Magazine  (1848)  Page(s) 236.  
 
New Plants, etc., from the Society's Garden.
Mr. Fortune's Moutan Pæonies,
One of these flowered in 1847, and has already been mentioned at p. 308 of the Journal for 1847, under the name of picta. In the present season several others have blossomed, with the following result:
5. P. Moutan parviflora. Received April, 1845, as a variety from Shanghae (No. 357). In flowers this sort resembles the P. Moutan rosea, but is much smaller, and of a very pale rose colour. The flowers are a good double, the centre being filled up with small narrow petals. In foliage it also resembles the Moutan rosea, but is a much hardier kind It is very pretty when first expanded, but loses its distinctness as the flowers fade.