'Comte de Gomer' peony References
Website/Catalog (1909) Page(s) 4. Comte de Gomer. Very large bloom, velvety purplish red, late variety; extra....$ 1 50
Magazine (29 Jun 1889) Page(s) 611. Societies and Exhibitions. Royal Horticultural Society. June 25. A rich bank of flowers came from Messrs. Kelway and Son, Langport, comprising double-flowered Pæonies [...] Of the Pæonies, the best were Mons. Marsaux, bright carmine; Medusa, crimson; Leonie Calot, white, with a salmon tinge; Cleopatra, shining pink; Acanum, deep crimson; Miss Brice, rich pink; Comte de Gower, rich crimson; and Lady Gwendoline Cecil, white.
Magazine (1889) Page(s) lxxxvii. General Meeting, June 25, 1889. Floral Committee. Awards recommended: Silver Banksian Medal. To Messrs. Kelway & Son, for a fine bank of flowers [...]. Among the Pæonies the following varieties were the most noteworthy: Medusa, crimson; Lady Gwendoline Cecil, white; Miss Brice, rich pink; Comte de Gomer, rich crimson; and Leonie Calot, white, with a salmon tinge.
Website/Catalog (1888) Page(s) 27. HERBACEOUS HARDY JUNE-FLOWERING CHINESE DOUBLE PAEONIAS. VARIETIES OF ALBIFLORA. Comte de Gomer, bright magenta , rose-scented
Magazine (16 Jan 1885) Page(s) 30. Choix de Pivoines herbacées de premier ordre. [par MM. Eugene Verdier et Edouard André] Comte de Gomer (Calot). Fleur grande, beau coloris pourpre velouté.
Translation: the large flower has a handsome velvety purple coloring.
Magazine (Feb 1870) Page(s) 50. En Pivoines herbacées, voici celles de M. Calot : Augustin Dhour, pourpre écarlate; Comte de Gomer, rosiforme beau rouge pourpre velouté ;Constant Devred, en coupe, pourpre clair satiné; Madame Barillet-Deschamps, rose très-tendre bordé de blanc; Madame Jules Calot, blanc carné à teintes jaunes ; Madame Loise Mère, blanc Carné soyeux, accidenté de carmin ; Mademoiselle Rose Rendatler, beau rose tendre satiné, à reflets lilas ; Maréchal Vaillant, rouge violacé pourpré; M. Barral, rose tendre ; M. Barillet-Deschamps, forme anémone, carmin pourpre éclairé de teintes blanches ; Louis Van-Houtte, cerise pourpre éclatant, forme anémone ; Souvenir de l'Exposition universelle, cerise clair à reflets.
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