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'Nellie' peony References
Website/Catalog  (1927)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Kelway's Lovely Single-Flowered Pæonies
General Collection
Nellie, blush-pink. One of the finest single varieties of this colour; very strong and tall; early flowering. The largest flower of all the single-flowered Pæonies. 21/- each.
Magazine  (12 Dec 1925)  Page(s) 699.  
 
Success With Garden Peonies
[...]The efforts of the leading nursery firms, particularly that of Messrs. Kelway and Son of Langport, Somerset, have produced some new sorts of great beauty.
The following selection will be found to include some of the finest varieties in commerce:
Single Varieties.
Nellie, one of the finest single varieties in this colour, and very early flowering. Perhaps the largest of the single peonies.
Website/Catalog  (1921)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Single Peonies.
Nellie (Kelway)...$12.00
Book  (1907)  Page(s) 156.  
 
1772. *NELLIE; P. albiflora...(Kelway)
(1) 1904, The Gardening World, Vol. 21, p. 522.
(2) *1906, Kelway's Cat., p. 108.

*One star before the name indicates that the variety has been pictured in the reference that is also starred.
Magazine  (25 Jun 1904)  Page(s) 522.  
 
Plants Recently Certificated by the Royal Horticuktural Society.
June 14th. Floral Committee.
Paeony Nellie.
Like the last [Mrs. French Sheldon], this is also a variety of Pæonia albiflora, but in this instance the variety is single, of a delicate and beautiful shade of pink, surrounding a great mass of yellow stamens, and measuring 8 inches or 9 inches across. Award of Merit to Messrs. Kelway and Son.
Magazine  (1904)  Page(s) lxxv.  
 
Floral Committee, June 14th, 1904.
Awards Recommended:
Award of Merit.
To Pæony 'Nellie' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Kelway, Langport. One of the herbaceous varieties with immense single flowers of a lovely rosy-pink shade, with a mass of bright yellow stamens in the centre.
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