(C.japonica), Anonymous, May,1842, The Florist’s Journal, 3:97-103, colour pl.28:

Deep pink, sometimes spotted white. Large, full peony form. Medium, compact growth.

Blooms mid-season. Originated by J. Halley, England. Verschaffelt, 11852, Nouvelle

Iconographie, Book III, pl.III. A seedling of Variegata. Abbreviation: ‘Monarch’. Synonyms:

‘Monarch’(Halley); ‘Halley’s Monarch’, ‘Grand Monarch’, ‘Red Ball’, ‘Pauline Lapeau’,

‘Monarch Variegated’. American pseudonyms: ‘Honneur d’Amerique’, ‘Grunnellii’, ‘Venus’,

‘Enrico Bettoni’(US). Orthographic error: ‘Monarck’, ‘Monnarch’.

FOGLIA:  medio grande, tondeggiante, convessa, dentata. Fioritura in medio mperiodo.

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