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'Aurore' peony References
Website/Catalog  (1936)  Page(s) 21.  
 
Paeonia sinensis Aurore   ....1 piece RM 1.20
Website/Catalog  (1927)  Page(s) 10.  
 
Aurore (Dessert 1920) 
American Peony Society Rating of 8.0 (38 votes)
Flesh pink, tinted lilac, slightly splashed crimson and mixed with golden stamens.  Exquisite and delicate coloring.  Fragrant, free bloomer in clusters.  Midseason.  Each $1.50
Website/Catalog  (1924)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Select List of Double Herbaceous Peonies
8.0 Aurore (Dessert 1904)—Semi-rose type. Extra large flat loose bloom lilac-white with collar of milk white flecked with crimson. Guards and center petals prominently flecked carmine and stamens very showy. Medium tall grower, very compact. Late. An exquisite variety. Each $1.00
Magazine  (Aug 1923)  Page(s) 118.  
 
SOCIÉTÉ LYONNAISE D’HORTICULTURE Procès-verbal de l’Assemblée générale du dimanche 10 juin 1923...
APPORTS. — Sont exposés : ... Par M. Auguste Forest, amateur, 8, chemin des Rivières, à Lyon-Vaise, une superbe collection de 47 variétés de Pivoines de Chine dont 21 nouvelles ; parmi ces dernières, nous citerons : Antoine Dessert, velouté incarnat carmin très brillant ; Aurore, rose chair tendre devenant blanc ; Alsace-Lorraine, blanc crème teinté beurre frais ; Le Cygne, blanc pur ; Philippe Rivoire, pourpre amarante foncé ; Mont-Blanc, blanc pur ; Reine Mohely,  grenat foncé ; Suzette, rose bengale bordé argent ; Victoire de la Marne, rouge carmin foncé, etc.
....A M. Auguste Forest, une grande médaille de vermeil pour sa collection de Pivoines de Chine.
Book  (Jan 1917)  Page(s) 85.  Includes photo(s).
 
Aurore. Cup-shaped flower of lovely pale pink, which fades rapidly. Stamens prominent. Note illustration. Dessert, 1904. Semi-rose. Pale pink. Large. Late midseason. Medium tall, strong stems. Good bloomer. Cutting.
Magazine  (Nov 1911)  Page(s) 78.  
 
AURORA. Species — P. albiflora. Originated by Hollis......This should not be confused with " Aurora " originated
by Mrs. Pleas, see Bulletin 278, page 237. nor with "Aurore " (Dessert).
Magazine  (Nov 1911)  Page(s) 114.  
 
AURORE.
Species — P. albiflora.
Originated by Dessert, 1904.
Donated by Cottage Gardens Company and Shaylor and Farr.
Description of bloom — Type of bloom semi-rose. Form of bloom flat, loose. Not differentiated. Not entirely transformed. Color (total effect) lilac white 1 (7). guards prominently ' flecked with crimson; collar milk white, lighter than guards ; center flecked with crimson. The very center of the bloom is of the same shade as guards. Stamens very prominent, shown as well as in " La Rosiere " or " Marguerite Gerard." Fragrance pleasant X. Blooming time late. Large size.
Description of plant — Habit of plant erect, medium tall, compact. Growth strong, healthy. Stem medium long, strong, reddish green. Blooming habit free. Buds have laterals undeveloped, healthy. Foliage well furnished, medium green, fine in size ; veins green.
Commercial value — For cut bloom good ; landscape value good. Variety as a whole good.
Remarks—This variety should not be confused with "Aurora" (Pleas), see Bulletin 278, page 2Z7, nor "Aurora" (Hollis), see page 78.
Website/Catalog  (1909)  Page(s) 2.  
 
AURORE. Cup-shaped flower, very soft flesh-pink, salmoned yellow at base of petals, numerous golden stamens mixed with the petals; very elegant variety...$ 3 00
Book  (1907)  Page(s) 30.  
 
220. AURORE; P.
(1) 1906, Dessert Cat. p. 10.
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