Geissler, Madame Emil Lemoine, Floral Treasure, Richardson's Grandiflora, Richardson's Rubra Superba, La Tulipe, Marie Crousse, Modeste Guerin, Marie Lemoine, Mons. Dupont, Prince Imperial, Sunbeam, Louis Van Houtte, L'Esperence.
C. S. Harrison.

Book  (1907)  Page(s) 42.  
 
L' Esperence. There is much discussion regarding this variety. One, perhaps the proper one, was sent out by Calot, 1865. This is called white, washed with soft pink. The one which has been raised under that name, sent out by Paillet and raised in large quantities by western growers, is a clear, beautiful, fragrant pink. The earliest of all the Chinensis family; in its full glory in most of the northern states for Decoration Day. Ward thinks it is Duchesse de Nemours (Guerin), bat it does not at all correspond with the description, "clear violet, lilac center." I think we will have to let it go as it is. One of the finest and within the reach of all. One of the most profitable and satisfactory for cut flowers, on account of its earliness and rare beauty as well as sure blooming propensities. It also seems very hardy in the far north. A favorite everywhere.
 

Book  (1907)  Page(s) 59.  
 
Among the doubles, almost the first is L' Esperence (Duchess d' Nemours), a radiant, fragrant flower. This seems the most sympathetic of all, appearing to be anxious to be on hand for Decoration Day to aid the friends to honor their noble dead. What a profusion of bloom. Those strong plants seem covered with a mantle of beauty. The flowers are glowing, brilliant pink, large and lustrous." Not sensitive like many, grieved with an unfriendly world so they cannot show their charms, but ready every season, no matter how adverse the conditions, to give their aid to the soldiers and their friends.
 

Book  (1907)  Page(s) 63.  
 
Get some of the best, hard}' and constant bloomers. For instance, $3.00 will get a dozen L'Esperence, which sell readily and are always in demand.