Booklet  (1938)  Page(s) 125.  
 
Japanese Peonies (albiflora)
Departing Sun (Japan)* 8.5 (14, 16. 30)
Very large, dark Tyrian pink, midseason. Staminodes oblanceolate, dark Tyrian pink with some yellow spots on the edges. Carpels smooth, tips light pink; disk inconspicuous, pink-tinged. Plant medium size, spreading; flowers held well above the foliage. A single Departing Sun is also described.

Book  (1928)  Page(s) 89-90.  
 
Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies
Departing Sun. (Origin inknown.) 8.5.
Japanese type; very large; midseason. Dark rose-pink or light crimson, touched with lilac at the tips and edges, lighter at the base of the petals; compact center of crowded petaloids dark rose on one side and lighter on the other, curling and twisting so that both colors commingle; tips yellow; carpels pale greenish yellow-white at the base and pink at the tips; faint fragrance. Height 2½ to 3 feet; growth strong; free-blooming. Foliage good dark green.
Very distinct and handsome. There is a Single of the same bame.
"Probably a Japanese importation renamed. As a Jap it should carry a rating of 9.0."—Fewkes.

Magazine  (Nov 1911)  Page(s) 108.  
 
DEPARTING SUN.
Species—P. albiflora.
Originated in Japan.
Donated by Rosenfield.
Description of bloom — Type of bloom bomb. Form of bloom flat, loose. Differentiated. Not entirely transformed. Color (total effect) pale lilac rose 1 (178) ; guards splashed; collar same as guards; center same as guards, flecked with crimson. Smooth, greenish carpels, pink stigmas, color laid on in
splashes ; loose, unattractive bloom. Fragrance unpleasant XXX. Blooming time mid-season. Size medium.
Description of plant — Habit of plant erect, medium height, compact. Growth strong and healthy. Stem medium long, strong, green. Blooming habit free. Buds borne in clusters, healthy. Foliage well furnished, medium green, medium size ; veins green.
Commercial value — For cut bloom poor; landscape value poor. Variety as a whole poor.

Book  (1907)  Page(s) 207.  
 
2412. SUN, DEPARTING; P.
(1) 1906, J. F. Rosenfield's Cat.
(2) Cornell Plots Nos. 1410, 1411.