Website/Catalog  (1929)  Page(s) 16.  
 
Descriptive List 
82—Brand's Magnificent (Brand 1918)—Semi-rose type; midseason. Another great red. Color deep dark red with a bluish cast. The nearest blue of any red peony. When this variety is in bloom visitors will return to it time and again as the best red they have ever seen. Wonderful because of the beautiful form of the flower, its prodigality of bloom, its great, broad, symmetrical arranged petals and its magnificent color effect.

Book  (1928)  Page(s) 60.  
 
A List of Sixty Choice Peonies of the More Expensive Varieties
Red Varieties
Brand's Magnificent (Brand).  8.2.  We have produced many very fine reds, and of these, this is one of the very best.  The plant is of medium height, comes into bloom mid-season, and is a wonderfully profuse bloomer.  The blossoms are semi-rose, and the flower looks more like an American Beauty Rose than a peony.  The color is a deep, dark red with a bluish cast.  This variety carries more blue in it than any other good peony.  The petals are large like those of a rose.  We consider this a wonderful flower because of its beautiful form, its free blooming, its broad symmetrically-arranged petals, and its magnificent color effect.  At the National Show held at Des Moines, this variety appeared in the collection winning the gold medal.  In the class calling for ten named varieties, it appeared in the collections winning both first and second prizes.

Book  (1928)  Page(s) 86.  
 
Descriptive List of Chinese Peonies
Brand's Magnificent. (Brand, 1918.) 8.2.
Double type; large; late midseason. Crimson with a decidedly purple cast; not fragrant. Medium height; very prolific; strong stems. Good foliage.
An unusually symmetrical flower for its color bit, like most reds, it is not always full or well shaped. It is several shades darker than Karl Rosenfield or Mary Brand and much bluer than either.
"Much overrated. A poor grower with me and a vile color."—Boyd.

Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Select List of Double Herbaceous Peonies
8.7 Brand's Magnificent (Brand 1918)—Midseason. Color deep, dark red with a bluish cast. Very beautiful in shape with large rose-like petals, broad and symmetrically arranged. Grows medium tall and is very profuse. Semi-rose. Each $12.00