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'La Vestale' peony References
Website/Catalog  (1927)  Page(s) 20.  
 
La Vestale (Calot 1870) 
Cream white, slightly tinged lilac and flecked crimson.  A beautiful variety.  Each $1.00
Website/Catalog  (1925)  Page(s) 39.  
 
Paeonia sinensis...La Vestale. Pure white...1 piece M 2.-, 100 pieces M 180.-
Magazine  (Nov 1911)  Page(s) 91.  
 
LA VESTALE.
Species— P. albiflora.
Originated by Calot, 1870.
Donated by Cottage Gardens Company.
Description of bloom — Type of bloom crown. Form of bloom tall, medium compact, Differentiated. Entirely transformed. Color (total effect) lilac white; guards slightly splashed ; collar cream white ; center lilac white flecked with crimson. Fragrance unpleasant X. Blooming time mid-season. Medium size.
Description of plant— Habit of plant erect, tall, compact. Growth strong and healthy. Stem long, strong, reddish green. Blooming habit free. Buds borne in clusters, healthy. Foliage well furnished, medium green, medium size to coarse; veins green.
Commercial value — For cut bloom good; landscape value good. Variety as a whole good.
 
Book  (1907)  Page(s) 43.  
 
La Vestale. Calot, 1870. Pure white with yellow streaks in the center.
 
Website/Catalog  (1906)  Page(s) 39.  
 
La vestale. Densely filled cup form; pure white cup, filling soft ivory white, occasionally flesh-coloured. Red stigmata.
Magazine  (Jan 1879)  Page(s) 22.  
 
A l'exposition universelle de Paris en 1878
Les nombreux lots de Pivoines sous-frutescentes ou herbacées étalaient leurs larges corolles; les lots de MM. Levêque, d'Ivry; ceux de MM. Verdier, A. Roy, Delahaye et Thièbaut, de Paris, Simon et Crousse, de Nancy, Margottin et veuve Durand, de Bourg-la-Reine étaient très remarquables.
Dans la section des Herbacées hybrides entre les P. Sinensis, fragrans et edulis, nous citerons, comme les plus remarquables:
Virginie, Globosa, Vicomtesse de Belleval, Charles Binder, Duc Decazes, Luteliana (sic), Madame de Furtado, Solfatare, De Candolle, A. Dumas, Docteur Boisduval, Tricolor grandiflora, Docteur Boquié, Walneriana, A. Adanson, Rubra Violacea, Festiva Maxima, La Vestale, Comte de Cussy, Lucresi [sic], Victor Hugo, Marie Crousse et Zoé Calot.
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