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'Souvenir de l'Exposition Universelle' peony References
Website/Catalog  (1927)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Souvenir de Exposition Universelle (Calot 1867) 
American Peony Society Rating of 7.6 (34 votes)
Deep satiny pink, with slight silvery reflex.  Flat rose type.  Very good bloomer.  Late midseason.  Another good old variety.  Each 75¢
Book  (1917)  Page(s) 101.  
 
Souvenir de l'Exposition Universelle. Very large brilliant pink flower of fine form. Petals tipped with silver. Note colour plate. Calot, 1867. Rose. Deep pink. Very large. late. Fragrant. Medium height. Spreading habit. Free bloomer. Cutting.
Website/Catalog  (1913)  Page(s) 54.  
 
Paeonia sinensis...Souvenir de l'exposition universelle. Loose carnation-form, bright pink with silvery reflexes, late-blooming.
Website/Catalog  (Aug 1910)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Souvenir de l'Exposition universelle (Calot); cerise.

[no longer listed in the 1928 catalogue]
Book  (Apr 1907)  Page(s) 81.  
 
831. EXPOSITION. SOUVENIR. DE LA ; P
(1) Cornell Plot No. 560.

835. EXPOSITION, SOUV. DE UNIVERSELLE; P. ... (Calot)
(1) 1885, Revue Horticole, p. 32.
(2) 1906, Cottage Gardens Cat.
(3) 1906, Shady Hill Nursery Cat. p. 142.
(4) Cornell Plots Nos. 572, 573, 574, 575.
Book  (1907)  Page(s) 46.  
 
Souvenir de L' Exposition Universalle. Calot, 1867. Clear cherr\-, with reflex. Very rare coloring.
Book  (1907)  Page(s) 56.  
 
Extract from Adress of President Ward at the National Peony Show, at Boston, 1906...

Mme. Coste comes to us under the name of Souvenir de L' Exposition Universelle. Under the same name we get two dark pink varieties which are far inferior to Souvenir de L' Exposition Universelle and which we have not as yet been able to identify.
Website/Catalog  (1903)  Page(s) 1.  
 
DOUBLE HERBACEOUS PAEONIES ....SERIES C $ 1.00 each.
Souvenir de Exposition Universalle, rose pink, edges tinged white.
Website/Catalog  (1888)  Page(s) 28.  
 
HERBACEOUS HARDY JUNE-FLOWERING CHINESE DOUBLE PAEONIAS. VARIETIES OF ALBIFLORA.
Souvenir de l'Exposition Universelle, beautiful rose, passing off pink, 3s. 6 d.
Magazine  (16 Jan 1885)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Choix de Pivoines Herbacées de Premier Ordre. [par MM. Eugene Verdier et Edouard André]
Souvenir de l'Exposition universelle (Calot). Fleur grande, très-beau rose cerise clair, reflété de nuances blanches.

Translation: the large flower is a very beautiful light cherry-rose color, mingling with whitish reflexes.
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