origination:
Paeonia arborea, baumartige Paeonien. Eine Auswahl besonders feiner gefüllter Sorten:
PEONIES, The Manual of the American Peony Society, ed. by James Boyd, Copyright 1928 by American Peony Society: Tree Peony Check-list.
Charles Hiss or His, Versailles, France, about 1843-1870.
Adrienne. Double (Hiss., 1859.) offered by Barbier 1900; Dessert 1902; Paillet 1889 as new. (Presumed to be in commerce, 1927.)
Blanche de Hiss. See Hissiana.
Carolina. (Hiss, 1842.) offered by Seneclauze 1846; Van Houtte 1873; Krelage 1867; Paillet 1889.
Devonshire. (Hiss.) mentioned in Rev. Hort., ser. 2, Vol. V, 1851, p. 121.
Fontenelli. (Hiss.) offered by Orleans cat. 1909.
Hissiana. Syn. Blanche de Hiss. (Hiss, 1867.) offered by Van Houtte 1873; Kelway & Son 1889; Krelage 1867; Paj. 1889; Dessert 1899. (A pink variety.) (Presumed to be in commerce, 1927.)
Horatiana. Syns. Horotiana; Horacian. (Hiss, 1842.) offered by David. 1859; Paillet 1889 as new; Van Houtte 1873; Kelway & Son 1889; Krelage 1867.
Imperatrice Josephine. Double (Hiss, 1839.) offered by Seneclauze 1846; Oudin Aine & Fils 1846; Haage & Schmidt 1864; Paillet 1889; Van Houtte 1873; Lemoine 1887; Dessert 1899, 1905; Van Houtte 1873; Krelage 1867; Old Farm Nursery 1924; Exhib. Boston 1849. (Presumed to be in commerce, 1927.)
La Ville de Versailles. (Hiss, 1873.) offered by Dessert 1889, 1905; Lemoine 1892; Paillet 1889; Van Houtte 1873. See Marie Rattier.
Lilliputians. (Hiss, before 1841.) Mentioned by Poiteau in The Garden, London Chron., 1841.
Napoleana. (Hiss, 1841.) Mentioned in Gardeners' Chronicle, London. 1841. (Never widely distributed.)
Reginae. (Hiss.)
Wister (1961)
'Imperatrice Josephine' (Hiss 1939)
