1771 



PiEONIA Moutan; lacera. 



Douhle-red curled Tree Poeony. 



POLYANDRIA MONOGYmA. 



Nat. ord. Ranunculace^e, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System 

 of Botany , p. 6.) 



PJE ONI A.— Supra, vol. 1. fol. 42. 



Garden Variety. 



Raised from the seed of Paeonia 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 

 lip, 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 w^th all the seeds he has 

 sown of this kind of Pseony. 



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. 



