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12. PcBonia mollis, Anders. 

 First raised from seeds obtained from Pallas by Messrs. Loddiges 

 & Sons of Hackney, and said to be from Siberia, though Anderson 

 rather suspects that it came from Crimea. (Anderson and Baker). 



Other Species 



There is much difference of opinion among botanists as to the 

 rightful specific rank of the various forms of peonies. However, 

 other forms which may be found in large collections and especially 

 in botanical gardens, are as follows : 



P. Wittmaniana, Stev., a native of the Caucasus and the moun- 

 tain of the north of Persia. Authorities differ as to how this plant 

 found its way into Europe. Some state that it was discovered by 

 Count Worentzoff in Abcharia, and introduced into Europe in 

 1842: CThe Garden, 1889, Vol. 36, p. 9; Gardening, 1893) while 

 Correvon, in 1901, claim.s that they are wrong and that the earlier 

 accounts are correct, to the effect that in October, 1842, the Lon- 

 don -Horticultural Society received this plant from Mr. Hartv/iss, 

 Director of the Nikita Gardens in the Crimea, and that it was 

 named for a traveler named Wittman. (Botanical Register, 1846, 

 Vol. 42, No. 9; Hovey's Magazine, 1846, Vol. 13, p. 348). 



P. ohovata, Maxim.', a native of Sachalin, Amurland, and the 

 northern provinces of China. P. ohovata was introduced into Eng- 

 land in 1900 through Wilson, who sent seeds collected in the prov- 

 ince of Hupeh. (Hortus Veitchii). 



P. Brownii, Dougl., a native of California and the mountains 

 near the Pacific coast. This is the only species of peony found 

 native to the Western Hemisphere. It is not grown outside of 

 botanic gardens. 



P. microcarpa, Boiss. and Reut., is a native of the mountains of 

 Spain, and nearly allied to P. humilis. 



P. coriacea, Boiss., a native of the Alps of Granada at an altitude 

 of 5000 to 6000 feet, and also of the mountains of Morocco and 

 Algeria. Mr. Peter Barr introduced this plant into England in 

 1894, and it blossomed in his nurseries in Surrey in May, 1895. 



P. Corsica, Sieb., a native of Corsica. 



P. Emodi, Wall., a native of the west temperate Himalayas at 

 an altitude of from 5000 to 6000 feet. It is the only species native 

 to India, and is related to P. albiflora. It was found wild plenti- 

 fully in the Ziarat valley in 1895. The name is taken from Mount 

 Emodus, not known to modern geographers. 



