Book  (1907)  Page(s) 35.  
 
284. BENARD. MME; P....(Verdier, 1855)
(1) 1855, Dessert's MSS.
(2) Cornell Plot.s Nos. 116, 117.

Magazine  (15 Jun 1895)  Page(s) 668.  
 
Messrs. Barr & Son's Paeonies.
Double Flowered Varieties.
These form the major part of the collection and occupy by far the larger portion of the ground; and although at the time of our visit the display of bloom was yet in its infancy, many beds having yet to open, the following varieties were exceptionally noteworthy. 
On measuring some blooms of Madame Bernard which exhibit a vivid rose hue we found some of them to be fully six and a half inches in diameter and quite five inches in depth, in fact, a nosegay ready made to hand.

Website/Catalog  (1895)  Page(s) 23.  
 
Barr's Hardy Double Chinese Pæonies.
Full Deep Roses. (Mostly rose-scented, all beautiful.)
Madame Benard, bright rose, 1/6.

Book  (1892)  Page(s) 184.  
 
Madame Bénard, Rose vif et Rouge

Website/Catalog  (1888)  Page(s) 28.  
 
HERBACEOUS HARDY JUNE-FLOWERING CHINESE DOUBLE PAEONIAS. VARIETIES OF ALBIFLORA.
Madame Benard, bright rose, rose-scented