PiEONY. *jff 



PiEONY. P(eomi 



ma. 



Natural Order MultisiliqucB. Ranunculace(B, Juss: 

 (but now removed to the family Helleborus by the 

 French Botanists,) a Genus of the Polyandria Du 

 gynia Class. 



*' There might ye see the Piony spread wide.'* 



COWPER. 



The glowing grandeur of this flower, which is 

 so attractive in our rustic gardens, seems to 

 make it reign empress over the floral tribe of 

 humble parterres, and to possess a kind of dig- 

 nity which almost forbids the youthful hand to 

 pluck it ; yet how few of the young admirers of 

 nature's gayest works have not desired to pos- 

 sess a full-blown Paeony to embellish their juve- 

 nile garden. 



'* Scenes ot my youth ! ye stand array 'd 

 In thoug-ht before my longing* eye — 

 In all the change of sun and shade 

 I see the vision'd landscape lie ; 



The verdure of the ancient grove— 



The quiet old paternal hall — 



The hoary oaks that stood above 



The dim secluded waterfall." 



The Retrospect, 



