(1974)  Page(s) 35.  
 
...plump for Paeonia obovata 'Alba'. This has every quality that a good garden plant is expected to possess and is no more difficult to establish than any other paeony. Its foliage is handsome and a perfect foil to the great flowers.

(1974)  Page(s) 9.  
 
Extremes of habit were displayed by by John Mattock Ltd , The Rose Nurseries , Abingdon , Oxford . ' Rainbow ' is a big shrub rose , up to five feet , with flowers in a mixture of yellow , copper and red . The theory is that shrub roses , which need little pruning or attention , appeal to the reluctant gardeners of today .