Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
MARY W. SHAYLOR (Shaylor). This celebrated Peony recommend...Read Moreed so highly by its originator, the late E. J. Shaylor, of Auburndale, Massachusetts, is a semi-dwarf variety with splendid stiff stems and very vigorous, erect foliage. It has semi-double, shell-pink, fragrant blooms, with bright yellow stamens which are visible among the petals. Its prolific blooms and stiff stems give it splendid landscape value where great height is not desired, and the quality of its petals draws attention to this Peony whenever exhibited in the show room. $7.50
Per the APS website:
MARY WOODBURY SHAYLOR (Shaylor, 1916) - Double - Flesh - Late Midseason. Dwarf. Fragrant but not sweet. Very large. Guards cupped and rounded, surrounding a collar of shredded petals and stamens and a deep symmetrical center of long, narrow petals with a few rose-like stamens; pale flesh-white, illumined by golden reflections from the stamens and marked with strong crimson blotches on a few short petals in the collar. Very floriferous; stems stiff, foliage broad and abundant. M.
Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
MARY W. SHAYLOR (Shaylor). This celebrated Peony recommend...Read More