Magazine  (Nov 1911)  Page(s) 104.  
 
EDULIS ALBA.
Species—P. albiflora.
Origin unknown, 1835.
Donated by Cottage Gardens Company.
Description of bloom — Type of bloom bomb. Form of bloom tall, loose, slight crown. Differentiated. Entirely transformed. Color (total effect) lilac white ; guards clear ; center cream white, fades to milk white, flecked with crimson. Some blooms have low crown, same color as guards. Fragrance pleasant XX. Blooming time very early. Size medium to large.
Description of plant— Habit of plant drooping, medium tall, medium compact. Growth strong and healthy. Stem long, medium strong, reddish green. Blooming habit free. Buds borne in clusters, healthy. Foliage well furnished, dark green, coarse; veins reddish green.
Commercial value — For cut bloom good; landscape value medium. Variety as a whole medium to good.

Book  (1907)  Page(s) 75.  
 
767. EDULIS ALBA; P....(? 1835)
(1) 1835, Dessert's MSS.
(2) Cornell Plots Nos 523, 524.

Magazine  (Feb 1862)  Page(s) 36.  
 
The varieties of Pæonia albiflora vel sinensis, Chinese, and Siberian herbaceous Pæonies...
Flowers blush and incarnta...Edulis alba...

Magazine  (1 Jul 1853)  Page(s) 151.  
 
LES PLANTES D'ORNEMENT DU MOIS DE JUIN....
Pœonia. Le mois de juin voit fleurir les Pivoines de Chine, donnant de nombreuses et belles variétés ; les plus remarquables sont, les P.bicolor, Buyckii, edulis alba, edulis superba, elegans superbissima, formosa, général Bertrand, grandiflora carnea plena, grandiflora nivea plena, lady Dartmouth, lilacina superba, lutea plenissima, Modeste, plenissima rosea superba, potsii, prolifera tricolor, reine des Français ou umbellata, sulfurea, triomphe du Nord, carnea flore pleno, festiva, maxima, purpurea superba, splendida, Victor Paquet.

Magazine  (1852)  Page(s) 362.  
 
Edulis alba.- Outer petals, pale blush; centre ones, white, shaded with purple. Flowers, large and full, like the old edulis, (or fragrans.)

Magazine  (1851)  
 
Massachusetts Horticultural Society. ....June 21. Exhibited....From M. P. Wilder, 200 blooms pceonies, among which were the following: Festiva, sulphurea, tricolor grandiflora, speciosa striata, edulis superba, edulis alba, Lady Dartmouth, Reine de Francais, prolifera tricolor, Reevesii, Pottsii, Whitlejii, Buyckii, crysanthemiflora, delicatissima, formosa, carnea grandiflora, nivea plena, lilacina superba, &c., &c.

Website/Catalog  (1847)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Pivoines herbacées de pleine terre...edulis alba....10 fr.

Website/Catalog  (1846)  Page(s) 43.  
 
Pivoines herbacées.
Albiflora edulis alba...5 fr.