Website/Catalog  (31 Jul 2011)  
 
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. carneaplena
See Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. for a description of the species and Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. Banksii and Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. var. papaveracea for more specific information relating to the description below. 
 
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘The blossoms are large, very double, with a great resemblance in character and appearance to those of Banksii, except that they are less, more compact [sic], and that they are without the central elongated petals, which sometimes in that variety appear to rise from amongst the germens.  I think, however, some disposition towards this is observable in some specimens I have examined.  The petals are generally smaller and more abundant than in the Banksii; they are of a delicate purplish pink, and have a rich purple rayed spot at the base of every petal; these spots are exactly similar to those in the flowers of Papaveracea, except that they are smaller.  From the fullness of the blossoms these spots are not so strikingly observable as in the Papaveracea.  [Clericus in FC p.45/1842].
  
History at Camden Park
Desideratum to Loddiges’ Nursey, 6th January 1845.  [MP A2933-2, p.28].  Macarthur records receiving four ‘Moutans, said to be various’, among a number of plants received from Captain Simpson in late 1849 or early 1850, apparently on the same ship as those accompanying Captain P. P. King.  The source is unclear.  [ML A1980-3].  This plant may be amongst these.

Book  (Jan 2000)  Page(s) 226.  
 
Carnea Plena Tree Peony. (ex France) [no date given]... blush

Book  (Apr 1907)  Page(s) 48.  
 
442. **CARNEA PLENA, P. moutan (Montmorris)
(1) 1826, Trans. London Hort. See. Vol. 6, p. 481.
(2) **1831, Botanical Register, Vol. 27, No. 1456,
(3) 1836, Hovey's Mag. Vol. 2, p. 372.
(4) 1899, L. Paillet Cat.
 

Magazine  (22 Jan 1887)  Page(s) 77.  
 
The Tree Pæony. 
...The above varieties, viz., Banksi, rosea, and papaveracea, are all that are described in Anderson's "Monograph of the Genus Pæonia", given in vol. vi. of the Horticultural Society's Transactions (1838), but in Loudon's "Arboretum Britannicum" (1854) a dozen are described, all bearing Latin names.  There are, besides the three just named, Humei, double blush; variegata, white streaked with violet and purple; rosea semi-plena, rosea plena, Rawesi, single pale pink; carnea plena, double flesh coloured; albida plena, double white, flushed with mauve; Anneslei, small single purplish pink; and lacera with the petals curiously cut into strips.  These nine varieties had probably all been raised from seed obtained from Banksi, rosea, and papaveracea, for at that time the Earl of Mountmorris, at Arley, and the Earl of Sandwich, at Hinchingbrooke, both took a great interest in the Tree Pæony, and raised several distinct sorts chiefly from the single papaveracea.

Website/Catalog  (1860)  Page(s) 27.  
 
Chinese Tree Pæonies. — Pæonia Moutan.
These are the most splendid and showy of all flowering shrubs, and among the most rare.
The flowers are mostly fragrant, and all are double, unless denoted otherwise.  They are perfectly hardy, and will withstand the winters of our most northern States and the Canadas.  They bloom in May, ten to fifteen days before the Chinese Herbaceous varieties.
The following are imported varieties.  We can supply extra size plants of most of the varieties, at a moderate advance in prices.
32. Carnea plena...  Fine incarnate...  $1.50 

Magazine  (1858)  Page(s) 311.  
 
Exposition de la Société Impériale et Centrale de Paris....[May 12-27, 1858]
Les collections de pivoines étaient surtout dignes d'éveiller l'admiration du public. ...MM. Verdier père et fils avaient exposé de belles pivoines arborescentes et herbacées. Les plus remarquables étaient Rossini, Carnea plena, Rosa pallida plena, Anemoneflora aurea ligulata et Etoile de Pluton. Les deux dernières étaient très-intéressantes à cause de leurs étamines à moitié changées en pétales, qui donnaient aux fleurs un caractère tout particulier.

Website/Catalog  (1857)  Page(s) 9.  
 
Pivoines en Arbres .... Carnea plena (Belgique) .... 2 francs

Website/Catalog  (1855)  Page(s) 16.  
 
Tree Pæonies.
Among the choicest hardy shrubs, the Tree Pæony and its numerous varieties stand preeminent.  By the labors of the French and Belgian cultivators, many new varieties have been produced, of remarkable beauty, and distinct in their character.  A larger part of these have been added to our collection, and yearly accessions will be made till all are added to our list.
Carnea plena...  $1.50

Website/Catalog  (1847)  Page(s) 33.  
 
Végétaux de pleine terre
Pæonia moutan papaveracea carnea plena...  10 fr.

Book  (1838)  Page(s) 251, vol.1.  
 
Pæonia Mou'tan Sims.  The Moutan, or Tree, Peony.
Specific Characters.  Segments of leaves oval-oblong, glaucous underneath.  Carpels 5, villose.  (Don's Mill., i. p.65) Height 10 ft.
Varieties and their Distinctions.
9. P. Moutan cárnea plèna  Hort. Trans.  The flesh-coloured double-flowered Moutan Peony. — Flowers very double, of a delicate purplish pink, with a rich purple rayed spot at the top of each.  It is very like P. M. var. Bánksii, but has not the central elongated petals of that variety.  (Don's Mill., i. p.65., with adaptation.)  
Identification.  Hort. Trans., 6. p.481.; Don's Mill., 1. p.65.