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'Samuel Henshaw' peony References
Website/Catalog (1920) Page(s) 25. Double Flowering Peonies Samuel Henshaw. (Richardson.) Large, compact, flat, rose type. Delicate shell-pink. Late....$5.00
Website/Catalog (1918) Page(s) 17. Includes photo(s). Paeonia albiflora: Richardson Seedlings. The following Peonies are seedlings raised by the late Mr. John Richardson of Dorchester, Mass., who was well known as a very skillful horticulturalist. The Peonies that he originated include some of the finest known varieties. Samuel Henshaw. Outer petals clear rose pink tinged with white, inner petals pink and white intermingled, the white predominating. Very large full flower, perfectly double, erect, of wonderful vigor. To get best results should be shaded from the sun, disbudded, as lateral buds injure the shape of the flower, and freely manured. It is then a magnificent and most distinctive Peony. Late. Silver Medal, 1904. $6.00.
Book (1907) Page(s) 106. 1148. *HENSHAW, SAMUEL; P. albiflora...(Richardson and Jackson) (1) *1904, Trans. Mass. Hort. Soc., Part 1, p. 184.
*One star before the name indicates that the variety has been pictured in the reference that is also starred.
Book (1907) Page(s) 46. Samuel Henshaw. Richardson, 1871. Named by Jackson. Outer petals clear rose pink, tinged with white; inner petals pink and white, intermingled; very large and of wonderful vigor. Stem nearly as large as a lady's finger, supporting the grand flower in storms and wind.
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