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'Crystal Queen' peony References
Booklet (1938) Page(s) 125. Japanese Peonies (albiflora) Crystal Queen* (47) Large, white, midseason. Staminodes oblanceolate, white. Carpels smooth, tips cream; disk inconspicuous, white. Plant small, compact; attractive flowers rather close to foliage. White Queen is identical. A white-flowered practically double form was also received under this name.
Book (1928) Page(s) 57. Check List of Japanese Peonies Crystal Queen (Magome-Shira). (Origin unknown.) White.
Website/Catalog (1915) Page(s) 42. Japanese Peonies Including direct importations from Japan, and Kelway's "Imperial" and Hollis' New Seedling Japanese Peonies A new race of Peonies of a distinct type, forming a separate class, intermediate between the single and the double types, and distinguished by their stamens being transformed into narrow petaloids. [...] I have retained the Japanese names, with their translation, prefixed by the Amreicannames, which were given to this set by the Peony Society of the American Florists. Crystal Queen (Magome-Shiro—Pure white). Pure white. A handsome, large flower, with petals of delightful texture. The plant is strong and free in bloom. $2.
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