Magazine  (1848)  Page(s) 237.  
 
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:
7. P. Moutan lilacina. Received in April, 1845 (No. 353), and in May, 1846 (No. 621), marked "said to be blue". This much resembles the P. Moutan Banksii in the form of the flowers and in foliage; but the flowers are more double, and are shaded with a deeper lilac or purple. They are well filled up in the centre with small petals, which are deeper in colour than the outer ones. It is a nice variety, although not strikingly different from P. Moutan Banksii.