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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PEONY LITERATURE 



(Descriptions of varieties not included) 



^633(^)- Gerarde, John. History of Plants. Article on Peonies with illustra- 



trations, accounts of superstition, medicinal values, etc. 

 1806. M'Mahon, Bernard. The American Gardeners' Calendar, p. 600. 



1816. Sabine, Joseph. An account of the Double Herbaceous Peonies now 



cultivated in England. Trans. London Hort. Soc, vol. 2, p. 273. 

 A very good ten-page article with one colored plate. 



1817. Anderson, George. Monograph of the Genus Paeonia. Trans. Lin- 



nean Soc, vol. 12, p. 248. Forty-three pages, no illustrations. One 

 of the best monographs. 



1824. J. L. Botanical Register, vol. 10, No. 319. Description and 



colored plate of P. Cretica together with a list of what he considers 

 good species. 



1824. Phillips, Henry. Flora Historica. London, pp. 79-99. No illus- 

 trations. 



1826. Sabine, Joseph. On Paeonia Moufan and its varieties. Trans. Lon- 

 don Hort. Soc, vol. 6, p. 465. 



1828. Prince, Williain. A Short Treatise on Horticulture, pp. 150-151. 



1831. Don, George. A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants, etc. 

 London (4 vols.), vol. i, p. 65. 



1836. Hovey, C. M. Hovey's Hort. Mag., vol. 2, pp. 335 and 367. Some 

 Remarks on the Tree Peony, Including its History, Introduction 

 into England, the Production of New Seedling Varieties, Propaga- 

 tion, Cultivation, etc. 



1836. Poiteau, A. Tableau du genre Pivoine. Revue Horticole, p. 226. 



T837. Hovey, C. M. Some Remarks on Herbaceous Peonies, with Descrip- 

 tions of Species and Varieties ; also notes on Propagation, Culture, 

 etc. Hovey's Hort. Mag., vol. 3, p. 283. 



1839. Paulsen, J. W. Forcing the Tree Peony. Hovey's Hort. Mag., vol. 

 5, p. 129. 



1839. Bodin, M. Soulange. On the Multiplication of Tree Peonies by Graft- 

 ing. Le Bon Jardinier Almanach. Translated in Hovey's Hort. 

 Mag., 1840, p. 242. 



1844. Prince, Wm. R. Descriptions of 12 Tree Peonies just imported from 

 China. Hovey's Hort. Mag., vol. 10, p. 333. 



1846. Revue Horticole, p. 225. Account of Discovery and Introduction of 

 P. Wittmaniana. 



1849. Dickson, John. History, Distribution, and Cultivation of the Peony 

 in China and Japan. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, vol. 16, p. 85. 

 Translated from the Chinese Works into Dutch by D. O. Hoffman, 

 and again translated into English by Mr. Polmaii Mooy of Haarlem. 



1851. Breck, Joseph. Breck's Book of Flowers. Article on Peonies, p. 68. 



1852. On the Propagation and Culture of Peonies. 



Gardeners' Journal, p. 612. Also copied in Hovey's Hort. Mag., 

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