Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Pleas). A very large white flower...Read More with yellow collar and a dainty golden center. The blooms are of excellent quality and the petals often appear lustrous as if varnished. This Peony in not quite as tall as JUBILEE, and the blooms are not quite as heavy as those of that variety. They are better supported but the stems are not strong enough to give it first class landscape quality. As a flower for cutting and for use in the show room it ranks very high, but landscape architects will have little use for it. Should be planted in the cutting garden only. $2.50
Per the APS website:
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Pleas, 1906) - Double - White - Late Midseason. Rather tall. Moderately fragrant. Large. Guards and crown delicate blush-white, the latter marked with a few crimson edges; collar pale canary-yellow; floriferous; stems weak. Foliage large Technically double type, but of distinctly crown appearance. An attractive flower when cut, but of little value in the garden because of its sprawling habit.
Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM (Pleas). A very large white flower...Read More