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'Coronation' peony References
Website/Catalog (1940) Page(s) 3. Peony Collections Coronation (Mid-season) Good light pink with white center. 75¢
Book (1928) Page(s) 88. Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies Coronation. (Kelway, 1902.) 8.5. Double type; very large; late midseason. Shallowly cupped guards and prominent collar covered in the later stages by an irregular, circular crown of many ragged petals graduated to the center; pale rose-pink; outer crown petals very pale, flecked with crimson on edges, but the center is much darker; delicate fragrance, somewhat like lilacs. Medium height; floriferous; stems adequate. Foliage good. A very distinctly shaped and beautiful flower.
Website/Catalog (1912) Page(s) 11-2. Kelway's Peonies. Kelway, of England, has produced some very fine varieties, such as Baroness Schroeder, James Kelway, Lady Alexandra Duff, and various other sorts. Coronation. A very large, handsome flower, light pink at the edges, the remainder a creamy-flesh tint of a very delicate shade; the center is a chalice shape with golden anthers at the bottom of the cup; a few anthers are also exposed between the petals. $1.00.
Magazine (15 Aug 1908) Page(s) 526. Herbaceous Paeonies. The following varieties are good and will be found reliable to furnish good blooms: Lady Beresford, Addison, A. J. Hunter, Admiral Dewey, Coronation, Temple, Lady's Realm, Hallam, Mrs. E. Harwood, Gravetye, Sir T. J. Lipton, Mrs. Gwyn Lewis. All Pæonies are valuable as cut flowers for decoration.
Book (1907) Page(s) 58. 564. *CORONATION; P. albiflora...(Kelway) (1) 1902, Kelway's Cat. Fewkes' MSS. (2) *1904, Harrison's Paeonia Manual, p. 42. (3) *1906, Kelway's Cat. p. 97.
*One star before the name indicates that the variety has been pictured in the reference that is also starred.
Book (1907) Page(s) 37. Coronation. Kelway, 1900. Large; light pink at the edges, rest creamy flesh of delicate shade. Fairly successful in the west. Rather shy bloomer.
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