Book  (1928)  Page(s) 249.  
 
Tree Peony Check List
*Beauty of Canton. Syn. Reevesiana. Double. (China, Fortune, 1846.) Haage & Schmidt 1864; Louis Paillet 1889; Louis Van Houtte 1873; Kelway & Son 1889; V. Lemoine 1892, 1900; A. Dessert 1905, 1899; Old Farm Nursery 1924; E. H. Krelage 1867; André Leroy 1853.

* Presumed to be in commerce, 1927.

Book  (1907)  Page(s) 47.  
 
427. CANTON, BEAUTE DE; P. moutan.
(1) 1885, The Garden, Vol. 27, p. 33.
(2) 1899, L. Paillet Cat.
(3) Cornell Plot No. 262.

Book  (1898)  Page(s) 106.  
 
La Pivoine en arbre a fourni à la culture un grand nombre de variétés horticoles, les unes obtenues en Chine, et d'autres en Europe...Quant aux variétés horticoles, elles sont si nombreuses que nous ne pouvons citer que les plus remarquables.
Principales Variétés Horticoles
Beauty of Canton (Chine).

Website/Catalog  (1890)  Page(s) 32.  
 
Pæonia Arborea (Tree or Moutan Pæonies).
General Collection.
Beauty of Canton, double, mauve.

Magazine  (10 Jan 1885)  Page(s) 33.  
 
Tree Pæonies.
By way of reply to Mr. Frank Miles, who seeks information respecting Tree Pæonies, I send you herewith the names of the original Chinese varieties, all or most of which were introduced by Fortune:
Beauty of Canton... 

Website/Catalog  (1873)  Page(s) 61.  
 
Paeonia arborea. Pivoines en arbre.
2. Beauty of Canton. Hellrosa, dunkler schattirt; schön gefranzt; sehr gut. Rose clair, nuancé lilas foncé, très-beau...5 fr.

Website/Catalog  (1871)  Page(s) 26.  
 
Paeonia arborea.
—Beauté de Canton...7 L.

Website/Catalog  (1868)  Page(s) 25.  
 
Paeonia arborea.
1 Beauty of Canton (China), blassrosa mit lilla schattirt, sehr gross, voll, kräftig...45 Sgr.

Website/Catalog  (1861)  Page(s) 58.  
 
New Chinese Tree Paeonias introduced by Mr. R. Fortune.
The followng magnificent tree-like peonies surpass by the gloss of their colours and the size of their blooms all variety known to-date and distinguish themselves namely also by their partly pure white, partly dark red colouring from all known varieties....
61. Beauty of Canton, vivid pink, shaded lilac, double.....3 Prussian Thalers

Website/Catalog  (1860)  Page(s) 85.  
 
Paeonia Arborea.
Varietäten aus China, von Fortune eingeführt.
New Chinese Tree Paeonias introduced by Mr. R. Fortune.
61. Beauty of Canton, lebhaft rosa, lila nüancirt, gefüllt...