Chinese Peony, Garden Peony 'Torpilleur'

Per the 1928 Lee R. Bonnewitz Iris and Peony catalog of Van Wert, Ohio:
TORPILLEUR (Dessert). The very best genuine red Japanese P...Read Moreeony we have ever seen. It is of altogether different formation from MIKADO, KNIGHT OF THE THISTLE, SOME GANOKO and FUYAJO. It is essentially a landscape variety, for it carries an abundance of laterlas which are erectly held and which continue blooming almost as long as TAMATBAKO. It is excellent also for the exhibition room and for cut flowers, and we believe that it should become as widely known as MIKADO. We are propagating it as rapidly as possible, and it is one of the varieties which we will recommend to the "Catalog Seed and Plant Houses" and to the nationally known "Nurseries" for use in their catalogs. $5.00

Per the APS website:
TORPILLEUR (Dessert, 1913) - Jap. - Red - Midseason. Medium height. Slightly fragrant. Japanese type, large. Deep rose-red or light crimson guards, held horizontally around a large cluster of staminodes of the same color tipped pink and yellow; pale green carpels with red tips and a pink base; slightly fragrant. Strong growth; floriferous. Excellent foliage. Frequently "feathers" in the center. A very distinct variety, particularly in the way the guard petals are arranged.