1771. 
PJEÓNIA. Moutan ; lacera. 
Double-red curled Tree Peony. 
POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. RANUNCULACEA, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System 
of Botany, p. 6.) 
PH ONIA.—Supra, vol. 1. fol. 42. 
GARDEN VARIETY. 
Raised from the seed of Pzonia Moutan by Mr. William 
Hyland, Gardener to the Earl of Sandwich, at Hinching- 
brook, near Huntingdon, and communicated to us by 
Michael Foster, Esq. 
This very beautiful variety is strikingly different from the 
other Moutans in the bright rosy red of the petals, the 
innermost of which are very much cut and gashed, curled 
up, and distinctly bordered with a narrow edge of light 
carmine, which sets them off to great advantage, and gives 
the whole flower a peculiarly rich and finished appearance. 
Mr. Hyland informs us that the seed was sown in September, 
and did not germinate for eighteen months afterwards; and 
that he finds such to be the case with all the seeds he has 
sown of this kind of Peony. 
It flowered for the first time in April 1834, when the 
plant was only three years old. It may therefore be expected 
that the future blossoms will be still finer than what we have 
figured. 
