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The Gardening World Illustrated
(22 Jun 1901)  Page(s) 686.  
 
Pæonies From Langport.
A boxful of named varieties has reached us from Messrs. Kelway and Son, Langport, Somerset. [...] None of the double varieties was entirely white, though there were several pale and choice varieties. [...] Another strikingly distinct flower is that named Agnes Mary Kelway, moderate in size and consisting of three rows of broad silvery-pink petals forming a guard to a great zone of closely packed and short yellow petals, surrounding a central knot of purple ones. 
(22 Jun 1901)  Page(s) 686.  
 
Pæonies From Langport.
A boxful of named varieties has reached us from Messrs. Kelway and Son, Langport, Somerset. [...]
None of the double varieties was entirely white, though there were several pale and choice varieties. All the centre of Blanche Fitzmaurice was white, consisting of narrow petals, surrounded by a doublw row of broader and larger blush coloured ones.
(22 Jun 1901)  Page(s) 686.  
 
Pæonies From Langport.
A boxful of named varieties has reached us from Messrs. Kelway and Son, Langport, Somerset. [...] None of the double varieties was entirely white, though there were several pale and choice varieties. [...] A somewhat different flower is Christine Shand, almost of a uniform silvery blush from the broad outer petals to the centre. All the central ones are moderately cut, slightly crimped and of average width.
(22 Jun 1901)  Page(s) 686.  
 
Pæonies From Langport.
Three single varieties represented a class favoured by many growers who prefer single to double flowers. Countess Cadogan is notable for its large silvery pink flowers, with a great brush of yellow stamens in the centre as in the case of Doris.
 
(22 Jun 1901)  Page(s) 686.  
 
Pæonies From Langport.
A boxful of named varieties has reached us from Messrs. Kelway and Son, Langport, Somerset. [...] None of the double varieties was entirely white, though there were several pale and choice varieties. [...] Dolabra is also a very full flower of a rosy-purple hue, clouded with silver at the tips of the petals.
(22 Jun 1901)  Page(s) 686.  
 
Pæonies From Langport.
Three single varieties represented a class favoured by many growers who prefer single to double flowers. The widely expanded flowers of Doris have rosy-carmine petals, fading to a silvery cast at the edges. Countess Cadogan is notable for its large silvery pink flowers, with a great brush of yellow stamens in the centre as in the case of Doris.
(21 Jun 1890)  Page(s) 667.  
 
Varieties of Pæonia albiflora.
Duchess of Fife.—The flowers of this variety are single and of good size. The broad petals are rose coloured and numerous, surrounding a central mass of yellow stamens.
[...] The three last named were shown by Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, at the June exhibition of the Royal Botanic Society on the 11th, and were awarded Floricultural Certificates.
(21 Jun 1890)  Page(s) 667.  
 
Varieties of Pæonia albiflora.
Duchess of Teck.—The great size of the flowers of this Pæony are very noticeable. The outer petals are broad, dentate, and of a deep pink. All the rest of the flower is made up of a mixture of smaller pink and white petals cut and crisped at the margin.
[...] All four received Awards of Merit at the Drill Hall on the 10th inst., and were shown by Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport.
(21 Jun 1890)  Page(s) 667.  
 
Varieties of Pæonia albiflora.
Duke of Clarence.—The flowers of this variety are of great size, and fully double, forming a globular mass of pink, with broad white margins to the petals, nearly resembling the colour of the Rose La France.
[...] The three last named were shown by Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, at the June exhibition of the Royal Botanic Society on the 11th, and were awarded Floricultural Certificates.
 
(21 Jun 1890)  Page(s) 667.  
 
Varieties of Pæonia albiflora.
Emily Kelway.—This is a single variety, with deep red petals somewhat toothed at the apex, and yellow stamens. The three last named were shown by Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, at the June exhibition of the Royal Botanic Society on the 11th, and were awarded Floricultural Certificates.
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