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Thomas Dunlap, 1841, Magazine of Horticulture, 7:99: Originated by Carroll. ... Leaves 8 cm x 6 cm, nearly flat, slightly acuminate, light green, strongly veined, thick texture, resembling ‘Paeoniiflora’; bud, large, round with greenish, calcinal scales: flower with 2 rows of guard petals, 10 in number. recurved, inner ones small, arranged in 4 distinct circles, forming a large, globular flower, 8 cm across, without stamens or pistil, a shade or two lighter than ‘Greville’s Red’ (Rubra Plena). The parents are ‘Middlemist’ fertilized by ‘Grenville’s Red’. Originated in USA.